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Lay Me Down

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Song

LIVE - LAY ME DOWN

Tabbed By: bob

EMail: hoohobber18@aol.com

Chord suggestion (played as they would in normal tuning):

G F# Bm A D Dsus2 or E Csus2 G# C#m

Eb----3---2---2---0---2---5----0-------0---3-------4----4
Bb----3---2---3---2---3---5----3-------0---3-------4----5
Gb----0---3---4---3---2---7----2-------1---5-------5----6
Db----0---4---4---2---0---7----0-------2---5-------7----6
Ab----3---4---2---0---x---5----x-------2---3-------7----4
Eb----3---2---x---x---x---x----x-------0---x-------4----x

Riff 1:

D A F#

Eb----------2------ I-------------0---------I---------2-------
Bb------3-----3---3-I-----2h3p2-----2---2---I-----2----2---2--
Gb----2---2-----2---I---2-------2-----2-----I---3---3----3----
Db--0---------------I-----------------------I-----------------
Ab------------------I-0---------------------I-----------------
Eb------------------I-----------------------I-2---------------

G A

Eb------------I-------------I

Bb------3-----I--------2----I
Gb---0--------I------2----2-I

Db------------I-------------I

Ab------------I---0---------I
Eb-3-------3--I-------------I

Riff 2:

Em

---0----0----------------------I  -------
---0----0----------------------I  -------
---0----0----------------------I  -------
---2----2----------------------I  -------
---2----2----------------------I  --s8--
---0----0----2----0----2----1--I  -------

INTRO : G F# Bm A Dsus2 (2x)

VERSE 1 (with riff 1)

D A

Our love is like water

F# G

Pinned down and abused

A D

For being strange

Our love is no other

Then me alone

For me all day

Our love is like water

Pinned down and abused, hey

CHORUS

G F# Bm A Dsus2

All over you, all over me

Dsus2

The sun, the fields, the sky

G F# Bm A Dsus2

I've often tried to hold the sea

Dsus2

The sun, the fields, the tide

G F# Bm G F# Bm E A

Pay me now, lay me down Oh yeah

VERSE 2

Our love is like water

Pinned down and abused

For being strange

Our love is no other

Then me alone

For me all day

Our love is like angels

Pinned down and abused, hey hey

CHORUS (same as first chorus, add Csus2 when noted)

All over you, all over me

The sun, the fields, the sky

I've often tried to hold the sea

The sun, the fields, the tide

Pay me now, lay me down

Lay me down, pay me now

Lay me down lay me down, yeah (Csus2)

All over you, all over me

All over you, all over me

Pay me now, lay me down

Lay me down, pay me now

Lay me down lay me down (Csus2)

BRIDGE (riff 2)

VERSE 3

Our love is like water

Pinned down and abused

For being strange

Our love is no other, oh

Then me alone, hey hey

CHORUS

All over you, all over me

The sun, the fields, the sky

I've often tried to hold the sea

The sun, the fields, the tide

Pay me now, lay me down

Lay me down, pay me now

Lay me down lay me down (Csus2)

OUTTRO

(A(V) G# C#m)3x Dsus2 (V)

G F# Bm Dsus2

From: Nate_Gagne@Golden_BBS.goldenbbs.mv.com (Nate Gagne)

These are the chords to "All Over You" from Live's Throwing Copper...

h=hammer on p=pulloff

Tuned 1/2 step down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) Chords are named as they would be in

std. tuning

Intro: (repeat twice)

G F# Bm E D

---3----3----x----x-----2-----2------2-----2-----0-----0-------2-----2---
---3----3----x----x-----2-----2------3-----3-----0-----0-------3-----3---
---0----0----x----x-----3-----3------4-----4-----1-----1-------2-----2---
---0----0----x----x-----4-----4------5-----5-----2-----2-------0-----0---
---2----2----x----x-----5-----5------2-----2-----2-----2-------x-----x---
---3----3----x----x-----2-----2------x-----x-----0-----0-------x-----x---

Verse: (repeat 3 times)

D A F# G

----2---2-------------x--------------------2----2-----------3----3--------------
----3-------3---------2----2h3p2-------2--------2-------3--------3----------
----2-----------2-----2---------------2---3------------3---0------------0------
----0-----------------
2-------------------4-----------------0--------------------
----x------------------0-------------------5-----------------2--------------------
----x------------------x-------------------2-----------------3---------------------

Chorus: (repeat 4 times)

G F# Bm E D

---3----3----x----x-----2-----2------2-----2-----0-----0-------2-----2---
---3----3----x----x-----2-----2------3-----3-----0-----0-------3-----3---
---0----0----x----x-----3-----3------4-----4-----1-----1-------2-----2---
---0----0----x----x-----4-----4------5-----5-----2-----2-------0-----0---
---2----2----x----x-----5-----5------2-----2-----2-----2-------x-----x---
---3----3----x----x-----2-----2------x-----x-----0-----0-------x-----x---

2nd Chorus: (Baby now..................................................lay

me down...)

G F# Bm E D G

Bm D

---3----3----x----x-----2-----2------2-----2-----0-----0-------2-----2------3----3-----2-----2-----2----
---3----3----x----x-----2-----2------3-----3-----0-----0-------3-----3------3----3-----3-----3-----3----
---0----0----x----x-----3-----3------4-----4-----1-----1-------2-----2------0----0-----4-----4-----2----
---0----0----x----x-----4-----4------5-----5-----2-----2-------0-----0------0----0-----5-----5-----0----
---2----2----x----x-----5-----5------2-----2-----2-----2-------x-----x------2----2-----2-----2-----x----
---3----3----x----x-----2-----2------x-----x-----0-----0-------x-----x------3----3-----x-----x-----x----

Bridge: (repeat 6 times)

Em

---0----0-------------------------
---0----0-------------------------
---0----0-------------------------
---2----2-------------------------
---2----2-------------------------
---0----0----2----0----2----1--

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