[Intro]
|A     |C#m     |G      |Bm     |
 
|A     |C#m     |G      |Bm     |
[Versetto]
A          C#m  G            Bm           A    C#m   G    Bm 
  Lay lady lay,   lay across my big brass bed 
A          C#m   G             Bm            A    C#m   G   Bm 
  Lay lady lay,     lay across my big brass bed 
E          F#m              A               Asus4 A 
  Whatever colours you have    in your mind  
E                F#m     A                            Asus4 A 
  I'll show them to you      and you'll see them shine 
A          C#m  G            Bm           A    C#m    G    Bm 
  Lay lady lay,   lay across my big brass bed
[Versetto]
A             C#m    G                Bm         A   C#m   G   Bm 
  Stay, lady, stay,    stay with your man awhile 
A                    C#m   G             Bm                  A   C#m   G   Bm 
  Until the break of day,     let me see you make him smile 
E                 F#m           A                 Asus4 A 
  His clothes are dirty but his    hands are clean 
E                F#m                  A            Asus4 A 
  And you're the best thing that he's     ever seen 
A             C#m   G                Bm          A   C#m   G   Bm 
  Stay, lady, stay,   stay with your man awhile 
[Ponte]
C#m                            E     F#m    A  Asus4 A 
   Why wait any longer for the world to  begin 
C#m                                      A  Asus4 A 
   You can have your cake and eat it too 
C#m                            E   F#m A 
   Why wait any longer for the one you love 
             C#m                   Bm 
   When he's standing in front of you
[Versetto]
A              C#m   G             Bm           A     C#m     G    Bm 
   Lay, lady, lay,      lay across my big brass bed 
A              C#m   G                Bm               A     C#m     G    Bm 
   Stay, lady, stay,   stay while the night is still ahead 
E            F#m            A              Asus4 A 
   I long to see you in the   morning light 
E            F#m            A              Asus4 A 
   I long to reach for you    in the night 
A              C#m   G                Bm              A     C#m     G    Bm 
   Stay, lady, stay,   stay while the night is still ahead
[Outro]
A    Bm   C#m   D     A