Someone to Lay Down Beside Me
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 G
Here you are all alone in the city
Dm7 G
Where's the love that you took to your side
Dm7 G Am arpeg
Lonely faces will stare through your eyes in the night
Am arpeg
And they'll say
Woman sweet woman, please come home with me
You're shining and willing and free
Dm7 G
But your love is a common occurrence
Dm7 G
Not like love that I feel in my heart
Dm7 G
Still you know that may be what I need
Dm G Dm7 G
Is someone to lay down beside me
Dm G Dm7 G
And even though it's not real
Dm G
Just someone to lay down beside me
Dm7 Am arpeg
You're the story of my life
inst: like verse (Am arpeg Dm7 G)
Dm G Dm7 G
Someone to lay down beside me
Dm G Dm7 G
And even though it's not real
Dm G
Just someone to lay down 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 G
Of a world that can be sort of heartless
Dm7 G
Not like love that I feel in my heart
Dm7 G
Still you know that may be all you'll get
Dm G Dm7 G
Is someone to lay down beside you
Dm G Dm7 G
And even though it's not real
Dm G
Just someone to lay down beside you
Dm7 Am arpeg slow to end
You just can't ask for more
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Tab Playing Notes:
- Capo at 7 for original key
- Chords: Am arpeggio - Am-X02210, Asus4-X02230, Asus2-X02200
Dm7-XX0211, G-320033, Dm-XX0231
- Using an Am to Asus4 to Asus2 arpeggio gives a feel
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)
e -----0------------------------------------------|
B ------3-1-0-------------------------------------|
G ---2--------------------------------------------|
D --2---------------------------------------------|
A -0----------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------|
