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Song title:      Lay Me Low
Original Album:	 Let Love In (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds)

Words and Music by Nick Cave
Copyright ｩ 1997 Mute Records
Published by Universal Music Group

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
The song seems to be in Bb, which is not a great key for the guitar but,
if you slap a capo on 3, you can play easy open chords instead of barr駸
(except for that B). Timing is 4/4.

So, capo on 3. Chords are relative to capo.


VERSE1:
Chords:
G 320033    A x02220
B x24442    D xx0232
C x32010

                     G            B
They're gonna lay me low, (Lay me low)
              C              G
They're gonna sink me in the snow
                     (Lay me low)

C                                G               A        D
  They're gonna throw back their heads and crow,   when I go
              (lay me low)


VERSE2:
Chords:
G 320033    C x32010
B x24442    D xx0232

                       G             B
They池e gonna jump and shout (Lay me low)
              C                G
They池e gonna wave their arms about
        C                 B          G | C  D |
All the stories will come out when I go


VERSE3:
Chords:
G 320033    A x02220
B x24442    D xx0232
C x32010

                        G              B
All the stars will glow bright (Lay me low)
       C                        G
And my friends will give up the fight
                        (lay me low)

               C                   G      A            D
They値l see my work in a different light, yeah, when I go
                        (Lay me low)


VERSE4:
Chords:
G 320033    C x32010
B x24442    D xx0232

                           G              B
They値l try telephoning my mother (Lay me low)
            C                 G
But they値l end up getting my brother
                      (Lay me low)

C                   G             B
   Who値l spill the story on some long-gone lover
     G      | C  D | 
That I hardly know


BRIDGE:
Chords:
C x32010    A x02220
G 320033    D xx0232
B x24442

C                  G   C               G
  Hat's off to the man   on top of the world
B                     C             A               D
  Come crawl up here, baby and I値l show you how it works


VERSE5:
Chords:
G 320033    C x32010
B x24442    D xx0232

                   G                      B
If you wanna be my friend and you wanna repent
                       C                      G
And you want it all to end and you wanna know when
            C                              B
Well, do it now, don't care how, take your final bow
       C                       G              D
Make a stand, take my hand and blow it all to hell


VERSE6:
They値l inform the police chief (Lay me low)
Who will breathe a sigh of relief
                  (Lay me low)
He値l say I was a malanderer, a badlander and a thief, yeah, when I go
                                         (Lay me low)

VERSE7:
They will interview my teachers (Lay me low)
Who値l say I was one of God痴 sorrier creatures
                             (Lay me low)
There値l be informative six-page features when I go
                       (Lay me low)

VERSE8:
They値l bang a big old gong (Lay me low)
The motorcade will be ten miles long
                     (Lay me low)
The world will join together for a farewell song
                     (Lay me low)
          A             D
When they put me down below


VERSE9:
They値l sound a flugelhorn (Lay me low)
The sea will rage and the sky will storm
                 (Lay me low)
All man and beast will mourn when I go
           (Lay me low)


BRIDGE2:
Chords:
C x32010    A x02220
G 320033    D xx0232
B x24442

C                  G   C                G
  Hat's off to the man    on top of the world
B                       C                A                     D
  Come crawl over here, baby, and we can watch this damn thing turn


VERSE10:
Chords:
G 320033    A x02220
B x24442    D xx0232
C x32010

                   G                      B
If you wanna be my friend and you wanna repent
                       C                      G
And you want it all to end and you wanna know when
            G                      B
Well, do it now, do it now, take a long last bow
        C                       G              D
Take my hand, make a stand, and blow it all to hell


OUTRO:
       G            B               C                   G
Lay me low,             lay me low, lay me low, 
            (Lay me low)                        (Lay me low)


[repeat and ad-lib lyrics to fade]