C*      Eb              3x
F*      Eb      C*      3x


C7
You seem the type to follow the line

        F       Fm      Am6
Went from cheery vagabondage to cold blooded luxury in four years

        G7
No lick spittle or pickthack from sycophant claw back flunky

F*      Eb              C*
Oh, I want to lay by your side

F*      Eb              C*
Oh, I will lay by your side.


C7
Weaker vessel or better half?

F       Fm      Am6
That woman’s tears must be the death of me… oh dear

G7
You know when she’s had a few she’ll be onto you there’s no letting up

F*      Eb              C
But, I want to lay by your side

F*      Eb              C
Oh, I will lay by your side.



C       Am      Em              C       Am      Em
It may hap that these are they – golden years

C       Am      Em              C       Am      Em
So don’t despair, don’t dismay, dry your tears

F               G       F               G
Everything’s for the best in the best of all possible worlds


C       Am      F       G
I had a blast off through the cast of a play on the radio

C               Am      Em              F       G
They were more liberal times

C               Am              F       G
Destined to drone in monotone on your radio

C               Am      Em
It’s a little dream of mine

F       Fm
But comments were less than complimentary

        G
And the deft left hand it followed the right

C       Am      Em
I think about my happiest times one of them was

F       Fm      Am6
Sat in bed watching a documentary on murderers

G7
A bearcat, a memosa and view of arcady

F*      Eb              C*
Oh, I want to lay by your side

F*      Eb              C*
I will lay down and die of O can’t lay by your side

F*      Eb              C*
Oh, but I want to lay by your side

F       Eb              C
Oh, I’ll surely lay down and die

F*      Eb              C*
I can’t lay down and die

F*      Eb              C*
Oh, I want to lay by your side

F*      Eb              C*
Oh, I’ll lay down and die if I can’t lay by your side

F*      Eb              C*
Oh, I want to lay by your side.