Lay Low

[john randolph]

hey, has does anyome have the Lay Low tabs. thats one of my fav songs off the new album and i really want to play it.
thanks

[TomBarton]

ask and thou shalt recieve - gonna have to wait till early next week or so for me to tab out the solos... i know them - it's just a bit of work to tab 'em

Lay Low
My Morning Jacket
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Tabbed by TomBarton@gmail.com



okay everyone - this masterpiece comes to you with
the guitar in dropped D, and cappo at the 5th fret.

DADGBE, cappo 5

All tabs relative to the cappo

h - hammer on
/ - slide up/down

the low D can almost always be voiced during the main riff/verse


intro/interludes

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4---2--------------------4---2-------|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0-0------0-0--2/4--4----0h2/4------0-0-2/4--4--0----0--|
|-0-0-0--0h2---0-0-0--0h2---0--------0----------0h2---0-------0-0-0h2---|
|-0-0-0--------0-0-0--------0-------------------------0-----------------|
                              
                      ^-- keep these bottom 2 ringing      

 verse
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-----0------5--2--7--------------|  whole thing (x2)
|-0-0-0--0h2--(2x)-5--2--7--------------|
|-0-0-0------------5--2--7--------------|

               ^ i dont show the rhythm here, but these are the
                 chords used for the rest of the verse, and then
                 back into the intro/interludes

lead into/chorus

|-----------2--0-----...----------------2-0------------------|
|-----------2--0-----...----------------2-0------------------|
|-----------2--0-----...----------------2-0------------------|
|--2--3-4---4--2-----...----5--7--5--4--4-2--------------------------|
|--2--3-4---4--2-----...----5--7--5--4--4-2--------------------------|
|--2--3-4---4--2-----...----5--7--5--4--4-2--------------------------|
                  ....................                    ^ the build into the solo section
          .......^Repeat these two as needed            



solos to come! but the whole solo section happens above
the same two chorus chords
|--2--0-------------------------------------------------|
|--2--0-------------------------------------------------|
|--2--0-------------------------------------------------|
|--4--2-------------------------------------------------|
|--4--2-------------------------------------------------|
|--4--2-------------------------------------------------|

[John Randolph]

thanks bro!

[edwardsh]

what he said! looking forward to the lead parts

[fruitpunch]

[size=10]
solo:

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------15b17-15b17--15-----12-12--15-13-12--------------12---------------|
|------------------------------------------14--14-12-14----14-12--12-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------14-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 the basic solo melody




 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------12---------------|
|--------------------------------14-14--12-14-14--12-14----14-12--12-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------14--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
then repeat this
[/size]

[TomBarton]

the leads are still coming - stand on me -

but what's more - is that after seeing them the other night - i have to say my tab is incorrect. it appears that the guys were playing in standard with cappo on 3, which is essentially the same thing as how i've got it tabbed, they just have to do more leg(finger)work to get the same results in this setup i believe... im not certain about the tuning, but cappo definitely on 3. strange indeed

[ratsprayer]

im almost positive carl's guitar was capo 5, and jim's flying v was capo 3.

[TomBarton]

im almost positive carl's guitar was capo 5, and jim's flying v was capo 3.

i know jim's V was at 3 - but i remember being very flabbergasted at seeing carl's LP was also at 3. granted i wasnt 5 feet away from carl, as i was jim - but i was sure it was at 3 after doing a double take.

i'd like to think you're right for the sake of my tab's accuracy - but im not convinced. if anyone can attest to the position of carl's cappo - i might be able to sleep at night again

[Jeffrey]

Lay Low
 
Intro: G (with a hammer on the D string, 2nd fret)
 
w/out capo:
verse: G, C, Am, D
chorus, Bm, Am, Bm, Am, C, D
 
w/capo on 3rd fret:
verse: E, A, F#m, B
chorus: G#m, F#m, G#m, F#m, A, B

[Xmas_Curtain]

Okay -- this Lay Low saga is driving me crazy!  I think it's one of their finest songs ever -- and my regard for Carl (which was always very high) has pretty much doubled since I've been listening to this one...(incessantly, I might add).

So try this, for the intro part.  It's incredibly rough and almost definitely inaccurate (it's standard tuning, no capo) -- but I think it sounds kinda kickin'.  If you can spread some reverb on it, it'll sound better...

-------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------5------3------0--
--------(0)-----------------(0)---------2/4----2/4-----2-----
-----------------0-------------------0-----------------------
------------0h2-----------------0h2--------------------------
--3-3-3-------------3-3-3-------------------------------------


-------------------------------------------
-----------------5/3(slight bend?)-0-------
-0----------2/4--------------------X-------
--------0----------------------------------
---0h2-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------

Peace out!

Dave.

[MaxiHaxi]

in what rythm is the song played?

[aMD]

This song and many others are located at the official unofficial My Morning Jacket guitar tabs and chords site:
 
http://mmjtabs.50megs.com/