• Song:

    Lay Lady Lay

  • Artist:

    Bob Dylan

  • Album:

    Biograph

LAY LADY LAY (Bassline)

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

Words and Music by Bob Dylan
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Charlie Daniels - Bass'

 Intro
  Q=82
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    H      H    H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-5---------|-----------|
|------4----|------2----|------4----|
|-5---------|-----------|-5---------|


                 1st - 3rd Verses
              $
  H    Q.   E     H    H      H    H
|-------------||------------|-----------|
|-5---------2s||o=7----6----|-5----4----|
|------2------||o-----------|-----------|
|-------------||------------|-----------|


  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-5---------|-----------|-5---------|
|------4----|------2----|------4----|------2----|
|-5---------|-----------|-5---------|-----------|


  H    H      H    Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q..   S E. S E E
|-----------|-------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-----------|-5-----------|-2----2-4----2-|-------------------|
|------4----|------2----2-|---------------|----------------4--|
|-5---------|-------------|---------------|-5-----0-5--0-5----|


  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  S S E   H    H
|---------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-2----2-4----2-|-------------2-2s|=7----6----|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------|
|---------------|-5----0-5--------|-----------|


                         1.
  H    H      H    H      H    Q.   E
|-----------|-----------|---------------||
|-5----4----|-----------|-5---------2/-o||
|-----------|------4----|------2-------o||
|-----------|-5---------|---------------||


                 Bridge
  2.,D.S.
       To Coda
  H    Q.   E     Q  E. S Q  Q    E E +E  E +E  E  E E
|--------------||---------------|----------------------|
|-5------------||---------------|-2-4-(4)------------2-|
|------2----2--||-4--4--4-4--4--|---------0-(0)-0-/4---|
|--------------||---------------|----------------------|


  Q  E. S E. S +E  E   Q  E. S S E S S S E   Q.   E Q  Q
|--------------------|---------------------|--------------|
|--------------------|-----------2-2-2---2-|--------------|
|-4--4--x-4--2-(2)-2-|-0--0--2-4-------4---|-4------4--4--|
|--------------------|---------------------|------4-------|


                                       D.S. al Coda
  E E +E  E +H       Q  E. S Q  E E   Q  E. S Q  Q
|------------------|----------------|---------------||
|-2-4-(4)----------|-------6----6---|---------------||
|---------0-(0)----|-4--4----4----4-|-2--2--2-2-----||
|------------------|----------------|---------------||


 Outro
  &
  H    H      H    H      W
|-----------|-----------|------*|
|-----------|-----------|------*|
|-0----2----|-4----5----|-0----*|
|-----------|-----------|------*|


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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