30% OFF ALL MEMBERSHIPS

SUMMER SALE

Good for both monthly and yearly memberships. Discount applies to the lifetime of the membership.

Get the Heartwood Guitar Instruction

FREE Campfire Singalong Songbook

20 CLASSIC SONGS your friends will love

Beatles - Petty - Johnny Cash - Eagles - John Denver - Dylan

    Image

    Print

    | Save as a MS Word

    This chart will look wacky unless you
    rotate your phone

    Layla

    Derek and the Dominoes

     

    Strumming Guide:

    Verse Strum:

     

    B B D DUDUB D DU

    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

    Chorus strum (X=scratch strum):

    Dm    Bb      C       Dm

    D U X U   U X U   U X U   U X U

    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

     

    Intro (w/main riff):

    / Dm - (Bb) - / (C) - (Dm) - / x2 (guitars only)

    / Dm - (Bb) - / (C) - (Dm) - / x3 (full band enters)

    / Dm - (Bb) - / (C) - /

     

    C#m                                G#m

        What will you do when you get lonely

    / C#m - C7 D7 /             E7

        With nobody waiting by your side

    / F#m - B - / E - A - /            

        You've been running and hiding much too long,

    / F#m - B - / E - A (hold) - /            

        You know it's just your foolish pride.

     

    Chorus (w/main riff):

    / Dm - (Bb) - / (C) - (Dm) - /

    Lay-la,      you got me on my knees.

    / Dm - (Bb) - / (C) - (Dm) - /

    Lay-la,      I'm begging darling please.

    / Dm - (Bb) - / (C) - (Dm) - /            / Dm - (Bb) - / (C) - /

    Lay-la,     darling won't you ease my worried mind

     

    C#m                         G#m

        Tried to give you consolation,

    / C#m - C7 D7 /             E7

        Your old man won't let you down

    / F#m - B - / E - A - /            

        Like a fool, I fell in love with you,

    / F#m - B - / E - A (hold) - /            

        Turned the whole world upside down

     

    Chorus

     

    C#m                                G#m

        Let's make the best of the situation

    / C#m - C7 D7 /            E7

        Before I fin'lly go insane.

    / F#m - B - / E - A - /            

        Please don't say we'll never find a way

    / F#m - B - / E - A (hold) - /            

        And tell me all my loves in vain

     

    Outro Chorus (w/main riff):

    / Dm - (Bb) - / (C) - (Dm) - /

    Lay-la,      you got me on my knees.

    / Dm - (Bb) - / (C) - (Dm) - /

    Lay-la,      I'm begging darling please.

    / Dm - (Bb) - / (C) - (Dm) - /           

    Lay-la,     darling won't you ease my

    / Dm - (Bb) - / (C) - (Dm) - /           

    worried mind

     

    / Dm - (Bb) - / (C) - (Dm) - /

    Lay-la,      you got me on my knees.

    / Dm - (Bb) - / (C) - (Dm) - /

    Lay-la,      I'm begging darling please.

    / Dm - (Bb) - / (C) - (Dm) - /           

    Lay-la,     darling won't you ease my

    / Dm - (Bb) - / (C) - (Dm) - /           

    worried mind

     

    Solo: / Dm - (Bb) - / (C) - (Dm) - / x8

     

    End on Dm


    This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.