Intro
Cadd9 F#
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[Verse 1]
G#m7 F#/A# Cadd9
Well, you're up all night
D#m7 A#m7
And your head's down low
G#m7 F#/A# Cadd9
If you can see your own kite
D#m7 C#sus4
Shed a little light, oh Lord
G#m7 F#/A# Cadd9
You know a burden ain't a bust
D#m7 A#m7
You are the only way to trust ya
B D#m7 Bsus2 F#
No no no, it's only fair it burns up in that rust
[Chorus]
C#sus4
Lay down, Martha
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Lay down the holy banner flag
C#sus4
Hold out, Martha
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Help is surely on its way
D#m7
And it's not right
C#m Cadd9 F#/A# F#
Don't bask in the glory of mine
G#m7 F#/A# Cadd9 F#/A# G#m7
But oh no, they can't come take that part away
[Verse 2]
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They ate up all their cake
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And they drank their own wine
G#m7 F#/A# Cadd9
They were always on the take
D#m7 C#sus4
Will you shed a little light, oh Lord
G#m7 F#/A# Cadd9
Well, you know the burden ain't a gust
D#m7 A#m7
The only path to love is touch
B D#m7 Bsus2 F#
I'll always know that all that proper mounts too much
[Chorus]
C#sus4
Lay down, Martha
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Lay all that alabaster down
C#sus4
There's no master and
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Help will surely come around
D#m7
I don't ask
C#m Cadd9 F#/A# F#
I don't bask in the glory, oh no (nah nah)
G#m7 F#/A# Cadd9 F#/A# G#m7
And it's up to me if I don't wear a mask
[Interlude]
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[Outro]
G#m7 F#/A# Cadd9
Well you're up all night
D#m7 A#m7
And your neighbors don't know
G#m7 F#/A# Cadd9
Man, your neighbors don't know
D#m7 C#sus4
So shed a little light, oh Lord
G#m7 F#/A# Cadd9
You know a burden ain't a bust
D#m7 A#m7
You know that truth's been known to crutch
B D#m7 Bsus2 F#
No no no, only them whose pauper lays him up