DEFT LEFT HAND CHORDS
F* = barré 8th fret
C* = barré 3rd fret
C* Eb 3x
F* Eb C* 3x
C7
You seem the type to follow the line
F Fm Am6
Went from cheery vagabondage to cold blooded luxury in four years
G7
No lick spittle or pickthack from sycophant claw back flunky
F* Eb C*
Oh, I want to lay by your side
F* Eb C*
Oh, I will lay by your side.
C7
Weaker vessel or better half?
F Fm Am6
That woman’s tears must be the death of me… oh dear
G7
You know when she’s had a few she’ll be onto you there’s no letting up
F* Eb C
But, I want to lay by your side
F* Eb C
Oh, I will lay by your side.
C Am Em C Am Em
It may hap that these are they – golden years
C Am Em C Am Em
So don’t despair, don’t dismay, dry your tears
F G F G
Everything’s for the best in the best of all possible worlds
C Am F G
I had a blast off through the cast of a play on the radio
C Am Em F G
They were more liberal times
C Am F G
Destined to drone in monotone on your radio
C Am Em
It’s a little dream of mine
F Fm
But comments were less than complimentary
G
And the deft left hand it followed the right
C Am Em
I think about my happiest times one of them was
F Fm Am6
Sat in bed watching a documentary on murderers
G7
A bearcat, a memosa and view of arcady
F* Eb C*
Oh, I want to lay by your side
F* Eb C*
I will lay down and die of O can’t lay by your side
F* Eb C*
Oh, but I want to lay by your side
F Eb C
Oh, I’ll surely lay down and die
F* Eb C*
I can’t lay down and die
F* Eb C*
Oh, I want to lay by your side
F* Eb C*
Oh, I’ll lay down and die if I can’t lay by your side
F* Eb C*
Oh, I want to lay by your side.