"You Lay Me Down" by Waterdeep
From the album "To Chase Away the Birds"
Written by Donald Chaffer on 9/22/95 at 9:05
Copyright © 1995 Hey Ruth Music
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Transcribed by T-rev http://www.t-rev.net
Capo 1 in A (concert Bb) on a standard-tuned six-string acoustic. This
is actually not the band, it's just Don solo with his guitar. Strum a
moderate tempo in 3.
Chord - Name
x02230 Asus4
x02220 A
x02020 A7
x00232 D
022100 E
143xxx F+
244222 F#m
044222 F#m/E
x4222x A/C#
x24432 Bm
x04432 Bm/A
422100 E/G#
202100 E/F#
x02030 A7sus4
320033 G
022200 Esus4
X46654 C#m
024432 Bm/E
x02225 A (at the very end)
Bridge lick:
x00035
x00053
x00032
x00020
INTRO: Asus4, A, Asus4, A, A7
VERSE 1:
Oh the [D]winter of emotions[E] [F+]
Sometimes [F#m] steals in[/E]to my [D] head
It's the [D]tundra of [A/C#] the shutdown[Bm] [/A]
It's the [E/G#]burying [E/F#] the dead[E]
And I'd [D]like to make my [E]springtime[F+]
But I [F#m] have no [/E] real recourse[D]
Except to [D]wait on some [A/C#] long [Bm]loving
From some [E]deep and pure [A7sus4]source [A7]
CHORUS:
And [A]You lay me down [G]
You whisper somehow[D] [Asus4] [A]
I can [A]hear it when I'm[G] very[Esus4] still [E]
You don't[A] ever touch [E/G#]me
Or [F#m]chase away[C#m] the chill[D]
But [D]one [A/C#]day [Bm]soon [/E] You [A7sus4]will [A7] [A7sus4] [A7]
VERSE 2:
Oh the [D]art of all my [E]problems [F+]
Is [F#m]in how [/E]they're resolved[D]
I [D]try until[A/C#] I'm hopeless[Bm] [/A]
And [E/G#]then a hand [E/F#] so soft[E]
Is [D]brushing back my hair[E] [F+]
From its [F#m] clinging [/E] to my [D] face
From [D]crying God[A/C#] I live in[Bm]
Such a [E]weak and desperate [A7sus4]place [A7]
REPEAT CHORUS:
And [A]You lay me down [G]
You whisper somehow[D] [Asus4] [A]
I can [A]hear it when I'm[G] very[Esus4] still [E]
You don't[A] ever touch [E/G#]me
Or [F#m]chase away[C#m] the chill[D]
But [D]one [A/C#]day [Bm]soon [/E] You [A7sus4]will [A7] [A7sus4] [A7]
BRIDGE: (bridge lick twice, then) A7, A7sus4, A7, A7sus4
REPEAT CHORUS: (raised an octave, and louder)
And [A]You lay me down [G]
You whisper somehow[D] [Asus4] [A]
I can [A]hear it when I'm[G] very[Esus4] still [E]
You don't[A] ever touch [E/G#]me
Or [F#m]chase away[C#m] the chill[D]
But [D]one [A/C#]day [Bm]soon [/E] You [A7sus4]will [A7]
TAG: (back down an octave, and softer)
You don't[A] ever touch [E/G#]me
Or [F#m]chase away[C#m] the chill[D]
But [D]one [A/C#]day [Bm]soon [/E]
You will.
OUTRO: A7sus4, A7, A7sus4, A7, A
Transcribed 3/12/1998 by T-rev
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