Chords for Lay Lady Lay Lesson - Bob Dylan

_ _ _ Hey all, _ as long as we got the Nashville Skyline guitar out, _ let's run through a quick, very
quick lesson on _ Le Le Lady Le. _ _
Good chord progression, it's [Bb] in A. _ _
_ _ _ And the main progression goes like this, we'll get
right into it.
It goes A, _ _ [Bm]
C sharp [Dm] minor, _ _ [F] _ [Ab] G, _ _ _ B [Cm] minor.
_ _ [B]
And it starts [Bb] over again.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
So it's [N] that same shape, goes down one fret at a time except it's A, then _ everything goes
_ down a string or up a string, however you want to consider it.
Then to G, and then to B minor.
So the shape stays the same.
I do it like this, because I just do my barre [G] chords with my thumb on [Bb] the top.
But whatever [Eb] shape, _ [G] whatever fingering works for you.
So that's the main verse, [F] and then it goes. _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Ab] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm]
And it starts [D] over.
[F] So that's E, _ _ to F sharp minor, you probably barre like [Gm] that. _ _
[Bb] To A. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] Now that da-da-da-da part, before it goes back into it, that's done on electric,
you can hear it's electric.
It _ _ almost sounds like a lap steel kind of thing.
But if you wanted to do it on a guitar by yourself as a one instrument arrangement, solo
arrangement, [F] you do E, _ _ [Gm] _ _ F sharp minor, [Am] and then you could go [Bb] up here. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ The main thing is to get that _ _ high E string at the fifth fret so you have that E [F] note,
because that's what you can hear on the suspension.
But I like it better like this.
E, _ [Gm] F sharp minor, then a [Gb] regular first position A [Eb] with the high E covered, _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ because then you
get those two notes right [Ebm] next to each other.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
I like the [B] way that sounds.
So that's the way [F] I do it.
But do it however, which way you want.
So it's [G] E to F sharp minor, and then [Bb] A _ [Ebm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Dm] _
suspended.
The only other part is _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] [Gm] the_
Right _ [Bb] _ so _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ that's [Dm] C sharp minor, _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] E, _ _ [Gm] F sharp minor, _
[Bb] A.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
C sharp minor again, _ directly [C] to
A.
[Bb] _
_ _ It's going to do that whole [Ab] thing again.
[Dm]
C sharp minor, _ then E, F sharp minor, [F] A.
_ [Gm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] Now this time it's C sharp minor to B minor.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [N] _ So that little turnaround is on the high E string, second fret, and then off.
[F] _ _
[D] _ _ _ Then B string, [Bb] second fret.
_ _ _ Then G string, [Gm] second fret.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Then back into [Ab] the normal progression.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
And then at the very [N] end, it [Bb] just goes A, _ _ _ [Cm] B minor, _ _ [Dm] C sharp minor, _ _ [Eb] D, _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
and that's how it ends.
So it just climbs up. _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
And that's the whole thing.
I mean we're four minutes in, so probably learning it takes as long as listening to it.
So it's a pretty simple _ song, and a good one to be able to pull out at a party or something.
_ So if you have any trouble with it, let me