{title: Layla}
{artist: Derek and the Dominos}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 115}
{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]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[C#m] what will you do when you get [G#m7]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
Lay[Dm]la, [Bb] I'm [C]begging darling [Dm]please
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}
[C#m] I tried to give you conso[G#m7]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}
[C#m] let's make the best of the situ[G#m7]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, x3}
[Dm] [Bb] [C] [Dm]
[Dm] [Bb] [C] [Dm]
[Dm] [Bb] [C] [Dm]
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Outtro A (piano)}
[C] [C/E] [Fsus2]
[C] [C/E] [Fsus2] [Bb7] [C]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Outtro B (gitaar)}
[C] [C/E] [Fsus2] [Bb7] [C]
[C] [C/E] [Fsus2] [Bb7] [C]
[Am] [Dm] [G] [C]
[Am] [D] [G]
{end_of_part}