Lay Me Down Chords & Tabs
Lay Me Down:
This is a longer one and perhaps a bit tricky to follow,I've thrown
in some asterix to explain some bits, listen to the rhythm to be
sure. Two guitars over the verses. One (Riff 1) sounds like a load
of delay and general effects, the other(Riff 2) is fairly clean if
not acoustic
Verses:
Riff 1
e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7*--|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
B|--------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
*The second time this riff is played these three notes(B7) aren't
played,it goes down to 4 on B instead
Riff 2
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-|
D|-7---7---7---7---7---7/6-6---6---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
A|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
The main riff is played a couple of times then the second part
feeds back into the verse
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_boxer_rebellion/lay_me_down_tab.html ]
e|-------------------------------------9-9-9-9-7-7-----------------|
B|--7-7-7-9--9-9-9/10-10-9-9-7-7-(x?)-7-7--------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7----7--7-7-7-7-------7-7--------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
There's an acoustic guitar under there somewhere. Not sure exactly
what it's playing but these work, rhythm is hard to pick out but
they follow the melody:
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-7--6--|
D|-7--6--|
A|-5--4--|
E|-------|
One more verse and chorus which leads into the minute or so with
Nathan repeating, "Laaaaay Meeeeee Doooooown". The rhythm is tricky
but give it a listen and it should be clear
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-|(*)
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
B|-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
* Finish on this note leading into the outro:
This part is two guitars but I'll put it on the same tab, the notes
on the B an e strings are one guitar and the others are the other
guitar funnily enough. I'm not entirely sure about the notes on the
lower strings but its the ebst I could pick out after a good while
trying
e|----------------------------------------7---9--------------------|
B|------7-7-----------9-9----------10------------------------------|
G|-----4------4------4-----4------4-----4-----4-4-4-4--------------|
D|---4---4---4-4---4---4--4-4---4---4--4-4---4--4-4-4--------------|
A|-2-------2-----0-------0----2-------2-----2-------2--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|