Lay Me Down Tab by Cold Specks

Lay Me Down tab by Cold Specks

Guitar Tab

Tuning:C# F# C# F G# 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:

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

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

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0-------2------0--------5----------------------------------|
G|------0--0-----1--1---0--------5-5---------------------------------|
D|----0-----0---0------0--2-0---0------------------------------------|
A|--4----------0------2--------0-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Bbm         F#     C#      F#2
 Mother mother I wait

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0------------2-------0------------5------------------------|
G|------0--0----------1--1----0------------5-5-----------------------|
D|----0-----0-------0--------0---2-0------0--------------------------|
A|--4-------------0---------2------------0---------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Bbm         F#     C#      F#2
Father Father don't you fear

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0----------------2-------------0-------------5-------------|
G|------0--0--------------1--1----------0-------------5-5------------|
D|----0-----0------------0-------------0---2-0-------0---------------|
A|--4------------------0--------------2-------------0----------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Bbm         F#     C#      F#2
The ground is what this blood know We simply greet it and rest

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0------------2----------0-----------5----------------|
G|------0--0----------1--1-------0-----------5-5---------------|
D|----0-----0--------0----------0---2-0-----0------------------|
A|--4---------------0----------2-----------0-------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
    Bbm         F#     C#      F#2
  All I ask of you now is to lay me down

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0-------2------0--------5----------------------------------|
G|------0--0-----1--1---0--------5-5---------------------------------|
D|----0-----0---0------0--2-0---0------------------------------------|
A|--4----------0------2--------0-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Bbm         F#     C#      F#2
 Lay me down           Lay me down             Lay me down

Bridge bit:

e|-------------|
B|-12--5-5-----|
G|-12--3-5-----|
D|-------------|
A|-0---0-------|
E|-------------|

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|----------------------------------------------|
B|---5-5--0-------------------------------------|
G|---5-5--0-------------------------------------|
D|---0-0--0-------------------------------------|
A|---0-0--4-------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
          With my last breath, my soul will slip

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|---0-0--1-------------------------------------|
G|---0-0--2-------------------------------------|
D|---0-0--0-------------------------------------|
A|---4-4--0-------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
          With my last breath, my soul will slip

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|---1-1--0-------------------------------------|
G|---2-2--0-------------------------------------|
D|---0-0--0-------------------------------------|
A|---0-0--2-------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
          With my last breath, my soul will slip

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|---0-0--5--------------------5------5-----0---|
G|---0-0--5--------------------5------5-----0---|
D|---0-0--0--------------------0------0-----0---|
A|---2-2--0--------------------0------0-----4---|
E|----------------------------------------------|
        Where the ground is what this blood knows

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|------------------0-----0-----1---------------|
G|------------------0-----0-----2---------------|
D|------------------0-----0-----0---------------|
A|------------------4-----4-----0---------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
          We simply greet it and rest

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------1------1-----0-----------------------0------0-----5--------------|
G|------2------2-----0-----------------------0------0-----5--------------|
D|------0------0-----0-----------------------0------0-----0--------------|
A|------0------0-----2-----------------------2------2-----0--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 And Brother,brother when the time comes, will you smoke this history now.

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
   Burn this name. When you lay me down



Rest of the song goes pretty much the same, just with more strums, e.g.:

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5---5----0------0---0---1---------1---1---0-------0---0---5--------|
G|-5---5----0------0---0---2---------2---2---0-------0---0---5--------|
D|-0---0----0------0---0---0---------0---0---0-------0---0---0--------|
A|-0---0----4------4---4---0---------0---0---2-------2---2---0--------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
    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):

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

Bbm            F#        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|----------------------------------------------------|
B|--------2-------------------------2-----------------|
G|------3--3-----3--------1----------3----------------|
D|----3-----3---4-4------3-1------4-------------------|
A|--1----------4---4----4---4----4--------------------|
E|------------2--------4--------2---------------------|
    Bbm         F#     C#      F#2

And the bridging bit:

e|-------------4-------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|----------------1-3--------------------|
D|-------------4--4-4--------------------|
A|----------------4-4--------------------|
E|-----------2---------------------------|

Tabbed by Floor Demon. Comments/corrections welcome.

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