You Lay Me Down

"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 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 C#/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: D EC#/F Oh the winter of emotions F#m /E D Sometimes steals into my head D A/C# B/A It's the tundra of the shutdown E/G# E/F# E It's the burying the dead D E C#/F And I'd like to make my springtime F#m /E D But I have no real recourse D A/C# Bm Except to wait on some long loving E A7sus4 A7 From some deep and pure source CHORUS: A G And You lay me down DAAus4 You whisper somehow A G Esus4 E I can hear it when I'm very still A E/G# You don't ever touch me F#m C#m D Or chase away the chill D A/C#Bm /E A7susAAA7us4 But one day soon You will VERSE 2: D E C#/F Oh the art of all my problems F#m /E D Is in how they're resolved D A/C# B/A I try until I'm hopeless E/G# E/F# E And then a hand so soft D EC#/F Is brushing back my hair F#m /E D From its clinging to my face D A/C# Bm From crying God I live in E A7sus4A7 Such a weak and desperate place REPEAT CHORUS: A G And You lay me down DAAus4 You whisper somehow A G Esus4 E I can hear it when I'm very still A E/G# You don't ever touch me F#m C#m D Or chase away the chill D A/C#Bm /E A7susAAA7us4 But one day soon You will BRIDGE: (bridge lick twice, then) A7, A7sus4, A7, A7sus4 REPEAT CHORUS: (raised an octave, and louder) A G And You lay me down DAAus4 You whisper somehow A G Esus4 E I can hear it when I'm very still A E/G# You don't ever touch me F#m C#m D Or chase away the chill D A/C#Bm /E A7susA7 But one day soon You will TAG: (back down an octave, and softer) A E/G# You don't ever touch me F#m C#m D Or chase away the chill D A/C#Bm /E But one day soon You will. OUTRO: A7sus4, A7, A7sus4, A7, A Transcribed 3/12/1998 by tstilwel@comp.uark.edu More songs available at http://www.engr.uark.edu/~tks/tab/