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Westlife - I Lay My Love On You Chords

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ChordsEm, Am, D, G, Bm, C, A, E, F#m, B, F#, G#m, C#m
Strumming↓-↓↓↑

Before you play, tune your guitar and use the tools below to set up your view and flow.

EmJustasmileandtheAmrainisgone,DcanhardlyGbelieveitBm(yeah)
EmThere’sanangelstandingAmnexttome,CreachingDformyGheartD
EmJustasmileandthere’sAmnowayback,DcanhardlyGbelieveitBm(yeah)
EmButthere’sanangelandshe’sAmcallingme,CreachingDformyGheartD
EmIknow,thatI’llbeoknow,Gthistimeit’sDreal
IlaymyloveonAyou,it’sallIwanttoEdo
EverytimeIF#mbreatheIfeelbrandDnew
YouEopenupmyAheart,showmeallyourElove
AndwalkrightBmthrough,asIDlaymyEloveonAyou
EmIwaslostinaAmlonelyplace,DcouldhardlyGbelieveitBm(yeah)
EmHoldingontoAmyesterdays,Cfar,DfartoolongG
EmNowIbelieveitsok’cause,Gthistimeit’sDreal
IlaymyloveonAyou,it’sallIwanttoEdo
EverytimeIF#mbreatheIfeelbrandDnew
YouEopenupmyAheart,showmeallyourElove
AndwalkrightBmthrough,asIDlaymyEloveonBmyouGA
IneverknewthatlovecouldfeelsoBmgoodGAB
BmLikeAaDonceinaElifetime,BmyouAchangeDmyEworld
BIlaymyF#loveonyou,G#myoumakemeEfeelbrandnew
BShowmeallyourF#love,andwalkrightC#mthrough,asIElaymyF#loveonByou
IlaymyloveonByou,it’sallIwanttoF#do
EverytimeIG#mbreatheIfeelbrandEnew
YouF#openupmyBheart,showmeallyourF#love
AndwalkrightC#mthrough,asIElaymyF#loveonByou
BIlaymyF#loveonyou,G#myoumakemeEfeelbrandnew
YouopenupmyBheart,showmeallyourF#love
AndwalkrightC#mthrough,asIElaymyF#loveonByou
AsIElaymyF#loveonByou
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ArtistWestlife
AlbumCoast to Coast
GenresPop
Year2000
KeyEm
DifficultyAdvanced

How to play I Lay My Love On You on Guitar (Step-by-step)

Westlife - I Lay My Love On You on guitar requires 13 chords and 28 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓-↓↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.

I Lay My Love On You uses these transitions most often: B → F# (6), D → E (6), and D → G (6). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with Em - Am chord transition.

1. Em → Am chord transition

Guitar Em chord diagram Fingering: 0-2-2-0-0-0Guitar Em chord diagram
Guitar Am chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-2-1-0Guitar Am chord diagram

Here's how to move from Em to Am:

  1. Lift your middle finger from A string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 2.
  2. Slide your ring finger from D string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Place index finger on B string fret 1.

This transition appears in the verse, played 6 times.

Em to Am

2. Am → D chord transition

Guitar Am chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-2-1-0Guitar Am chord diagram
Guitar D chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-3-2Guitar D chord diagram

Switching from Am to D:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to E string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 3 times.

Am to D

3. D → G chord transition

Guitar D chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-3-2Guitar D chord diagram
Guitar G chord diagram Fingering: 3-2-0-0-0-3Guitar G chord diagram

Switching from D to G:

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 6 times.

D to G

4. G → Bm chord transition

Guitar G chord diagram Fingering: 3-2-0-0-0-3Guitar G chord diagram
Guitar Bm chord diagram Fingering: 2-2-4-4-3-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar Bm chord diagram

Here's how to move from G to Bm:

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to B string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 4.
  4. Place pinky on G string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse, played 3 times.

G to Bm

5. Bm → Em chord transition

To move from Bm to Em:

  1. While playing Bm, first lift your index finger and pinky.
  2. Lift your middle finger from B string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger on D string from fret 4 to fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 3 times.

6. Am → C chord transition

To move from Am to C:

  1. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  2. Keep middle finger on D string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 3 times.

7. C → D chord transition

To move from C to D:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to E string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 3 times.

