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Thanks for the post. This will take me some time to master, especially the barre chords, but practice will make perfect.

-- Rob]]> Easy Songs rr191 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/lay-lady-lay-bob-dylan/#post-286569 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/lay-lady-lay-bob-dylan/#post-285943 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:06:54 +0000
Pete Drake played much better than what he did on that song, they must've told him to cut back some. Very simple steel for the time, but then again, I guess it fit well with Bob Dylan's style...

Edit - For the record, I like Duran's Duran's version better! :mrgreen:]]> Easy Songs katmetal https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/lay-lady-lay-bob-dylan/#post-285943 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/lay-lady-lay-bob-dylan/#post-285936 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:52:56 +0000
Great song 8)
And - there is a very decent cover version of this from a norwegian band called Magnet.

lars]]> Easy Songs lars https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/lay-lady-lay-bob-dylan/#post-285936 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/lay-lady-lay-bob-dylan/#post-285707 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:25:47 +0000
Me no like motorcycle wrecks. Good countryside to ride in though....at least it was 20 years ago.]]> Easy Songs rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/lay-lady-lay-bob-dylan/#post-285707 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/lay-lady-lay-bob-dylan/#post-285693 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:00:43 +0000
:D :D :D

Vic]]> Easy Songs Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/lay-lady-lay-bob-dylan/#post-285693 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/lay-lady-lay-bob-dylan/#post-285674 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:14:03 +0000
Thanks for the great song, one of my favorite Dylan songs! :D

I remember hearing years ago that this was his first recording after a very serious motorcycle accident he was in. A legend popped up about that accident. Some said his voice had changed. I used to compare this song with earlier recordings, he did sound a little different.

Here is an article about Dylan's mysterious accident.

http://www.americanheritage.com/email/articles/web/20060729-bob-dylan-motorcycle-woodstock-methamphetamine-robert-shelton-howard-sounes-ed-thaler.shtml

Thanks again, great song.

Wes]]> Easy Songs Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/lay-lady-lay-bob-dylan/#post-285674 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/lay-lady-lay-bob-dylan/#post-30901 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:55:31 +0000
Then of course, good luck finding video on YouTube that is the same from one to the other. He plays it differently all the time.

I've taken this song's chords and added some, um, emphasis here and there. I apoligize for not being able to describe it in words and I don't have video equipment. A couple of things I do is that for each chord change, I play the first strum a touch longer than the rest, and the second strum a touch harder. Helps me get and project the feel of the song for me.
{t:LAY LADY LAY} {st:Bob Dylan} Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Whatever colours you have in your mind I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean And you're the best thing that he's ever seen Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile Why wait any longer for the world to begin You can have your cake and eat it too Why wait any longer for the one you love When he's standing in front of you Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead I long to see you in the morning light I long to reach for you in the night Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead ]]> Easy Songs rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/lay-lady-lay-bob-dylan/#post-30901