INTRO: G    C G

                   C            G
In Reasonland, the emperor came down

To the water's edge
            D                    
He said, "I don't know where I'm bound
               G                   Em     G     C
Well, I've got emeralds and rubies sewn into my gown
         G               D              G
But I am sadder than the diamonds in my crown"


CHORUS:
              Em     D         C         G
"So, will you lay me down in a fiddler's cloud
             C      D
And float me out to sea
       G                               C
Let my aching head be still, let me surrender to your will
         G         D        G    C
Float me out and deliver me__"


    G           C                G
The mighty king came down to the sea
                     D             
Said, "I may win any battle that I please
        G                               Em        G     C
I got a hundred-man battalion, they all fall down at my feet
              G            D                 G
But there's a songbird who will not sing for me"


CHORUS:
              Em     D         C         G
"So, will you lay me down in a fiddler's cloud
             C      D
And float me out to sea
       G                               C
Let my aching head be still, let me surrender to your will
         G         D        G  
Float me out and deliver me__"


BRIDGE:
         Em              C
"I wanna fly out to your centre
        Em                 C
I wanna sink down into your gold
        G                Em
I wanna go down without my dagger
        Am   G     C
I wanna shed these clothes"


INSTRUMENTAL: G   C  G   D   G   Em G C  G  D  G


                    C                 G
The preacher's wife knelt down by the waves
                             D                
And said, "For your love and salvation I have prayed
       G                               Em    G         C
I am a tired tightrope dancer, I wanna go no more this way
             G            D          G
Just give me something, a penny for my faith"


CHORUS:
              Em     D         C         G
"So, will you lay me down in a fiddler's cloud
             C      D
And float me out to sea
       G                               C
Let my aching head be still, let me surrender to your will
         G         D        G   
Float me out and deliver me__"


CHORUS:
         Em     D        C                G
Will you lay me down, oh won't you lay me down
             C      D
And float me out to sea
       G                               C
Let my aching head be still, let me surrender to your will
         G         D        C  G   
Float me out and deliver me_____"