Lay It All On Me

 
              
Intro: C Am F G C 
 
C 
Ruby?s got a brother. Her brother?s got a lover 
C                                G  
His lover?s got another on the side 
G 
Ain?t nobody?s business. We all need forgiveness 
G                               C 
It?s been laying heavy on my mind 
 
 
F                   Em 
If you got a secret baby I can keep it 
Am                         F G# 
Lock it up and swallow the key 
C                                            Am 
'Cause everybody?s got a little something to hide 
G#             G      C 
You can lay it all on me 
 
 
C 
Her mama used the Bible. Daddy used the bottle 
C                             G 
Revival and survival made her run 
G 
She?s using just a little of both here in the middle 
G                                 C 
I know exactly where she?s coming from 
 
 
F                   Em 
If you got a secret baby I can keep it 
Am                         F G# 
Lock it up and swallow the key 
C                                            Am 
'Cause everybody?s got a little something to hide 
G#             G      C 
You can lay it all on me 
 
(Chords over Solo) 
C G C 
F Em Am F G# 
C Am G# G C 
 
F                      D              
Covering my tracks and sneaking on the sly 
C 
It?s getting hard to look my Ruby in the eye 
    D 
She caught us shackin? up at a dirty motel 
D                        G                C 
Says she?s gonna send us both straight to hell 
 
 
C 
It?s complicated ain?t it. I wish I could explain it 
C                                   G 
It wouldn?t make no difference if I tried 
G 
Now Ruby and her brother. Say one way or another 
G                               C 
I?m running out of places I can hide 
 
 
F                        Em 
If you know a secret you best know how to keep it 
Am                         F G# 
Lock it up and swallow the key 
C                                            Am 
'Cause everybody?s got a little something to hide 
G#             G      C 
You can lay it all on me 
 
      G#             G      C Am 
Yeah, You can lay it all on me 
F              G      C 
You can lay it all on me