Lay Down Sally
Lay Down Sally
Lay Down Sally
A
There is nothing that is wrong
D
in wanting you to stay here with me.
A
I know you've got somewhere to go
D
but won't you make yourself at home and stay with me?
E
And don't you ever leave.
A D
Lay down, Sally, and rest you in my arms.
E A
Don't you think you want someone to talk to?
A D
Lay down, Sally, no need to leave so soon.
E A
I've been trying all night long just to talk to you.
Basic pattern:
It is possible to play it with the left thumb and middle finger and a
full A chord on the higher strings. They may be strummed occasionally.
The best way to play it is using a plectron and middle finger with the
right hand. Transpose the first two bars to D also. The bar 3 and 4
contain the catch phrase that is only played over A.
A/F# A/G
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Transposition:
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G --2---2---2---2-|------2---2---2-|--4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---4-|
D 0---------------|0-0-------------|----------------|----------------|
A ----2---0---2---|----2---3---2---|4---4---4---4---|4---4---4---4---|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
D/B D/C E
x----- x----x x-----
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|t|1|2 |||1|| ||||2|
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||||3| |2||3| ||3|||VI
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Guitar solo over A major (nothing more). It is not complete up to the very
end. I improvise on or stop with the sequence written down leading to A.
E --5-------------|----------------|----------------|5-------5-------|
B ----8---7---5---|----------------|----------------|--8b(10)--------|
G ----------------|7-5-7---7-5-----|--------5-7b(9)-|----------------|
D ----------------|------------7-5-|7---7-----------|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
E --5-8-5-7-5-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ------------8-7-|--5-------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----------------|----7---7p5-----|7p5---------5---|7p5-------------|
D ----------------|------------7---|----7---7-------|------------7---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
E ----------------|----------------|----5---5-------|----------------|
B ----------------|------5-8-5-8-5-|8b(10)8-----8---|----------------|
G --------------5-|--5-7-----------|----------------|7b(8)-5---------|
D 7---7-5---5-7---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A --------7-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --------8-------|8---------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----8s--9---9---|--9-7---7-5-----|----------------|----------------|
D ----------------|------------7---|7---5---5-------|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|------7---7s----|5-3-------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|--------5-------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
E --------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
B ------10------10----|--10-10-----10-10|--10-13b(15)|--10-13-10--10-|
G --12b(14)-12b(14)-12|b(14)---12b(14)--|------------|12--------12---|
D --------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
A --------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
E --------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
^ ^ . ^ ^ . ^ ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ . ^ . ^ . ^
E ---------------------------|----------------------|----------------|
B --15b(17)-15b(17)-b(17)15--|-p13------------------|----------------|
G ---------------------------|----14-12-------------|----------------|
D ---------------------------|----------14\12-12-10-|----------------|
A ---------------------------|----------------------|-12-------------|
E ---------------------------|----------------------|----------------|
^ ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ ^ . ^ . ^ . ^
I take no liability for the health of your left hand playing bass
and chords together. It works for me