Lady Jay Tab by Wishbone Ash

Lady Jay tab by Wishbone Ash

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Lady Jay
by Wishbone Ash
from the album There's The Rub


  Dm         |C     C/B   Am       |C           G                 F       C      Dm

E|--------0h1|---------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--3--------|---------------------|----1------------------------|----3--------1-----3-----|
G|--2-0h2----|----0-----------2----|----------0-----------0------|-----------------2-------|
D|0----------|--2---2b3r2---2------|--2---0h2---------0h2--------|0-3------0h2---0---------|
A|-----------|3-----------0-----0-2|3-------------0h2------------|--------3----------------|
E|-----------|---------------------|------------3----------------|-------------------------|

 4/4                2/4           4/4
|Dm                |C      C/B   |Am       |
 Hear me when I cry,listen to my song
                               2/4               4/4
|Dm                           |C            C/B |Am      |
 If Jay, my lovely lady,to the earth she did belong.
 4/4
|Dm              |F                |G
 I, a country Sir loved her from my life,but the

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|Dm/F         C/G                 |G               |Dm9
 manor lady's bright young son did take her for his wife.

    Dm          C              Bb      C       Dm          C          Bb      C
    Gtr R
E|-|--------------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------------|
B|-|--5-6-5s6-8--------5h6p5--|---------------|--5-6-5s6-8----5h6p5--|---------------------|
G|-|7-----------5------------5|7-----7s5---x-x|7-----------5--------5|7-----7s5------------|
D|7|--------------------------|--8---7s5------|----------------------|--8---7s5------------|
A|-|--------------------------|----8----------|----------------------|----8----------------|
E|-|--------------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------------|
 | |                          |               |                      |                     |
 | |Gtr L                     |               |                      |                     |
E|-|----5-----8--------5h8p5--|---------------|----5-----8----5h8p5--|---------------------|
B|-|6-8---6-----8------------8|6--------------|6-8---6-----8--------8|6-----6s5------------|
G|-|--------------------------|--7---7s5----s7|----------------------|--7---7s5------------|
D|-|--------------------------|----8----------|----------------------|----8----------------|
A|-|--------------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------------|
E|-|--------------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------------|

 4/4                   2/4          4/4
|Dm                   |C   C/B     |Am       |
 Under forest branches she came to me,
                                 2/4             4/4
|Dm                             |C          C/B |Am      |
 Until the day she cried aloud a father I should be.
4/4
|Dm                                  |F            |G
 That was the last time that we met,I never saw her again,for she

|Dm/F             C/G               |G             |Dm9
 took her life on Princeton Wharf to save my worthy name.

        Dm           C     Dm C       G       Am         C            G
E|-----|---------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----|---------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----|---------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----|----0-0-------0-2-3-0|------0-2-0---------------|---------------s5--s5----|
A|--3-2|3sb-----3-2-3--------|3-2-3-------3-2-0------0-2|3-2-3--3-2-0-------------|
E|-----|---------------------|------------------3sb-----|-------------3-----------|

  F       C      Dm  F                      C                      Dm          C
                     Gtr R
E|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
G|------0-2-0-------|------------4-5-7-5--4|2-4p2p0-0-----2-4-5--4|2------2---0h2p0--------|
D|3-2-3-------3-2-0-|7-7-7-7-5-7-----------|----------2-5---------|---3-3-----------2-2--5s|
A|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
 |                  |Gtr L                 |                      |                        |
E|------------------|---------------5-6-5--|----------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------|6-6-6-6--5-6-8-------8|6h8p6p5-5---5-6-8-10-8|-------5h6-5h6p5--------|
G|------------------|----------------------|----------5-----------|10-7-7-----------5-5--9s|
D|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|

