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One night I had dream that I was some where in up-state New York.

Bob Dylan was cooking me breakfast in the kitchen on the main floor of his house. His wife was sleeping and his son Jacob (who has the best eyes) was out for the morning. I was wearing a white robe and Bob Dylan's robe was white with little yellow designs on it (he was also wearing slippers because the floor was cold).

As he was making us scrableled eggs and toast he told me a story about one of the most difficult albums he wrote. The album was about the break-up of his first marriage. He said that the break-up was so sad and yet wonderful because he had all of these feelings that translated in to a wonderful piece of work.

I told him that I didn't think I had any songwriting talent left in me. As soon as I said that he turned and looked at me in this strange was and said, "Don't worry the words will come".

Thanks for the Words of Wizdom Bob.

Lay lady lay
Bob Dylan

Verse 1

G Bm F Am G Bm F Am
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
G Bm F Am G Bm F Am
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
D Em G
Whatever colours you have in your mind
D Em G
I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine
G Bm F Am G Bm F Am
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed

Verse 2

G Bm F Am G Bm F Am
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
G Bm F Am G Bm F Am
Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile
D Em G
His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean
D Em G
And you're the best thing that he's ever seen
G Bm F Am G Bm F Am
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile

Bridge
Bm D G
Why wait any longer for the world to begin
Bm Am G
You can have your cake and eat it too
Bm D G
Why wait any longer for the one you love
Bm Am
When he's stan ding in front of you

Verse 3
G Bm F Am G Bm F Am
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
G Bm F Am G Bm F Am
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
D Em G
I long to see you in the morning light
D Em G
I long to reach for you in the night
G Bm F Am G Bm F Am
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead

G Bm F Am Bm C G