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Lay, Lady, Lay

by Bob Dylan · posted by chibluesteve

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How to read this tab — notation key
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Blow note
−
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab
-4   5 -4   6
Lay, lady, lay, 
-5   5 -4 -3"  4    4    4 
lay across my big brass bed
-4   5 -4   6
Lay, lady, lay, 
-5   5 -4 -3"  4    4    4
lay across my big brass bed
 7 -8  7 -8  7  -8   7      
Whatever colors you have 
-8  8    8
in your mind
 7    -8   7   -8  7
I'll show them to you 
 7    7    -8   8     8
and you'll see them shine

-4   5 -4   6
Lay, lady, lay, 
-5   5 -4 -3"  4    4    4
lay across my big brass bed
 -4   5 -4   6
Stay, lady, stay, 
 -5   5   -3"   4  4  4
stay with your man awhile
-4  5 -4    5   -4  6
Until the break of day, 
-5  5  -4  -3"  4    4    4
let me see you make him smile
 7    -8     7  -8 7  -8   7
His clothes are dirty but his 
 7   -8    8    8    
his hands are clean
 7    -8    7   -8    7    -8   7  
And you're the best thing that he's 
-9 8  8
ever seen

 -4   5 -4   6
Stay, lady, stay, 
 -5   5   -3"   4  4  4
stay with your man awhile
 8   8   8 8  8  7  -8   7   -8   8   8  8 
Why wait any longer for the world to begin
 8   8   8    8    8    7  -8  8   6
You can have your cake and eat it too
 8   8   8 8  8  7  -8   7  -8   8   8 
Why wait any longer for the one you love
 -9   8     8   8   
When he's standing 
8   -8   7  7 -8 7 -6
in front of you------

-4   5 -4   6
Lay, lady, lay, 
-5   5 -4 -3"  4    4    4 
lay across my big brass bed
 -4   5 -4  6 
stay, lady stay
 -5    5   -3"   4   4    4   4  4
stay while the night is still ahead
-8 -8  7  -8   7  -8  7  
I long to see you in the 
 -8  8    8  
morning light
7  -8  7   -8    7  -8
I long to reach for you 
8   8    8
in the night

 -4   5 -4   6
Stay, lady, stay, 
 -5    5   -3"   4   4    4   4  4
stay while the night is still ahead
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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