Would You Lay With Me Chords

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Would You Lay With Me by David Allen Coe is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B, A, F# and C#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			Verse 1: 
         E 
	Would you lay with me in a field of stone 
               B                                    E 
	If my needs were strong would you lay with me 
               
	Should my lips grow dry would you wet them dear 
                B                              E  
	In the midnight hour if my lips were dry 
 
 
Chorus: 
     E             A           E 
	Would you go away to another land 
                 A                         E       B    
	Walk a thousand miles through the burning sand 
                   E 
	Wipe the blood away from my dieing hand 
              A               B 
	If i gave my self to you 
 
 
Verse 2:(a tone higher) 
         F# 
	Would you bathe me with me in the stream of life 
                  C#                                F# 
	When the moon is full would you bathe with me 
                                              
	Will you still love me when i'm down and out 
               C#                               F#  
	In my time of trials will you stand by me 
 
 
Chorus bis: 
    F#             B           F# 
	Would you go away to another land 
                 B                         F#      C# 
	Walk a thousand miles through the burning sand 
                   F#        
	Wipe the blood away from my dieing hand 
              B               C# 
	If i gave my self to you 
 
 
	 E 
	Would you lay with me in a field of stone 
               B                                    E 
	If my needs were strong would you lay with me 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante