• Song:

    Lay Lady Lay

  • Artist:

    Bob Dylan

  • Album:

    Biograph

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                                  LAY LADY LAY
                            As recorded by Bob Dylan
                     (From the 1969 Album NASHVILLE SKYLINE)

Words and Music by Bob Dylan
Transcribed by cooder

           G                   Bm                    F                   Am
      3 2 0 0 0 3          x 2 4 4 3 2          1 3 3 2 1 1          x 0 2 2 1 0

           D                   Em                   DV                   GV
      x x 0 2 3 2          0 2 2 0 0 0          x x 0 7 7 5          x x 5 7 x 7

          Am7                  Bm7                   C
      5 x 5 5 5 5          7 x 7 7 7 7         8 x 10 9 8 8

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  G                   Bm
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Q.    E +E  Q.      Q.    E +E  Q.
|-3-----------3-----|-2-----------2-----|
|-------0-(0)-------|-------3-(3)-------|
|-----0----------0--|-----4----------4--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-2--------2--------|
|-3--------3--------|-------------------|
  Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q    Q     Q


  F                   Am
  Q.    E +E  Q.      E Q   E +E  Q.
|-1-----------1-----|-0-----0-(0)-------||
|-------1-(1)-------|---1---------1-----||
|-----2----------2--|-----2----------2--||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-0--------0--------||
|-1--------1--------|-------------------||
  Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q    Q     Q


   Verse
    G                   Bm
    Q.    E +E  Q.      Q.    E +E  Q.
||--3-----------3-----|-2-----------2-----|
||o-------0-(0)-------|-------3-(3)-------|
||------0----------0--|-----4----------4--|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-2--------2--------|
||--3--------3--------|-------------------|
    Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q    Q     Q


  F                   Am
  Q.    E +E  Q.      E Q   E +E  Q.
|-1-----------1-----|-0-----0-(0)--------|
|-------1-(1)-------|---1---------1------|
|-----2----------2--|-----2----------2---|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-0--------0---------|
|-1--------1--------|--------------------|
  Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q    Q     Q


  G                   Bm
  Q.    E +E  Q.      Q.    E +E  Q.
|-3-----------3-----|-2-----------2-----|
|-------0-(0)-------|-------3-(3)-------|
|-----0----------0--|-----4----------4--|
|-------------------|-4--------4--------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3--------3--------|-------------------|
  Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q    Q     Q


  F                   Am
  Q.    E +E  Q.      Q.    E +E  Q.
|-1-----------1-----|-0-----------0------||
|-------1-(1)-------|-------1-(1)-------o||
|-----2----------2--|-----2----------2---||
|-3--------3--------|----------2---------||
|-------------------|-0-----------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
  Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q    Q     Q


  D                   Em                  G
  Q.    E +E  Q.      Q.    E +E  Q.      W             Q    E E +E  E Q
|-------2-(2)-------|-0-----------------|-3--------3--|------3-------3----|
|-------------3-----|-------------0-----|-0--------0--|------1p0-(0)-1p0--|
|-----2----------2--|-------0-(0)-------|-0-----0--0--|-------------------|
|-0--------0--------|-----2----------2--|-0--0-----0--|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-2-----------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-0--------0--------|-3-----------|---3-------3-------|
  Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q    Q     Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    E Q.      H


  D                   Em
  Q.    E +E  Q.      Q.    E +E  Q.      W             Q  E E +E  E Q
|-2-----2-(2)-------|-------------------|----3-----3--|----3-------3----||
|-3-----------3-----|-------0-(0)-------|----0-----0--|----1p0-(0)-1p0--||
|-2---2----------2--|-------------0-----|----0-----0--|-----------------||
|-0--------0--------|-----2----------2--|-------0-----|-----------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-0--------0--------|-3-----------|-3-------3-------||
  Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q    Q     Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    H       H


  G                   Bm
  Q.    E +E  Q.      Q.    E +E  Q.
|-3-----------3-----|-2-----------2-----|
|-------0-(0)-------|-------3-(3)-------|
|-----0----------0--|-----4----------4--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-2--------2--------|
|-3--------3--------|-------------------|
  Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q    Q     Q


                      Am
  Q.    E +E  Q.      E Q   E +E  Q.
|-1-----------1-----|-0-----0-(0)-------|
|-------1-(1)-------|---1---------1-----|
|-----2----------2--|-----2----------2--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-0--------0--------|
|-1--------1--------|-------------------|
  Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q    Q     Q


  G                   Bm
  Q.    E +E  Q.      Q.    E +E  Q.
|-3-----------3-----|-2-----------2-----|
|-------0-(0)-------|-------3-(3)-------|
|-----0----------0--|-----4----------4--|
|-------------------|-4--------4--------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3--------3--------|-------------------|
  Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q    Q     Q


  Q.    E +E  Q.      Q.    E +E  Q.
|-1-----------1-----|-0-----------0-----||
|-------1-(1)-------|-------1-(1)-------||
|-----2----------2--|-----2----------2--||
|-3--------3--------|----------2--------||
|-------------------|-0-----------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
  Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q    Q     Q


   Bridge
                                     D  Em   G
    W            Q.    E +E  Q.      W
||--2----2-----|-------------2-----|-2--0----3--|
||o-3----3-----|-------3-(3)-------|-3--0----0--|
||--4----4--4--|----------4--------|-2--0----0--|
||--4----4-----|-----4-------------|-0--2----0--|
||o-2----2-----|-2--------------2--|------------|
||-------------|-------------------|------------|
    H    Q  Q    Q   Q    Q     Q    Q  H    Q


