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Would You Lay With Me

David Allan Coe

Chord Guide
3    4 G:    3x0003	T  213 D7/F#:  2x0212	32 1 C:    x32010	2  1 C/B:   x2x010
231 Am:   x02210	3 2 1 Am7/G:  3x2010

Verse 1:

                   G (4)

        Would you lay with me in a field of stone

               D7/F# (3)                             G (2)

        If my needs were strong would you lay with me

G (4)

        Should my lips grow dry would you wet them dear

                D7/F# (3)                      G (2)

        In the midnight hour should my lips grow dry

Chorus:

C (2)          G (2)

        Would you go away to another land

C (2)                      G D7/F# (2)

        Walk a thousand miles through the burning sand

G (4)

        Wipe the blood away from my dying hand

              C (½)  C/B (½)  Am (½)   Am7/G (½)   D7/F# (2, hold 2^nd measure)

        If I  give   my     self     to          you

Verse 2:

G (4)

        Will you bathe with me in the stream of life

                   D7/F# (3)                       G (2)

        When the moon is full will you bathe with me

G (4)

        Will you love me now when I'm down and out

               D7/F# (3)                        G (2)

        In my time of trials will you stand by me

Chorus

Repeat 1^st two lines of Verse 1

Hold last G

This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song.  It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.