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Lay Me Down by Cold Specks

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Tuning:C# Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramC#C# Chord diagramFF Chord diagramG#G# Chord diagramC#C#

Fairly simple song once you've retuned, only has four shapes, just picked/strummed in a
couple of different ways/speeds.

Chords used:

Bbm: X4000X
F#: X0012X
C#: X2000X
F#2: X0055X

It doesn't matter too much if you hit the other strings, as it's an open tuning. But in
the live versions I've seen they seem to be the only strings played (you don't here high
notes much).
If you want to try it in standard tuning, you could try the following chords and picking
pattern noted at the bottom:

Bbm: X1332X
F#: 24432X
C#: 4431XX
F#2: As Chord diagramF#F#

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--------0-------2------0--------5----------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------0--0-----1--1---0--------5-5---------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----0-----0---0------0--2-0---0------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--4----------0------2--------0-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Chord diagramBbmBbm     Chord diagramF#F#   Chord diagramC#C#   F#2
 Mother mother I wait

Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--------0------------2-------0------------5------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------0--0----------1--1----0------------5-5-----------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----0-----0-------0--------0---2-0------0--------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--4-------------0---------2------------0---------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Chord diagramBbmBbm     Chord diagramF#F#   Chord diagramC#C#   F#2
Father Father don't you fear

Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--------0----------------2-------------0-------------5-------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------0--0--------------1--1----------0-------------5-5------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----0-----0------------0-------------0---2-0-------0---------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--4------------------0--------------2-------------0----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Chord diagramBbmBbm     Chord diagramF#F#   Chord diagramC#C#   F#2
The ground is what this blood know We simply greet it and rest

Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--------0------------2----------0-----------5----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------0--0----------1--1-------0-----------5-5---------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----0-----0--------0----------0---2-0-----0------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--4---------------0----------2-----------0-------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|
  Chord diagramBbmBbm     Chord diagramF#F#   Chord diagramC#C#   F#2
 All I ask of you now is to lay me down

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--------0-------2------0--------5----------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------0--0-----1--1---0--------5-5---------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----0-----0---0------0--2-0---0------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--4----------0------2--------0-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Chord diagramBbmBbm     Chord diagramF#F#   Chord diagramC#C#   F#2
 Lay me down      Lay me down       Lay me down

Bridge bit:

e|-------------|
Chord diagramBB|-12--5-5-----|
Chord diagramG+G|-12--3-5-----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-0---0-------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------|

The next section uses the same chord shapes, played in this kind of way
(some of the live versions I've seen, and towards the end of the song, she doesn't play
the lowest string on the middle strum)

e|----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---5-5--0-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---5-5--0-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---0-0--0-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---0-0--4-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
     With my last breath, my soul will slip

e|----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---0-0--1-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---0-0--2-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---0-0--0-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---4-4--0-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
     With my last breath, my soul will slip

e|----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---1-1--0-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---2-2--0-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---0-0--0-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---0-0--2-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
     With my last breath, my soul will slip

e|----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---0-0--5--------------------5------5-----0---|
Chord diagramG+G|---0-0--5--------------------5------5-----0---|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---0-0--0--------------------0------0-----0---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---2-2--0--------------------0------0-----4---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
    Where the ground is what this blood knows

e|----------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------0-----0-----1---------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------0-----0-----2---------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------0-----0-----0---------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------4-----4-----0---------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------|
     We simply greet it and rest

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------1------1-----0-----------------------0------0-----5--------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------2------2-----0-----------------------0------0-----5--------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------0------0-----0-----------------------0------0-----0--------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------0------0-----2-----------------------2------2-----0--------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 And Brother,brother when the time comes, will you smoke this history now.

e|-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------|
  Burn this name. When you lay me down
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Rest of the song goes pretty much the same, just with more strums, e.g.:

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-5---5----0------0---0---1---------1---1---0-------0---0---5--------|
Chord diagramG+G|-5---5----0------0---0---2---------2---2---0-------0---0---5--------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-0---0----0------0---0---0---------0---0---0-------0---0---0--------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-0---0----4------4---4---0---------0---0---2-------2---2---0--------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Lay me down  Lay me down   Lay me down  Lay me down


Lyrics/chords (It's tricky to align them given the speed of the strums to the lyrics,
but should give you an idea):

Chord diagramBbmBbm      Chord diagramF#F#    Chord diagramC#C#   F#2
Mother, mother I wait
Chord diagramBbmBbm         Chord diagramF#F#   Chord diagramC#C#   F#2
Father, father don't you fear
Chord diagramBbmBbm           Chord diagramF#F#    Chord diagramC#C#      F#2
The ground is what this blood know We simply greet it and rest
Chord diagramBbmBbm       Chord diagramF#F#    Chord diagramC#C#   F#2
All I ask of you now is to lay me down

Chord diagramBbmBbm      Chord diagramF#F#    Chord diagramC#C#   F#2
Lay me down       Lay me down

(no chords)
Lay me down

(Bridge bit above)

F#2-Bbm
  With my last breath, my soul will slip
Bbm-F#
  With my last breath, my soul will slip
F#-C#
  With my last breath, my soul will slip
C#-F2#         F2#-Bbm
  Where the ground is what this blood knows
        Bbm-F#
  we simply greet it and rest
  F#-C#
  And Brother, brother when the time comes
  C#-F#2
  Will you smoke this history now?

(no chords)
Burn this name, When you lay me down

F#2-Bbm
Lay me down
Bbm-F#
Lay me down
F#-C#
and lay me down
C#-F2#
Lay me down
F#2-Bbm
When you lay me down
Bbm-F#
Lay me down
F#-C#
And lay me down
C#-F2#
Lay me down
F#2-Bbm
When you lay me down
Bbm-F#
Lay me down
 F#-C#         C#-F#2
When you lay me down
   F#2-Bbm     Bbm-F#
When you lay me down
 F#-C#     C#-F#2
Lay me down
 F#2-Bbm      Bbm-F#   F#-C#    C#-F#2
When you lay me down

F#2-Bbm            Bbm-F#
With my last breath, my soul will slip
          F#-C#
Where the ground is what this blood knows
 C#-F#2    F#2-Bbm     Bbm-F#
We simply greet it and rest

It ends on the F#.


Verse riff for standard tuning (won't sound quite the same, but it's approximate:

e|----------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--------2-------------------------2-----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------3--3-----3--------1----------3----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----3-----3---4-4------3-1------4-------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--1----------4---4----4---4----4--------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------2--------4--------2---------------------|
  Chord diagramBbmBbm     Chord diagramF#F#   Chord diagramC#C#   F#2

And the bridging bit:

e|-------------4-------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------------1-3--------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------4--4-4--------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------4-4--------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------2---------------------------|

Tabbed by Floor Demon. Comments/corrections welcome.

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