                        Bm
   Q   E E +E  E  Q     Q.    E +E  Q.
|-(3)--3-------3-(3)--|-------------2-------|
|-(0)--1p0-(0)-1p=0---|-------3-(3)---------|
|-(0)-----------------|----------4----------|
|-(0)-----------------|-----4----------4----|
|---------------------|-2-------------------|
|-----------3---------|---------------------|
  +Q   Q    H           Q   Q    Q     Q


  1.
  Am                  G
  Q.    E +E  Q.      Q.    E +E  Q   E
|-------0-(0)-------|-------------3-----|
|-------------1-----|-0---------------0-|
|-----2-------------|-------0-(0)-------|
|----------2-----2--|-----0---------0---|
|-0-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-3--------3--------|
  Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q    Q    Q


                        2.
                        Bm                Am
  +Q   E E +E  E Q      Q  Q  +E  Q.      Q.    E +E  Q   E
|------3-------3-----||----2--(2)-------|-------------0-----|
|-(0)--1p0-(0)-1p0--o||-----------3-----|-------1-(1)-----1-|
|--------------------||-----------------|-----2---------2---|
|--------------------||----4---------4--|-------------------|
|-------------------o||-2------2--------|-0--------0--------|
|--3--------3--------||-----------------|-------------------|
   H        H           Q  Q   Q     Q    Q   Q    Q    Q


                       Guitar Solo
                        G
  Q.    E +E  Q.        Q.    E +E  E Q
|-------------0-----||--------3-(3)------|
|-------1-(1)-------||o------------------|
|-----2-------------||--0-----------2-0--|
|----------------2--||------0---------0--|
|-0--------0--------||o------------------|
|-------------------||--3--------3-------|
  Q   Q    Q     Q      Q   Q    Q    Q


  Bm                  F                 Am
  Q.    E +E  Q.      Q.    E E E E E   +Q.    E +E  Q.
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-3-----------3-----|---------1-0-----|--------------1-----|
|-------4-(4)-------|-------2-----2-0-|-(0)----2-(2)-------|
|-----4----------4--|-----3-----------|------2----------2--|
|-2--------2--------|-----------------|--0--------0--------|
|-------------------|-1-------1-------|--------------------|
  Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q   H          Q   Q    Q     Q


  G                   Bm
  Q.    E +E  Q.      Q.    E +E  Q.
|-------------3-----|-2-----------2-----|
|-------0-(0)-------|-------3-(3)-------|
|-0-----------------|-----4----------4--|
|-----0----------0--|-4--------4--------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3--------3--------|-------------------|
  Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q    Q     Q


  F                   Am
  Q.    E +E  Q.      Q.    E +E  Q.
|-1-----------1-----|-0-----------0------||
|-------1-(1)-------|-------1-(1)-------o||
|-----2----------2--|-----2----------2---||
|-3-----------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-0--------0--------o||
|----------1--------|--------------------||
  Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q    Q     Q


    D                   Em                 G
    Q.    E +E  Q.      E E E E +Q.    E   Q  H     Q    +Q.    E +E  Q.
||--------------5-----|-5p3-5-3-(3)------|-5--7-----7--|-(7)----7-(7)-7-------||
||o-------7-(7)-------|----------------0-|-------------|---------------------o||
||------7----------7--|------------------|-5-----7-----|------5----------5----||
||--0--------0--------|------------------|----5-----5--|-(5)-------5----------||
||o-------------------|------------------|-------------|---------------------o||
||--------------------|-0------------0---|-------------|----------------------||
    Q   Q    Q     Q    H.           Q     Q  Q  Q  Q    +Q   Q    Q     Q


  G                  Bm
  Q.    E +E  E Q    Q.    E +E  Q.
|-------3-(3)------|-------------------|
|------------------|-3-----------3-----|
|-0-----------2-0--|-------4-(4)-------|
|-----0---------0--|-----4----------4--|
|------------------|-2--------2--------|
|-3--------3-------|-------------------|
  Q   Q    Q    Q    Q   Q    Q     Q


  F                 Am                   G
  Q.    E E E E E   +Q.    E +E  Q.      Q.    E E Q.
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------3-----|
|---------1p0-----|--------------1-----|-------0-0-------|
|-------2-----2-0-|-(0)----2-(2)-------|-0---------------|
|-----3-----------|------2----------2--|-----0--------0--|
|-----------------|--0--------0--------|-----------------|
|-1-------1-------|--------------------|-3-------3-------|
  Q   Q   H          Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q   Q    Q


  Bm                  F
  Q.    E +E  Q.      Q.    E +E  Q.
|-2-----------2-----|-1-----------1-----|
|-------3-(3)-------|-------1-(1)-------|
|-----4----------4--|-----2----------2--|
|-4--------4--------|-3-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------1--------|
  Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q    Q     Q


                      Outro
  Am                   G
  Q.    E +E  Q.       Q.    E +E  Q.
|-0-----------0-----||-------------3-----|
|-------1-(1)-------||-------0-(0)-------|
|-----2----------2--||-----0----------0--|
|-------------------||-------------------|
|-0--------0--------||-------------------|
|-------------------||-3--------3--------|
  Q   Q    Q     Q     Q   Q    Q     Q


  Am7                 Bm7                 C            G
  Q.    E +E  Q.      Q.    E +E  Q.      H     H      W
|-5-----------5-----|-7-----------7-----|-8-----8----|-3----*|
|-------5-(5)-------|-------7-(7)-------|-------8----|-0----*|
|-----5----------5--|-----7----------7--|-------9----|-0----*|
|-------------------|-------------------|------10----|-0----*|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------|-2----*|
|-5--------5--------|-7--------7--------|-8----------|-3----*|
  Q   Q    Q     Q    Q   Q    Q     Q    H     H      W


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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