Let It Lay Chords by Les Mccann

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_ _ [A#] You know, we've [D#m] been sitting out here for a long time, man, and _ _ [Am] I got a few things I
want to talk about too, you [Em] know, because _ I've _
[G#m] _ _ [A] had a few things happen to me that don't,
you know, really [C#] lay right, right now.
But _ I mean, my father, he's always, when he saw me getting into trouble, he used to say
[G] things to me like, you know, let it go and [Em] let it lay.
_ _ [Am] _
Well, the first time _ _ _ [C#] I ever saw her, [A] _ _ _
she looked so, _ so [Em] good to me. _ _ _ _
[Am] I've never _ _ in [C#] a [A] lifetime _ _ _ thought [D] I'd find a girl _ of whom my other [C] half would be.
_ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ All my friends said, warned me _ [C#]
that I was seeing double.
[A] _ _ [Am]
Just take a [D] look at her, _ _ [Cm] _
[D#] she's a big time trouble.
[A] Oh, watch out, _ [Dm] it's late, _ [A] she'll close [D] the gate.
Now, if [A] you delay, [Am] hey, hey, hey, watch out now.
_ Yeah, you better [A] let it lay.
_ _ I know, brother, you may not be one to cast persuasion, but _ _ [D] don't get all involved in
who [Am] you're ready for.
[Em] It's the same kind of stuff that's going on.
[Am] _ I thought I'd be your liberal cat.
[C#] I found [A] out ahead of time that I was fond [D] of action.
Yeah, I [Am] dug all that racist [Em] crap, you know what I mean?
_ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
_ _ Myself was secret.
_ [C#] _
Well, the man, [A] the militant, [E] they forced [D] their _ slogans [D#] to make [E] me vigilant [D#] for [A] one day.
_ _ [E] _ _ And [C#] my [D] bombs, [C#] yeah, _ [A] they [D] exploded.
_ One _ of [D#m] those bombs, uh [D#]-huh. _
[A] Blow-ups, _ shoot you. _ _
_ They [Dm] give you hell. _
[A] Bombs, they're [C] too much to take.
You better watch [F#] out, I'm telling [A] you now.
You better let it lay.
_ [D] I'm getting the [A] hell out of here.
You kept me putting all that problems off for one year.
You're taking you all up and running around and having to beat [E] everybody all the time.
You don't need that kind of love.
_ _ Let's hear some [D] more of Dave, I think.
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[C#] Who wouldn't give?
[A] _ _ _ _
[D] She was a dog, _ but she [Em] just wouldn't live.
_ _ _ [E] _
[A] She told me _ _ [C] she [A] was [C#] _ saving up _ [C#] for [D] that wedding [C] day _ [A] to [E] _ fill a cup.
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[A] _ I [Am] didn't argue. _ _
[A] She had her say. _ _
[D] I'm wine and I'm the _
[D#m] _ inventing game to play. _
[A] They won, _ [D] or what's true, [A]
when liquor [Dm] all grew. _
[A] And I ended [Am] up anyway.
Yes, I did.
[Bm] _ I think we're [G] schooled, brother.
Yeah.
[Em] _
I had my way.
Yes, I did.
Yes, I [C#] did.
Yes, I did.
Yes, I _ _ _ _ [A] did.
[D] _ _ _ _ Yes, I did.
Yes, I did.
[A] [E] Yes, _ I did.
_ I [A] thought I _ _ _ _ had it, the center in this life. _
[D] A _ blasted no good _
[Bm] _ [E] and a [Em] constant strike. _
Then [Am] one day I left in blurriness.
[C#] I stepped up for it in front of my church.
[D] _ _ I gave [A] up things.
[E] I _ _ _ put aside [A] things.
I live like a pillar. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
I'm dying.
_ _ [D#] Was my _ _ _ _ [D#m] one [A] _ day [D] _ _ _ [A] I wasn't living.
_ [Dm] I had it all.
So [A] I threw it all [C] down the toilet.
Went out [Bm] right then and there, my man.
[A] _ _ Yeah, I had a ball.
Just did the ass off.
It was beautiful.
_ Felt [E] really different.
[A] I'm going to say, I don't got nothing like that on my mind.
I'm going to be [E] black.
Make me feel like I ain't nothing. _ _ _ _
[A] You guys enjoy that.
You _ [C#] guys got to [A] dig it.
I'm going to be in the California.
_ _ [Dm] _
The first [E] time I was in the California.
I was in the grass.
I _ [A] came out and I came back.
They got me coming around.
They let me play some football.
I was a man of _ my word.
[D] I ain't going to do nothing.
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