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Lay Me Down

Adele

PopAdvanced for beginners8 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Bm×
A×
G
F#mDiagram coming soon
Dsus2Diagram coming soon
Em
FmDiagram coming soon
D××

Chords & lyrics

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Capo on 6th fret
              AN EASIER VERSION COULD BE TRANSPOSING 2 STEPS DOWN AND PLACING THE  
Capo on 6, BUT THE SOUND OF THE 
THEN GIVEN D#m IS HORRID. I PREFER THE Fm 
 
 
STANDARD TUNING 
 
Capo on 4 
 
Bm   A   G   F#m 
 
Bm             A          G 
 I would never lie to you 
            Dsus2      F#m 
 unless you tell me to 
Bm      A                G 
 Every part of me you own 
        Em 
 all my words to hold 
G            Dsus2 
 And hold against me 
G              Fm       F#m 
 why won't you let it be? 
 
 
Em                          Dsus2               
 Don't you ever say my love opened up your heart 
Fm                      Dsus2 
 No I'm not gonna do it standing up 
G                                    
 The words don't come out right  
             Dsus2 
 when you're right in front of me 
Em      Dsus2            G 
 Help me baby, won't you turn off the lights 
 
 Em     G 
 Lay me down ('til the morning) 
 Em     Dsus2 
 Lay me down (through the night) 
    Fm 
 Lay me down (I can fall in) 
    Bm     Dsus2 
 Lay me down (Won?t you) 
G 
 Lay me down (I can baby) 
 Dsus2 
 Lay me down (Someone believe me) 
 Em     Bm 
 Lay me down 
 
 
               A              G 
 I would never break the rules 
            Dsus2      F#m 
 unless you tell me to 
Bm          A        G 
 You can read my mind 
       Em            G 
 be it truth or lies 
G        Dsus2 
 Lie down beside me 
G              Fm       F#m 
 why won't you let it be? 
 
 
Em                          Dsus2               
 Don't you ever say my love opened up your heart 
Fm                      Dsus2 
 No I'm not gonna do it standing up 
G                                    
 The words don't come out right  
             Dsus2 
 when you're right in front of me 
Em      Dsus2            G 
 Help me baby, won't you turn off the lights 
 
 Em     G 
 Lay me down ('til the morning) 
 Em     Dsus2 
 Lay me down (through the night) 
    Fm 
 Lay me down (I can fall in) 
    Bm     Dsus2 
 Lay me down (Won?t you) 
G 
 Lay me down (I can baby) 
 Dsus2 
 Lay me down (Someone believe me) 
 Em     Bm 
 Lay me down 
 
F#m G Em Bm 
 Oh.. 
 
     Em 
 Lay down with me 
     Fm 
 Lay down with me 
     Bm 
 Lay down with me 
     F#m 
 Lay down with me 
 
 
G                                    
 The words don't come out right  
             Dsus2 
 when you're right in front of me 
Em      Dsus2            G 
 Help me baby, won't you turn off the lights 
 
 Em     G 
 Lay me down ('til the morning) 
 Em     Dsus2 
 Lay me down (through the night) 
    Fm 
 Lay me down (I can fall in) 
    Bm     Dsus2 
 Lay me down (Won?t you) 
G 
 Lay me down (I can baby) 
 Dsus2 
 Lay me down (Someone believe me) 
 Em          Bm 
 Lay me do...wn 
 
D G Dsus2 Em Dsus2 Bm  D 
 Ahhh... 
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ENJOY!! 
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Chord set

Bm · A · G · F#m · Dsus2 · Em · Fm · D

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.