Tonart: C major
Verse 1
C
Em
F
G
Em
down
Lay your head down
F
G
Lay your head down on me
C
Em
What is the state of your heart?
G
C
Are you awake?
Sometimes when I cry,
Em
I start to cry harder simply because I am crying
F
Or because I know that somewhere in the world there are
little girls that are wearing tutus and sibging Christmas songs
G
Or because there are actual Sharpe puppies
that look like rolled up towels
C
Or because on the internet you can
Em
find pictures of pig s in rainboots
You can find anything on the internet
F
G
That is so cool
C
Or I cry because Sarah McClaughlin comes on to my TV
Em
and sings to animals who don't have homes.
F
Fuck you Sarah McClaughlin
G
I'm just kidding I love you Sarah
McClaughlin
C
Sometimes I cry when cheese is really good
Or when I've cut onion
Em
s
F
G
But thats just human
I cry when there is no end and I cry
C
because there is an end
Em
And I cry because you love me so well and I cry because I gave
F
my love to other people before you
G
And I cry because I used to cry alone because I
wanted to die
I cry because the sun set is so beauti
C
ful on the Conneticit River
I cry because I am scared I
F
I cry because I'm on meds or I forgot my meds or I'm crying for the fact that I'm crying because I
G
forgot my meds and does this mean I am actually myself?
C
And I'm crying because maybe I am myself
Em
F
G
Gsus4
G
and that doesn't feel like enough
C
Lay your head down
F
G
Lay your head down on me
C
Em
What is the state of your heart?
C
Em
I cry because sometimes my only power feels like tweeting
F
a hashtag and that is so vapid and useless
G
Or I cry because I am human and I'm connected
and there is immense sadness in the world
C
I cry because humanity is frightning
Em
Because one person consumed with self hatred and armed
F
G
with one gun can kill an entire room of people
Am
I cry because shame propels
so many of us
G
I cry because so many people
forget how important it is to cry
Or made to feel weal when they
F
do
C
I cry because I want to close my eyes
Em
F
G
I cry because I can't
And I cry because there is also good
C
There is also chocolate cake
And Harry Potter
And the brilliant gasps
F
of magic of holding a hand
And hamocks
I love hamocks
G
I cry because it is late in the summer and all
the fireflies are winking at me
C
And the moon is out
And it wants nothing from me
Em
I cry because my heart used to be an atlas
F
with all the continents cut out
I cry because I am full now and sure and say yes when
G
I mean yes and no when I mean no
And can love you with all of
Am
G
F
my breath
C
I cry because I am so well
Em
Because I live so well
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And how can one person be so fortunate
G
C
to live with all of this light
G
C
Lay your head down on me
Lay your head down
F
G
Lay your head down on me
C
Em
What is the state of your heart?
Em
Am
Stay awake
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