Easy Version
| Intro: |
| A C#m G Bm A C#m G Bm A |
| A A/Ab G |
| Lay, lady, lay, |
| F#m A C#m G Bm A |
| Lay across my big brass bed |
| A C#m G |
| Lay, lady, lay, |
| Bm A C#m G Bm E |
| Lay across my big brass bed |
| E F#m A E |
| Whatever colors you have in your mind |
| E F#m A |
| I'll show them to you |
| A |
| And you'll see them shine |
| A A/Ab G |
| Lay, lady, lay, |
| F#m A C#m G Bm A |
| Lay across my big brass bed |
| A A/Ab G |
| Stay, lady, stay, |
| F#m A C#m G Bm A |
| Stay with your man a while |
| A A/Ab G |
| Until the break of day, |
| F#m A C#m G Bm E |
| Let me see you make him smile |
| E F#m A |
| His clothes are dirty but his |
| E |
| His hands are clean |
| E F#m |
| And you're the best thing |
| A |
| That he's ever seen |
| A A/Ab G |
| Stay, lady, stay, |
| F#m A C#m G Bm C#m |
| Stay with your man a while |
| C#m |
| Why wait any longer |
| E A C#m |
| For the world to begin |
| C#m Bm A C#m |
| You can have your cake and eat it too |
| C#m E A |
| Why wait any longer for the one you love |
| C#m Bm A |
| When he's standing in front of you |
| A C#m G |
| Lay, lady, lay, |
| Bm A C#m G Bm A |
| Lay across my big brass bed |
| A C#m G |
| Stay, lady, stay, |
| Bm |
| Stay while the night is |
| A C#m G Bm E |
| Still ahead |
| E F#m A E |
| I long to see you in the morning light |
| E F#m A |
| I long to reach for you in the night |
| A A/Ab G |
| Stay, lady, stay, |
| F#m |
| Stay while the night is |
| A C#m G Bm |
| Still ahead |
| Bridge: |
| F#m A A A x2 |
| Ending: |
| A Bm C#m D A |
| Bridge: |
| F#m A A A x2 |
