Billy Strings – To Lay Me Down (Guitar)

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by Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia as performed by Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle 2018 Grey Fox my version (capo 9): [Intro] G D C G Am G C G Am G [Verse 1]
G         Em           C
To lay me down,   once more,

      G    Am  G     C G Am G
To lay     me  down.

G       Bm           A               E
With my head -          in sparkling clover

G                D
Let the world go by

Am          C
All lost in dreaming (sic clouds a streaming)
[Chorus]
C       Bm Am  G
To lay -   me  down

F        C
One last time

C    Bm   Am  G      C  G Am   G
To lay -   me  down

G               Bm          Am
to lay   me      down woh oh oh

                D
To lay -   me  down

C     Bm Am    G     F         C
to lay   me    down, one  last time

C       G Am G       G Am G
to lay  me down
[Verse 2]
G          Em           C         Bm  Am   G     C G Am G
To be with you,    once more,  To be  with you

G        Bm        Bm7 A        E
With our bod - ies  -  close  together

G                D
Let the world go by

Am           Bm7 C
Like clouds  a   streaming (sic all lost in dreaming)
[Chorus]
C       Bm Am  G
To lay -   me  down

F        C
One last time

G      Bm  Am  G     C G Am G
To lay -   me  down

G     Bm              Am    G
to lay   oh oh me    down,

                     D
to lay   oh oh me    down,

C     Bm Am    G     F         C
to lay   me    down, one  last time

C     G Am G
to lay me down
[Interlude] G Bm Am G [Solo] G Em C Bm Am G C G Am G G Bm Bm7 A E G D D7 Bm7 Am Am Bm7 C C Bm Am G F C G Bm Am G G C Bm Am G [Verse 3]
G           Em           C             Bm Am   G     C G Am G
To lay  with you,    once more,  To lay    with you

G        Bm        Bm7 A              E
With our dreams          entwined  together

G               D          D7  Bm7  Am
To wake be-side you

Am      Bm7   C
My love still sleeping
[Chorus]
C        Bm Am    G
To tell -   sweet lies

F        C
One last time

C        Bm Am   G
And say -   good bye
G Bm Am G [Outro]
G         Bm       Am             D     Dsus4 C
To lay me down, oh oh,  to lay me down

C     Bm Am    G     F         C
to lay   me    down, one  last time

C G Am G         G   F   C
to lay me down

C              G     F         C
to lay   me    down, one  last time
C G Am G G F C
C     Bm Am    G     F         C
to lay   me    down, one  last time

C     G Am G
to lay  me down
C G Am G