"Lay Lady Lay"


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                   Bm    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      (Bm or A)
I long to reach for you in the night
A         C#m   G               Bm             A 
Stay lady stay, stay while the night is still ahead

C#m     G    Bm     A