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Lay Lady Lay – Bob Dylan
Written by: Bob Dylan
From: “Nashville Skyline” (1969)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Two versions:
1. original key of A
2. transposed to G (less barre; capo 2nd fret to match original key)
Version 1
Special voicings
E-A-D-G-B-e
C#m/B 7-x-6-x-5-x (transitional chord in the Middle 8)
Intro
Verse 1
Lay lady
lay,
lay across my
big brass be
d
Lay lady
lay,
lay across my
big brass be
d
Whatever
colours you have
in your mind
I'll show them
to you and you'll
see them shine
Lay lady
lay,
lay across my
big brass be
d
Verse 2
Stay, lady,
stay,
stay with your
man awhile
Until the break of
day,
let me see you
make him smi
le
His clothes are
dirty but his .
.. his hands are clean
And you're the
best thing that he's
ever seen
Stay, lady,
stay,
stay with your
man awhile
[Middle 8]
Why wait any longer for the
world
to be
gin
You can have your cake and
eat it
too
Why wait any longer for the
one yo
u lov
e
(
When
he's ...)
When he's
standing in front of
you
Verse 3
Lay, lady,
lay,
lay across my
big brass be
d
Stay, lady,
stay,
stay while the
night is still ah
ea
d
I long to
see you in the
morning light
I long to
reach for you
in the night
Stay, lady,
stay,
stay while the
night is still ah
ea
d
[Coda]
Version 2
Special voicings
E-A-D-G-B-e
Bm/A x-0-4-4-3-2
Intro
Verse 1
Lay lady
lay,
lay across my
big brass be
d
Lay lady
lay,
lay across my
big brass be
d
Whatever
colours you have
in your mind
I'll show them
to you and you'll
see them shine
Lay lady
lay,
lay across my
big brass be
d
Verse 2
Stay, lady,
stay,
stay with your
man awhile
Until the break of
day,
let me see you
make him smil
e
His clothes are
dirty but his .
.. his hands are clean
And you're the
best thing that he's
ever seen
Stay, lady,
stay,
stay with your
man awhile
[Middle 8]
Why wait any longer for the
world
to be
gin
You can have your cake and
eat it
too
Why wait any longer for the
one
you
love
(
When
he's ...)
When he's
standing in front of
you
Verse 3
Lay, lady,
lay,
lay across my
big brass be
d
Stay, lady,
stay,
stay while the
night is still ah
ea
d
I long to
see you in the
morning light
I long to
reach for you
in the night
Stay, lady,
stay,
stay while the
night is still ah
ea
d
[Coda]
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