♫ Intro: G G If it gets too heavy, yeah, too heavy C G Gonna bring you to the ground G G Lay your burdens down, down, down, down D G Lay your burdens down ♫ Instrumental: | G | G | C | G | (Ooh, yeah)
| G | G | D | D | (Humm yeah, yeah) | G | G | C | G | (Oh-oh-ouh, ouh-ouh It's a heavy weight) | G | G | D | G | (Ooh, yeah) ♫ Verse 1: G G C G It's a heavy weight on a rainy day G G D D We've bankrupted our spirits from all the bills we have to pay G I said, "Hey, now" (Hey, now) G C G What you say when the pressure gonna come around? G G My mama told me, "Baby" D G "You've gotta lay your burdens down" ♫ Chorus: G G Lay your burdens down, down, down, down C G Lay your burdens down G G Lay your burdens down, down, down, down D D Lay your burdens down G G If it gets too heavy, yeah, too heavy C G Gonna bring you to the ground G G Lay your burdens down, down, down, down D G Lay your burdens down ♫ Verse 2: G G C G From the sharpest fangs, a good heart can hardеn G G D D We've paralyzed compassion, we need to cast snakes from the garden G I said, "Hey, now" (Hey, now) G C G What you say when the pressure gonna come around? (Alright) G G My mama told me, "Baby" D G "You've gotta lay your burdens down" ♫ Chorus: G G Lay your burdens down, down, down, down C G Lay your burdens down G G Lay your burdens down, down, down, down D D Lay your burdens down G G If it gets too heavy, yeah, too heavy C G Gonna bring you to the ground G G Lay your burdens down, down, down, down D G Lay your burdens down (Oh, yeah) ♫ Post-Chorus: G G Oooh, oooh C G Oooh-ooh, yeah G G D D Oooh, oooh yeah (Yeah) G G Oooh,(Yeah) Oooh,(Yeah) D G Oooh, ooh-ooh, yeah Ooh, yeah ♫ Chorus: G G Lay your burdens down, down, down, down C G Lay your burdens down G G Lay your burdens down, down, down, down D D Lay your burdens down G G If it gets too heavy, yeah, too heavy C G Gonna bring you to the ground G G Lay your burdens down, down, down, down D G Lay your burdens down (Lay your burdens down) ♫ Chorus: G G Lay your burdens down, down, down, down C G Lay your burdens down (Lay your burdens down) G G Lay your burdens down, down, down, down D D Lay your burdens down (hey) ♫ Outro: G G In the morning (In the morning) C C In the evening (In the evening) G G Lay 'em down, down, down, down D G Lay your burdens down