Lay, lady, lay (Listen to midi)    (Listen to sample)

 

   C                  Em   F                 Dm                         C – Em – F - Dm

1.         Lay, lady, lay,     lay across my big brass bed.

C                  Am   F                  Dm                          C – Em – F - Dm

    Lay, lady, lay,      lay across my big brass bed.

G                  Am                      - C

    Whatever colours you have      in your mind,

G                       Am                        - C

    I`ll show them to you and you`ll         see them shine.

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    Lay, lady, lay,      lay across my big brass bed.

 

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2. Stay, lady, stay,     stay with your man awhile.

C                              Em   F                            Dm                     C-Em-F-Dm

    Until the break of day,      let me see you make him smile.

G                           Am              - C

    His clothes are dirty but his         hands are clean.

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    And you`re the best thing that he`s         ever seen.

C                   Am   F                        Dm                C – Em – F - Dm

   Stay, lady, stay,    stay with your man awhile.

 

Em                                              Am          C

    Why wait any longer for the world to begin,

Em                                               Dm     C

    you can`t have your cake and eat it, too.

Em                                            Am         C

    Why wait any longer for the one you love,

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    when he`s standing in front of you.

 

   C                 Em    F                  Dm                          C – Em – F - Dm

2.         Lay, lady, lay,      lay across my big brass bed.

C                    Em    F                        Dm                 C      - Em – F - G

    Stay, lady, stay,      stay while the night is still ahead.

G               Am                   - C

    I long to see you in the         morning light,

G                Em                 - C

    I long to reach for you          in the night.

C                    Em    F                         Dm                   C   -Em –F –Dm -C

    Stay, lady, stay,      stay while the night is still ahead.

 

    (Bob Dylan)