Lay Me Down Chords
by Cold Specks
Lay Me Down by Cold Specks is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords Bbm, F#, C# and F#2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0-------2------0--------5----------------------------------|
G|------0--0-----1--1---0--------5-5---------------------------------|
D|----0-----0---0------0--2-0---0------------------------------------|
A|--4----------0------2--------0-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bbm F# C# F#2
Mother mother I wait
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0------------2-------0------------5------------------------|
G|------0--0----------1--1----0------------5-5-----------------------|
D|----0-----0-------0--------0---2-0------0--------------------------|
A|--4-------------0---------2------------0---------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bbm F# C# F#2
Father Father don't you fear
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0----------------2-------------0-------------5-------------|
G|------0--0--------------1--1----------0-------------5-5------------|
D|----0-----0------------0-------------0---2-0-------0---------------|
A|--4------------------0--------------2-------------0----------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bbm F# C# F#2
The ground is what this blood know We simply greet it and rest
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0------------2----------0-----------5----------------|
G|------0--0----------1--1-------0-----------5-5---------------|
D|----0-----0--------0----------0---2-0-----0------------------|
A|--4---------------0----------2-----------0-------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bbm F# C# F#2
All I ask of you now is to lay me down
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0-------2------0--------5----------------------------------|
G|------0--0-----1--1---0--------5-5---------------------------------|
D|----0-----0---0------0--2-0---0------------------------------------|
A|--4----------0------2--------0-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bbm F# C# F#2
Lay me down Lay me down Lay me down
Bridge bit:
e|-------------|
B|-12--5-5-----|
G|-12--3-5-----|
D|-------------|
A|-0---0-------|
E|-------------|
The next section uses the same chord shapes, played in this kind of way
(some of the live versions I've seen, and towards the end of the song, she doesn't play
the lowest string on the middle strum)
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|---5-5--0-------------------------------------|
G|---5-5--0-------------------------------------|
D|---0-0--0-------------------------------------|
A|---0-0--4-------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
With my last breath, my soul will slip
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|---0-0--1-------------------------------------|
G|---0-0--2-------------------------------------|
D|---0-0--0-------------------------------------|
A|---4-4--0-------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
With my last breath, my soul will slip
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|---1-1--0-------------------------------------|
G|---2-2--0-------------------------------------|
D|---0-0--0-------------------------------------|
A|---0-0--2-------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
With my last breath, my soul will slip
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|---0-0--5--------------------5------5-----0---|
G|---0-0--5--------------------5------5-----0---|
D|---0-0--0--------------------0------0-----0---|
A|---2-2--0--------------------0------0-----4---|
E|----------------------------------------------|
Where the ground is what this blood knows
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|------------------0-----0-----1---------------|
G|------------------0-----0-----2---------------|
D|------------------0-----0-----0---------------|
A|------------------4-----4-----0---------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
We simply greet it and rest
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------1------1-----0-----------------------0------0-----5--------------|
G|------2------2-----0-----------------------0------0-----5--------------|
D|------0------0-----0-----------------------0------0-----0--------------|
A|------0------0-----2-----------------------2------2-----0--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
And Brother,brother when the time comes, will you smoke this history now.
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Burn this name. When you lay me down
Rest of the song goes pretty much the same, just with more strums, e.g.:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5---5----0------0---0---1---------1---1---0-------0---0---5--------|
G|-5---5----0------0---0---2---------2---2---0-------0---0---5--------|
D|-0---0----0------0---0---0---------0---0---0-------0---0---0--------|
A|-0---0----4------4---4---0---------0---0---2-------2---2---0--------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lay me down Lay me down Lay me down Lay me down