Intro:  

C            F 
 Lay me down easy 
G            C 
 Lay me down hard 
                        F 
 Light my cigarette and make my bed 
G                      C 
 Somewhere beneath the stars 


verse 1 

C                   F 
 I was born a blue child 
G                    C 
 Of the wild western sky 
                       F 
 But I left my prairie home 
G                      C 
 Found a boxcar for to ride 
                      F 
 Now I'm way down in Okema 
G                        C 
 Earning blisters on my feet 
                       F 
 With my guitar and my buck knife 
G                              C 
 Thumbing down Woody Guthrie Street 



[Refrão]
C            F 
 Lay me down easy 
G            C 
 Lay me down hard 
                        F 
 Light my cigarette and make my bed 
G                      C 
 Somewhere beneath the stars 
                      F 
 Don't look for me in glory 
G                   C 
 Don't look for me below 
                                F 
 'Cause I'll be riding on that freight 
G                            C 
 Where the souls of ramblers go 


Instrumental 

 C - F - G - C 

verse 2 

C                           F 
 And there's a sadness that follows 
G                  C 
 Most everywhere I roam 
                      F 
 You can see it on my smile 
G                        C 
 You can smell it on my clothes 
                    F 
 Sometimes all that running 
G                    C 
 It never lasts too long 
                      F 
 So keep me good and loaded 
G                      C 
 And I'll keep singing songs 



[Refrão]
C            F 
 Lay me down easy 
G            C 
 Lay me down hard 
                        F 
 Light my cigarette and make my bed 
G                      C 
 Somewhere beneath the stars 
                      F 
 Don't look for me in glory 
G                   C 
 Don't look for me below 
                                F 
 'Cause I'll be riding on that freight 
G                            C 
 Where the souls of ramblers go 


Instrumental 

 C - F - G - C 

verse 3 

C                      F 
 If I don't leave here tomorrow 
G                           C 
 I believe I'll blow out my brains 
                            F 
 But either way there'll be sorrow 
G                           C 
 And you won't be seeing me again 



[Refrão]
C            F 
 Lay me down easy 
G            C 
 Lay me down hard 
                        F 
 Light my cigarette and make my bed 
G                      C 
 Somewhere beneath the stars 
                      F 
 Don't look for me in glory 
G                   C 
 Don't look for me below 
                                F 
 'Cause I'll be riding on that freight 
G                            C 
 Where the souls of ramblers go