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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.
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
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile.
A
C#m
G
Bm
A C#m G Bm
Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile.
E
F#m
A
His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean,
E
F#m
A
And you're the best thing that he's ever seen.
A
C#m
G
Bm
A C#m G Bm
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile.
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.
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
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead.
E
F#m
A
I long to see you in the morning light.
E
F#m
A
I long to reach for you in the night.
A
C#m
G
Bm
A C#m G Bm
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead.
HARD RAIN VERSION
(Capo 2nd Fret)
G
Bm C
D
G C/G
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my
big brass bed.
G
Bm C
D
G C/G
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my
big brass bed.
D
Em
G
C/G C/G
Whatever colors you have in your mind,
D
Em
G
C/G C/G
I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine.
G
Bm C
D
G C/G
Lay, lady, lay, lay
across my big brass bed.
Forget this
dance, let's go upstairs.
Let's take a chance, who really cares?
Why don't you know you got nothing to prove,
It's all in your eyes and the way that you move.
Forget this dance, let's go upstairs!
Bm
C
G
Why wait any longer for
no need to complain,
Bm
G C/G
You can have love, but
you might lose it.
Bm
C
G
Why run any longer when
you're running in place?
Bm
D
You can have the truth
but you've got to choose it.
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile.
'Till the break of day, let me see you make him smile.
I long to see you in the morning light.
I long to hold you in the night.
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile.
(Instrumental)
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed.
Copyright © 1969; renewed 1997 Dwarf Music
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