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Lay Down Sally by Eric Clapton

Lay Down Sally tab by Eric Clapton

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I posted this recently, but it is improved in some points.
(Anyone tried to transpose the D-Bassline and chord two frets up
without breaking her/his fingers?)

Here we go (lyrics from vacs.uwp.edu):

        LAY DOWN SALLY
  (Eric Clapton, Marcy Levy & George Terry)

A
There is nothing ...
                 D
in wanting you to ...
 A
I know you've got ...
                    D
but won't you make ...
       E
And don't you ...
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    A          D
   Lay down, Sally, and ...
    E                 A
   Don't you think you want ...
    A         D
   Lay down, Sally, no need ...
    E                    A
   I've been trying all night ...



Basic pattern:
It is possible to play it with the left thumb and middle finger and a
full A chord on the higher strings. They may be strummed occasionally.
The best way to play it is using a plectron and middle finger with the
right hand. Transpose the first two bars to D also. The bar 3 and 4
contain the catch phrase that is only played over A.

 A A/F# A/E A/F# etc..
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----------------|----------------|----------------|0---0---0---0---|
D --2---2---2---2-|------2---2---2-|--2---2---2---2-|--5---4---2-----|
A 0---------------|0-0-------------|0---------------|----------------|
E ----2---0---2---|----2---3---2---|----2---0---2---|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

   A/F#         A/G
  ------        ------
  ||||||        ||||||
  ------        ------
  t|111|        ||111|
  ------        ------
  ||||||        2|||||
  ------        ------

Transposition:

E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G --2---2---2---2-|------2---2---2-|--4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---4-|
D 0---------------|0-0-------------|----------------|----------------|
A ----2---0---2---|----2---3---2---|4---4---4---4---|4---4---4---4---|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

  D/B          D/C     E
  x-----        x----x    x-----
  ||||||        ||||||    |11111
  ------        ------    ------
  |t|1|2        |||1||    ||||2|
  ------        ------    ------
  ||||3|        |2||3|    ||3|||VI
  ------        ------    ------


Guitar solo over A major (nothing more). It is not complete up to the very
end. I improvise on or stop with the sequence written down leading to A.

E --5-------------|----------------|----------------|5-------5-------|
B ----8---7---5---|----------------|----------------|--8b(10)--------|
G ----------------|7-5-7---7-5-----|--------5-7b(9)-|----------------|
D ----------------|------------7-5-|7---7-----------|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .


E --5-8-5-7-5-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ------------8-7-|--5-------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----------------|----7---7p5-----|7p5---------5---|7p5-------------|
D ----------------|------------7---|----7---7-------|------------7---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .


E ----------------|----------------|----5---5-------|----------------|
B ----------------|------5-8-5-8-5-|8b(10)8-----8---|----------------|
G --------------5-|--5-7-----------|----------------|7b(8)-5---------|
D 7---7-5---5-7---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A --------7-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^


E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --------8-------|8---------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----8s--9---9---|--9-7---7-5-----|----------------|----------------|
D ----------------|------------7---|7---5---5-------|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|------7---7s----|5-3-------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|--------5-------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .


E --------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
B ------10------10----|--10-10-----10-10|--10-13b(15)|--10-13-10--10-|
G --12b(14)-12b(14)-12|b(14)---12b(14)--|------------|12--------12---|
D --------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
A --------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
E --------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
 ^ ^  .  ^  ^  . ^ ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ ^ ^  ^  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^


E ---------------------------|----------------------|----------------|
B --15b(17)-15b(17)-b(17)15--|-p13------------------|----------------|
G ---------------------------|----14-12-------------|----------------|
D ---------------------------|----------14\12-12-10-|----------------|
A ---------------------------|----------------------|-12-------------|
E ---------------------------|----------------------|----------------|
 ^ ^ .  ^  .  ^ .    ^ ^ . ^ .  ^ .  ^

transcriptions by Christian Sebeke

I take no liability for the health of your left hand playing bass
and chords together. It works for me.

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