“Lay Me Down (Roll Me Out to Sea)” is my favorite “Barry Manilow” song. I put his name in quotes because since I first heard him perform it back in the ’70s I have wrongly credited him with its authorship. In fact, this great song was written by Larry Weiss and released by Weiss in 1974. It was then covered by several others, including Glen Campbell and Manilow. It was written for piano and every recording I’ve heard of it has been piano-driven (except Campbell’s), so I tried to adapt it for guitar as best I could to suit my own playing style and abilities.