Lay Lady Lay Harmonica Tabs

C Tenor – Low C harp
in the key of A

-4 <5 -4 6
Lay, lady, lay,
-5 <5 -4 <-2 -3 -3 -3
lay across my big brass bed
-4 <5 -4 6
Lay, lady, lay,
-5 <5 -4 <-2 -3 -3 -3
lay across my big brass bed
-7 -8 -7 -8 -7 -8 -7
Whatever colors you have
-8 <9 <9
in your mind
-7 -8 -7 -8 -7
I’ll show them to you
-7 -7 -9 <9 <9
and you’ll see them shine

-4 <5 -4 6
Lay, lady, lay,
-5 <5 -4 <-2 -3 -3 -3
lay across my big brass bed
-4 <5 -4 6
Stay, lady, stay,
-5 <5 <-2 -3 -3 -3
stay with your man awhile
-4 <5 -4 <5 -4 6
Until the break of day,
-5 <5 -4 <-2 -3 -3 -3
let me see you make him smile

-7 -8 -7 -8 -7 -8 -7
His clothes are dirty but his
-7 -8 <9 <9
his hands are clean
-7 -8 -7 -8 -7 -8 -7
And you’re the best thing that he’s
-9 <9 <9
ever- seen
-4 <5 -4 6
Stay, lady, stay,
-5 <5 <-2 -3 -3 -3
stay with your man awhile

<9 <9 <9 <9 <9 -7 -8 -7
Why wait any– longer for the
-8 <8 <8 <8
world to begin
<9 <9 <9 <9 <9 -7 <9 <9 6
You can have your cake and eat it too
<9 <9 <9 <9 <9 -7 -8 -7
Why wait any– longer for the
-8 <9 <9
one you love
-9 <9 <9 <9
When he’s standing
<9 -8 -7 -7 -8 -7 <-6
in front of you———

-4 <5 -4 6
Lay, lady, lay,
-5 <5 -4 <-2 -3 -3 -3
lay across my big brass bed
-4 <5 -4 6
Stay, lady, stay,
-5 <5 -4 <-2 -3 -3 -3 -3
stay while the night is still ahead

-8 -8 -7 -8 -7 -8 -7
I long to see you in the
-8 <9 <9
morning light
-7 -8 -7 -8 -7 -8
I long to reach for you
<9 <9 <9
in the night
-4 <5 -4 6
Stay, lady, stay,
-5 <5 -4 <-2 -3 -3 -3 -3
stay while the night is still ahead