  Dm       C         F                                C                             Dm          C
  Gtr R
E|------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|------------------|-6--3-------------------3-------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
G|------------------|-------5--2----2--4--5-----5--4-|2h4p2p0---0--------2-4--5---4|2--------2--0h2p0----------|
D|3-0-0-3s2---------|-------------5------------------|-------------2--5------------|--3--3-------------2--2--5s|
A|----------3-3-----|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
E|------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
 |Gtr L             |                                |                             |                           |
E|------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|------------------|s13-10---------------10-11-10---|------------------------10---|---------------------------|
G|7-----7s5---------|-------12-10-9-10-12----------12|10h12p10s9-9----9-10-12----12|10-------10-9h10p9-------9s|
D|--7-7-----5-5-----|--------------------------------|-------------10--------------|---12-12-----------10-10---|
A|------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
E|------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|

  3/4          4/4
  Dm     C     G       Dm                             C        C/B     Am
  Gtr R
E|------------|-------|------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|------------|-------|------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|------------|-------|------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|3-0-0--3-2--|3b5----|------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|-----------3|-------|------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|------------|-------|------------------------------|----------------------------|
 |Gtr L       |       |                              |                            |
E|------------|-------|---12-13-10-------12-13-10----|------10-12-10--------------|
B|------------|----13b|15----------13b15----------10s|13-13----------13-12--------|
G|7-----------|-------|------------------------------|-----------------------12b14|
D|--7-7--7-5--|7b9----|------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|-----------7|-------|------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|------------|-------|------------------------------|----------------------------|

  C           G                   F         C        Dm       F      C       Dm

  Gtr R                                                       (play twice              )
E|--------------------------------|17-15-13------------------|------1-------0------10sd---|
B|----------------(12b13)r12b13-12|---------17-15-13---------|--1-------1----------10sd---|
G|--------------------------------|------------------14s12-10|----2-------0--------10sd---|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------|3-------2-------0-----------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|
 |Gtr L                           |                          |                            |
E|-------12-10--------------------|13-12-10------------------|------1-------0-1-----------|
B|10s13--------13-----------------|---------13-10------------|--1-------1-----3-----------|
G|----------------(12b14)r12b14-12|---------------12-10-9----|----2-------0---2-----------|
D|--------------------------------|-----------------------12-|3-------2-------0-----------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|

4/4                              2/4          4/4
|Dm                             |C      C/B  |Am      |
 She found Death's open arms and lay in their embrace
                          2/4               4/4
|Dm                      |C          C/B   |Am       |
 I watched as icy fingers clawed her lovely face. Now I

|Dm                                    |F              |G
 stumble through the mist to where they laid her in her grave,and

|Dm/F       C/G     |G             |Dm9
 daily I'll remember flowers for my Jay.

E|------------------------------|12------------------------------|
B|-------------------------10---|--------------------------------|
G|---------------------10-----10|--------------------------------|
D|------------------12----------|--------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Em                   F
Far beyond this land I will take your hand,
    C                            Gsus4   G
The spirit of our love will live forever.
Em                    F
Far beyond the clouds we will laugh aloud,
    C                            Gsus4   G
The spirit of our love will live again.

 Dm                             C       C/B      Am  C                    G

E|s10b13-----------------------|--------------------|------------13b15r13-10--------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------10-|13b15r13-10-------------13b15r13-----|
G|------10-10----------10-10---|---------9-10-12----|---------------------------------10--|
D|------------------10-------12|------10------------|-------------------------------------|
A|--------------s12------------|10s12---------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------|

  F           C     Dm  Dm                               C              C/B   Am

E|---10-12-13-12-13-10-|----------------------10--------|--------12--------10-12--|
B|-10------------------|------13------------------------|-------------------------|
G|10-------------------|12b14----r12-10-12b14----r12-10-|(12pb14)r12b14r12--------|
D|rake-----------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
A|---------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
E|---------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|

 C                     G            F        C  Dm

E|-------12-13-15-17s18-17-15-13-15|13b15r13-12-13p12p10------------|
B|15b17----------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 F        C            Dm

 (repeat ad lib to fade      )
E|------1-------0------10sd---|
B|--1-------1----------10sd---|
G|----2-------0--------10sd---|
D|3-------2-------0-----------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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