8. D → Em chord transition

Here's how to move from D to Em:

  1. While playing D, lift your index finger from G string fret 2.
  2. Lift your middle finger from E string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from B string fret 3 to D string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

9. Em → G chord transition

Here's how to move from Em to G:

  1. Lift your middle finger from A string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 3.
  2. Slide your ring finger from D string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Place index finger on A string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

10. D → A chord transition

Switching from D to A:

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger on B string from fret 3 to fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

11. A → E chord transition

Here's how to move from A to E:

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to A string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

12. E → F#m chord transition

Here's how to move from E to F#m:

  1. While playing E, lift your middle finger from A string fret 2.
  2. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from D string fret 2 to A string fret 4.
  4. Place pinky on D string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

13. F#m → D chord transition

Switching from F#m to D:

  1. While playing F#m, lift your pinky from D string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 4 to B string fret 3.
  4. Place middle finger on E string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

14. D → E chord transition

Here's how to move from D to E:

  1. Slide your index finger on G string from fret 2 to fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to A string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 6 times.

15. E → Bm chord transition

To move from E to Bm:

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 2 to B string fret 3.
  3. Slide your ring finger on D string from fret 2 to fret 4.
  4. Place pinky on G string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

16. Bm → D chord transition

Here's how to move from Bm to D:

  1. While playing Bm, lift your pinky from G string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from B string fret 3 to E string fret 2.
  4. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 4 and place it on B string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

17. A → Em chord transition

Here's how to move from A to Em:

  1. While playing A, lift your index finger from D string fret 2.
  2. Lift your middle finger from G string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from B string fret 2 to D string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse.

18. G → A chord transition

Switching from G to A:

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to G string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 2.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.

19. A → Bm chord transition

Here's how to move from A to Bm:

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to B string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 4.
  4. Place pinky on G string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse.

20. A → B chord transition

Here's how to move from A to B:

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to D string fret 4.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 4.
  4. Place pinky on B string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse.

21. B → Bm chord transition

To move from B to Bm:

  1. Keep index finger on E string fret 2.
  2. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 4 and place it on B string fret 3.
  3. Slide your ring finger from G string fret 4 to D string fret 4.
  4. Lift your pinky from B string fret 4 and place it on G string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse.

22. E → B chord transition

To move from E to B:

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 2 to D string fret 4.
  3. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 4.
  4. Place pinky on B string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse, played 3 times.

23. B → F# chord transition

Here's how to move from B to F#:

  1. Keep index finger on E string fret 2.
  2. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 4 and place it on G string fret 3.
  3. Slide your ring finger from G string fret 4 to A string fret 4.
  4. Lift your pinky from B string fret 4 and place it on D string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse, played 6 times.

24. F# → G#m chord transition

Switching from F# to G#m:

  1. While playing F#, lift your middle finger from G string fret 3.
  2. Slide your index finger on E string from fret 2 to fret 4.
  3. Slide your ring finger on A string from fret 4 to fret 6.
  4. Slide your pinky on D string from fret 4 to fret 6.

This transition appears in the verse, played 3 times.

25. G#m → E chord transition

To move from G#m to E:

  1. While playing G#m, lift your pinky from D string fret 6.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 4 and place it on G string fret 1.
  3. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 6 to D string fret 2.
  4. Place middle finger on A string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 3 times.

26. F# → C#m chord transition

To move from F# to C#m:

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 4 and place it on B string fret 2.
  4. Slide your pinky from D string fret 4 to A string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse, played 3 times.

27. C#m → E chord transition

Here's how to move from C#m to E:

  1. While playing C#m, lift your pinky from A string fret 4.
  2. Keep index finger on G string fret 1.
  3. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.
  4. Slide your ring finger from B string fret 2 to D string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 3 times.

28. E → F# chord transition

Here's how to move from E to F#:

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 2 to G string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 4.
  4. Place pinky on D string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse, played 5 times.

I Lay My Love On You chord transition analysis

A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in I Lay My Love On You.

  • I Lay My Love On You includes 105 chord transitions, 28 of them unique.
  • These transitions represent 0.03% of all chord transitions in Chordier.
  • I Lay My Love On You contains 4 of the top 10 transitions across Chordier.
  • These transition patterns show how I Lay My Love On You connects to the rest of Chordier. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.
    After E, the most likely next chords across Chordier are A (25%), D (14%), and B (11%).
    • E → A: 25%
    • E → B: 11%
    After D, the most likely next chords across Chordier are G (29%), A (17%), and Em (17%).
    • D → G: 29%
    • D → A: 17%
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