{title: Layla (acoustic)} {artist: Eric Clapton} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 93} {key: Dm} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [Dm] [Bb] [C] [Dm] [Dm] [Bb] [C] [Dm] [Dm] [Bb] [C] [Dm] [Dm] [Bb] [C] [Dm] [Dm] [Bb] [C] [Dm] [Dm] [Bb] [C] [A5] [-] [C5] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [C#m7] what will you do when you get [G#7]lonely [C#m7] when nobody's [C]waitin' [D]by your [E]side? [F#m7] you've been [B7]running and [E]hiding much too [A]long [F#m7] you know, it's [B7]just your foolish [E]pride {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} [A5]Lay-[Dm]la, [Bb] you [C]got me on my [Dm]knees, [C]Lay[Dm]la [Bb] I'm [C]begging darling [Dm]please, [C]Lay[Dm]la [Bb] [C]darling, won't you [Dm]ease my worried [Dm]mind? [Bb] [C] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [A5] [-] [C5] [C#m7] I tried to give you conso[G#7]lation [C#m7] when your old [C]man had [D]let you [E]down [F#m7] like a [B7]fool, I [E]fell in love with [A]you [F#m7] you turned my [B7]whole world upside [E]down {end_of_verse} {chorus: Chorus 2} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [A5] [-] [C5] [C#m7] let's make the best of the situ[G#7]ation [C#m7] before I [C]finally [D]go in[E]sane [F#m7] please don't [B7]say we'll [E]never find a [A]way [F#m7] and tell me [B7]all my love's in [E]vain {end_of_verse} {chorus: Chorus 3 (x2)} {start_of_part: Solo} [A5] [Dm] [Bb] [C] [Dm] [Dm] [Bb] [C] [Dm] [Dm] [Bb] [C] [Dm] [Dm] [Bb] [C] [A5] [Dm] [Bb] [C] [Dm] [Dm] [Bb] [C] [Dm] [Dm] [Bb] [C] [Dm] [Dm] [Bb] [C] {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus 4 (x2)}