Lay Lady Lay Bob Dylan
Nashville Skyline version
Chords:
The little “thing” that occurs here and there (marked with a “*)”
in the song):
: . . . |-5---5-5---5-5---| |-5---7-5---7-5---| |-6---7-6---7-6---| |-7---------------| |-7---------------| |-5---------------|
[A] [C#m] [G] [Bm]
[A] [C#m] [G] [Bm]
[A]Lay, lady, [C#m]lay, [G]lay across [Bm]my big brass [A]bed[C#m] [G] [Bm]
[A]Lay, lady, [C#m]lay, [G]lay across [Bm]my big brass [A]bed[C#m] [G] [Bm]
E F#m A *)
Whatever colors you have in your mind
E F#m A *)
I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine
[A]Lay, lady, [C#m]lay, [G]lay across [Bm]my big brass [A]bed[C#m] [G] [Bm]
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile
His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean
And you're the best thing that he's ever seen
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
C#m E F#m A *)
Why wait any longer for the world to begin
[C#m]You can have your cake and eat it [A]too
C#m E F#m A *)
Why wait any longer for the one you love
When he's [C#m]standing in front of [Bm]you
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
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 ahead
A . Bm . C#m . D . A
The version on Before The Flood uses the same chords, except for the
bridge, which goes:
[C#m]Why wait any longer for the [E(/B)]world [A]to begin
[C#m]You can have your cake and eat it [A]too
[C#m]Why wait any longer for the [E(/B)]one [A]you love
When he's [C#m]standing in front of [Bm]you
Hard Rain version
Bob's guitar seems to have a capo on the 2nd fret.
[G] Lay, lady, [Bm]lay,[C] [D] lay across my big brass [G]bed[C/G] [G]
[G] Lay, lady, [Bm]lay,[C] [D] lay across my big brass [G]bed[C/G] [G]
[D] Whatever [Em]colors [G] you have in your mind[C/G-G] [C/G-G]
[D] I'll show them [Em]to you [G] and you'll see them shine[C/G-G] [C/G-G]
[G] Lay, lady, [Bm]lay,[C] [D] lay across my big brass [G]bed.[C/G] [G]
Forget this dance, let's go upstairs!
Let's take a chance, who really cares?
Why don't you know you got nothing to prove
It's all in your eyes and the way that you move
Forget this dance, let's go upstairs!
[Bm] Why wait any longer[C] for no need to com[G]plain (?)
[Bm] You can have love, But you might [G]loose it.[C/G] [G]
[Bm] Why run any longer[C] When you're running in pl[G]ace?
[Bm] You can have the truth but you've got to [D]choose it.
Stay lady stay, stay with your man a while.
'til the break of day, Let me see you make him smile.
I long to see you in the morning light.
I long to hold you In the night.
Stay lady stay, stay with your man a while.
(instrumental verse)
Lay lady lay, Lay across my big brass bed.
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem - dylanchords.info
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