Lay down sally   Eric Clapton

 
   I posted this recently, but it is improved in some points.
(Anyone tried to transpose the D-Bassline and chord two frets up
without breaking her/his fingers?)

Here we go (lyrics from vacs.uwp.edu):

               LAY DOWN SALLY
   (Eric Clapton, Marcy Levy & George Terry)

A
There is nothing ...
                                 D
in wanting you to ...
  A
I know you've got ...
                                        D
but won't you make ...
              E
And don't you ...

       A                   D
      Lay down, Sally, and ...
       E                                  A
      Don't you think you want ...
       A                  D
      Lay down, Sally, no need ...
       E                                       A
      I've been trying all night ...



Basic pattern:
It is possible to play it with the left thumb and middle finger and a
full A chord on the higher strings. They may be strummed occasionally.
The best way to play it is using a plectron and middle finger with the
right hand. Transpose the first two bars to D also. The bar 3 and 4
contain the catch phrase that is only played over A.

  A  A/F# A/E A/F#  etc..
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----------------|----------------|----------------|0---0---0---0---|
D --2---2---2---2-|------2---2---2-|--2---2---2---2-|--5---4---2-----|
A 0---------------|0-0-------------|0---------------|----------------|
E ----2---0---2---|----2---3---2---|----2---0---2---|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   

     A/F#                 A/G
    ------               ------
    ||||||               ||||||
    ------               ------
    t|111|               ||111|
    ------               ------
    ||||||               2|||||
    ------               ------

Transposition:

E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G --2---2---2---2-|------2---2---2-|--4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---4-|
D 0---------------|0-0-------------|----------------|----------------|
A ----2---0---2---|----2---3---2---|4---4---4---4---|4---4---4---4---|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   

    D/B                   D/C          E   
   x-----               x----x       x-----       
   ||||||               ||||||       |11111 
   ------               ------       ------ 
   |t|1|2               |||1||       ||||2| 
   ------               ------       ------ 
   ||||3|               |2||3|       ||3|||VI
   ------               ------       ------


Guitar solo over A major (nothing more). It is not complete up to the very
end. I improvise on or stop with the sequence written down leading to A.

E --5-------------|----------------|----------------|5-------5-------|
B ----8---7---5---|----------------|----------------|--8b(10)--------|
G ----------------|7-5-7---7-5-----|--------5-7b(9)-|----------------|
D ----------------|------------7-5-|7---7-----------|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   


E --5-8-5-7-5-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ------------8-7-|--5-------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----------------|----7---7p5-----|7p5---------5---|7p5-------------|
D ----------------|------------7---|----7---7-------|------------7---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   


E ----------------|----------------|----5---5-------|----------------|
B ----------------|------5-8-5-8-5-|8b(10)8-----8---|----------------|
G --------------5-|--5-7-----------|----------------|7b(8)-5---------|
D 7---7-5---5-7---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A --------7-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^  .  ^ . ^ . ^   


E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --------8-------|8---------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----8s--9---9---|--9-7---7-5-----|----------------|----------------|
D ----------------|------------7---|7---5---5-------|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|------7---7s----|5-3-------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|--------5-------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   


E --------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
B ------10------10----|--10-10-----10-10|--10-13b(15)|--10-13-10--10-|
G --12b(14)-12b(14)-12|b(14)---12b(14)--|------------|12--------12---|
D --------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
A --------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
E --------------------|-----------------|------------|---------------|
  ^ ^   .   ^   ^   .  ^  ^  .  ^  .  ^ . ^ ^  ^   ^   ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^


E ---------------------------|----------------------|----------------|
B --15b(17)-15b(17)-b(17)15--|-p13------------------|----------------|
G ---------------------------|----14-12-------------|----------------|
D ---------------------------|----------1412-12-10-|----------------|
A ---------------------------|----------------------|-12-------------|
E ---------------------------|----------------------|----------------|
  ^ ^  .    ^   .   ^ .       ^  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .    ^ 

transcriptions by Christian Sebeke

I take no liability for the health of your left hand playing bass
and chords together. It works for me.