Someone to Lay Down Beside Me — Karla Bonoff
Chords and lyrics for Someone to Lay Down Beside Me by Karla Bonoff (key of G).
Verse 1
by Karla Bonoff
Intro: Am Asus4 Asus2 arpeggio (see picking pattern at bottom)
Am arpeg
There's somebody waiting alone in the street
For someone to walk up and greet
[Dm7] Here you are all [G]alone in the city
[Dm7]Where's the love that you [G]took to your side
[Dm7] Lonely faces will [G]stare through your eyes in the [Am]night
Am arpeg
And they'll say
Woman sweet woman, please come home with me
You're shining and willing and free
[Dm7]But your love is a [G]common occurrence
[Dm7]Not like love that I [G]feel in my heart
[Dm7] Still you know that [G]may be what I need
Is someone to [Dm]lay down [G]beside [Dm7]me
[G]
And even [Dm]though it's not [G][Dm7]real[G]
Just someone to [Dm]lay down [G]beside me
Dm7 Am arpeg
You're the story of my life
inst: like verse (Am arpeg Dm7 G)
Someone to [Dm]lay down [G]beside [Dm7]me
[G]
And even [Dm]though it's not [G][Dm7]real[G]
Just someone to [Dm]lay down [G]beside me
Dm7 Am arpeg
You're the story of my life
Am arpeg
The morning is breaking, the street lights are off
The sun will soon share all the cost
[Dm7]Of a world that can [G]be sort of heartless
[Dm7]Not like love that I [G]feel in my heart
[Dm7] Still you know that may[G] be all you'll get
Is someone to [Dm]lay down [G]beside [Dm7]you[G]
And even [Dm]though it's not [G][Dm7]real[G]
Just someone to [Dm]lay down [G]beside you
Dm7 Am arpeg slow to end
You just can't ask for more
Tab Playing Notes:
much more like the piano part
at the beginning of each verse.
It is easiest if you finger pick and use your thumb to
play the first three notes with a downstroke,
play the fourth note with the middle finger upstroke and
play the last three notes with an index finger upstroke.
During the last 4 notes you can work in alternating bass notes on
the A and/or D strings with your thumb.
the A and/or D strings with your thumb.
Am arpeggio strumming pattern (Am > Asus4 > Am > Asus2)
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