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Tuning: E A D G B E
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Lay Lady Lay – Bob Dylan
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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)
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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)
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[Intro]
| A C#m | G Bm |
| A C#m | G Bm |
[Verse 1]
A C#m G Bm | A C#m | G Bm |
Lay lady lay, lay across my big brass bed
A C#m G Bm | A C#m | G Bm |
Lay lady lay, lay across my big brass bed
E F#m A [ Asus4 A Asus4 A ]
Whatever colours you have in your mind
E F#m A [ Asus4 A Asus4 A ]
I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine
A C#m G Bm | A C#m | G Bm |
Lay lady lay, lay across my big brass bed
[Verse 2]
A C#m G Bm | A C#m | G Bm |
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
A C#m G Bm | A C#m | G Bm |
Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile
E F#m A [ Asus4 A Asus4 A ]
His clothes are dirty but his ... his hands are clean
E F#m A [ Asus4 A Asus4 A ]
And you're the best thing that he's ever seen
A C#m G Bm | A C#m | G Bm |
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
[Middle 8]
C#m E F#m A [ Asus4 A Asus4 A ]
Why wait any longer for the world to begin
C#m You can have your cake and C#m/Beat it Atoo
C#m E F#m A [ Asus4 A Asus4 A ]
Why wait any longer for the one you love (When he's ...)
When he's C#mstanding in front of Bmyou
[Verse 3]
A C#m G Bm | A C#m | G Bm |
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
A C#m G Bm | A C#m | G Bm |
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
E F#m A [ Asus4 A Asus4 A ]
I long to see you in the morning light
E F#m A [ Asus4 A Asus4 A ]
I long to reach for you in the night
A C#m G Bm | A C#m | G Bm |
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
[Coda]
| A Bm | C#m D | A
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Version 2
Special voicings
E-A-D-G-B-e
Bm/A x-0-4-4-3-2
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[Intro]
| G Bm | F Am |
| G Bm | F Am |
[Verse 1]
G Bm F Am | G Bm | F Am |
Lay lady lay, lay across my big brass bed
G Bm F Am | G Bm | F Am |
Lay lady lay, lay across my big brass bed
D Em G [ Gsus4 G Gsus4 G ]
Whatever colours you have in your mind
D Em G [ Gsus4 G Gsus4 G ]
I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine
G Bm F Am | G Bm | F Am |
Lay lady lay, lay across my big brass bed
[Verse 2]
G Bm F Am | G Bm | F Am |
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
G Bm F Am | G Bm | F Am |
Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile
D Em G [ Gsus4 G Gsus4 G ]
His clothes are dirty but his ... his hands are clean
D Em G [ Gsus4 G Gsus4 G ]
And you're the best thing that he's ever seen
G Bm F Am | G Bm | F Am |
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
[Middle 8]
Bm D Em G [ Gsus4 G Gsus4 G ]
Why wait any longer for the world to begin
Bm You can have your cake and Bm/Aeat it Gtoo
Bm D Em G [ Gsus4 G Gsus4 G ]
Why wait any longer for the one you love (When he's ...)
When he's Bmstanding in front of Amyou
[Verse 3]
G Bm F Am | G Bm | F Am |
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
G Bm F Am | G Bm | F Am |
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
D Em G [ Gsus4 G Gsus4 G ]
I long to see you in the morning light
D Em G [ Gsus4 G Gsus4 G ]
I long to reach for you in the night
G Bm F Am | G Bm | F Am |
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
[Coda]
| G Am | Bm C | G