Lay Me Down Chords & Tabs
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Lay Me Down - The Dirty Heads (ft. Rome)
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Tabbed by: jhayton
Email: mrbig_18@msn.com
Tuning: standard
This is pretty simple, the whole song only has four different chords
The chords are all barre chords... and are Gmaj, Am, Em, Bmaj. The chords are below:
Gmaj Am Em Bmaj
e|------------3--------------5--------------7-------------7----------------|
B|------------3--------------5--------------8-------------7----------------|
G|------------4--------------5--------------9-------------8----------------|
D|------------5--------------7--------------9-------------9----------------|
A|------------5--------------7--------------7-------------9----------------|
E|------------3--------------5--------------x-------------7----------------|
The intro, the prechorus, and the chorus/dancehall all only have the same two chords:
and Am.
Intro:
Gmaj x4 Am x4
woooah-uh-oh oh no no..etc
The verses are three chords: Em, Am, Bmaj
Verse:
Em x2
well this is how it starts
Am x2
two lovers in the dark
Bmaj x4
on the run from the one that they call sherriff sparks
Prechorus:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dirty_heads/lay_me_down_tab_ver_2.html ]
Gmaj x4
I said I wish that we could stay here
Am x4
But I feel our time has come
Gmaj x 4
We could ride out in the darkness
Am x4
hasing the rising sun
Gmaj x 4
We gotta back our bags this instant
Am x 4
We're heading southbound to the next town
Gmaj x4
And if we arrive so safely
Am x 4
Baby you can lay me down
Chorus/Dancehall:
{Gmaj x4 to Am x 4} repeat 4 times
"Lay me down..."
Bridge/Dancehall:
The section that goes "well you're my green eyed girl...etc" is the exact same chord
as the chorus... but it is repeated 8 times.
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That is the entire song in a nutshell... change the words for the different verses and
variation on the prechorus.
The rhythm is really easy to pick up.. just listen to the song a few times.
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At the end Duddy has a little solo/outro... here are the tabs for that:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--/7----5----7----5---------5----7~----9----7----5---------5----7----5~-|
A|-----------------------7------------------------------5-----------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
He adds a little bit of flare to it... but this is the basis of the solo.
(it doesn't really matter where you slide from, pick AS you are sliding)
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