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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Lay, Lady, Lay</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Words and music Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Nashville Skyline</a> (1969), <a class="recordlink" href="../99_greatesthits2/index.htm">Greatest Hits II</a>
  18 (1971) and <a class="recordlink" href="../28_biograph/index.htm">Biograph</a> (1985), and in live versions on
  19 <a class="recordlink" href="../15_beforetheflood/index.htm">Before the Flood</a> (1974) and <a class="recordlink" href="../19_hardrain/index.htm">Hard Rain</a> (1976)<br />
  20 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  23
  24 <h2 class="songversion"><em>Nashville Skyline</em> version</h2>
  25
  26 <p>Chords:</p>
  27 <pre class="chords">
  28 A     577655
  29 C#m   x46654
  30 G     355433
  31 Bm    x24432
  32 E     022100
  33 F#m   244222
  34 </pre>
  35
  36 <p>The little &ldquo;thing&rdquo; that occurs here and there (marked with a &ldquo;*)&rdquo;
  37 in the song):</p>
  38 <pre class="tab">
  39   A   D A   D A
  40   :   .   .   .
  41 |-5---5-5---5-5---|
  42 |-5---7-5---7-5---|
  43 |-6---7-6---7-6---|
  44 |-7---------------|
  45 |-7---------------|
  46 |-5---------------|
  47 </pre>
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  51 <pre class="verse">
  52 A  C#m  G   Bm
  53 A  C#m  G   Bm
  54
  55 A          C#m  G          Bm           A    C#m G Bm
  56 Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
  57 A          C#m  G          Bm           A    C#m G Bm
  58 Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
  59 E        F#m            A             *)
  60 Whatever colors you have in your mind
  61 E              F#m               A             *)
  62 I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine
  63 A          C#m  G          Bm           A    C#m G Bm
  64 Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
  65
  66 Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
  67 Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile
  68 His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean
  69 And you're the best thing that he's ever seen
  70 Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
  71 </pre>
  72
  73 <pre class="bridge">
  74 C#m                         E     F#m  A   *)
  75 Why wait any longer for the world to begin
  76 C#m                               A
  77 You can have your cake and eat it too
  78 C#m                         E   F#m A     *)
  79 Why wait any longer for the one you love
  80           C#m                  Bm
  81 When he's standing in front of you
  82 </pre>
  83
  84 <pre class="verse">
  85 Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
  86 Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
  87 I long to see you in the morning light
  88 I long to reach for you in the night
  89 Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
  90
  91 A  .  Bm  .  C#m  .  D  .  A
  92 </pre>
  93
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  95
  96 <p>The version on Before The Flood uses the same chords, except for the
  97 bridge, which goes:</p>
  98 <pre class="verse">
  99 C#m                         E(/b) A
 100 Why wait any longer for the world to begin
 101 C#m                               A
 102 You can have your cake and eat it too
 103 C#m                         E(/b) A
 104 Why wait any longer for the one   you love
 105           C#m                  Bm
 106 When he's standing in front of you
 107 </pre>
 108
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 110
 111 <h2 class="songversion">Hard Rain version</h2>
 112
 113 <p>Bob's guitar seems to have a capo on the 2nd fret.</p>
 114 <pre class="verse">
 115 G           Bm  C D                         G     C/g G
 116  Lay, lady, lay,    lay across my big brass bed
 117 G           Bm  C D                         G     C/g G
 118  Lay, lady, lay,    lay across my big brass bed
 119 D         Em     G                       C/g-G  C/g-G
 120  Whatever colors  you have in your mind
 121 D               Em     G                          C/g-G  C/g-G
 122  I'll show them to you  and you'll see them shine
 123 G           Bm  C D                         G     C/g G
 124  Lay, lady, lay,    lay across my big brass bed.
 125
 126 Forget this dance, let's go upstairs!
 127 Let's take a chance, who really cares?
 128 Why don't you know you got nothing to prove
 129 It's all in your eyes and the way that you move
 130 Forget this dance, let's go upstairs!
 131 </pre>
 132
 133 <pre class="bridge">
 134 Bm                  C                  G
 135  Why wait any longer for no need to complain (?)
 136 Bm                                G         C/g G
 137  You can have love, But you might loose it.
 138 Bm                 C                         G
 139  Why run any longer When you're running in place?
 140 Bm                                        D
 141  You can have the truth but you've got to choose it.
 142 </pre>
 143
 144 <pre class="verse">
 145 Stay lady stay, stay with your man a while.
 146 'til the break of day, Let me see you make him smile.
 147 I long to see you in the morning light.
 148 I long to hold you In the night.
 149 Stay lady stay, stay with your man a while.
 150
 151 [instrumental verse]
 152
 153 Lay lady lay, Lay across my big brass bed.
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