LAY LADY LAY
Bob Dylan


INTRO:  A  C#m/G#  G  Bm/F#  A  C#m/G#  G  Bm/F#

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
Whatever colors you have in your mind
E              F#m               A
I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine

VERSE 2:
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed            [A C#m G Bm progression]
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile            [A C#m G Bm progression]
Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile  [A C#m G Bm progression]
His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean          [E F#m A    progression]
And you're the best thing that he's ever seen          [E F#m A    progression]
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile            [A C#m G Bm progression]

BRIDGE:
C#m                         E     F#m  A
Why wait any longer for the world to begin
C#m                               A
You can have your cake and eat it too
C#m                         E   F#m A
Why wait any longer for the one you love
          C#m                  Bm
When he's standing in front of you

VERSE 3:
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed            [A C#m G Bm progression]
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead  [A C#m G Bm progression]
I long to see you in the morning light                 [E F#m A    progression]
I long to reach for you in the night                   [E F#m A    progression]
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead  [A C#m G Bm progression]

OUTRO:  A  C#m  G  Bm    A  Bm  C#m  D    A


CHORDS:
A:      5 7 7 6 5 5
C#m/G#: 4 4 6 6 5 4
G:      3 5 5 4 3 3
Bm/F#:  2 2 4 4 3 2