Lay Lady Lay Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays490

Lay Lady Lay by Neil Diamond is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, C#m, G, Bm, E and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A        C#m G              Bm        A    C#m   G  Bm 
Lay lady lay, lay across my big brass bed 
A        C#m G              Bm        A    C#m   G  Bm 
Lay lady lay, lay across my big brass bed 
E        F#m              A 
Whatever colors you have, in your mind 
E               F#m               A 
I'll show them to you and you'll, see them shine 
A        C#m G              Bm        A    C#m   G  Bm 
Lay lady lay, lay across my big brass bed 
A          C#m G               Bm    A    C#m   G  Bm 
Stay lady stay, stay with your man a while 
A                 C#m G                Bm        A    C#m   G   Bm 
Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile 
E               F#m            A 
His clothes are dirty but his, hands are clean 
E              F#m              A 
And you're the best thing that he's, ever seen 
A          C#m G               Bm     A    C#m   G  Bm 
Stay lady stay, stay with your man a while 
C#m                         E     F#m  A 
Why wait any longer for the world to Begin 
C#m                        Bm     A 
You can have your cake and eat it too 
C#m                         E   F#m  A 
Why wait any longer for the one you love 
C#m                   Bm 
When he's standing, in front of you 
A        C#m G              Bm        A    C#m   G   Bm 
Lay lady lay, lay across my big brass bed 
A          C#m G               Bm              A    C#m   G  Bm 
Stay lady stay, stay while the night is still ahead 
E         F#m              A 
I long to see you in the, morning light 
E         F#m            A 
I long to reach for you, in the night 
A          C#m G               Bm              A    C#m   G  Bm 
Stay lady stay, stay while the night is still ahead 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante