Layla​​ b​ y​ ​Eric​ ​Clapton​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​playsongnotes.

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INTRO 
 
E​–
​––––––––(1)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––(1)–––––– 
B​–
​–––––––––3––––––––––––(3)––––––––––––(5)–––––––––––––––3––––––– 
G​–
​–––––––––2–––––––––––––3––––––––––––––5––––––––––––––––2––––––– 
D​–
​–––––––––0––––––0––––––3––––––––––––––5––––––––––––––––0––––––– 
A​–
​–––0––3––––––––––––3–––1–––––––1––1–––3–––––––––0––3––––––––––– 
E​–
​––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 
​​​​​​​​​​​​D​m​​​​​​​​​​​​B​b​​​​​​​​​​​​​C​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​D​m 
 
Repeat​​
this​​
intro​​progression.​​
Add​​
solo​​
as​​desired.​​
See​​below​​
for​​
additional​​notes​​
about 
this​​
riff.​​
To​​transition​​
into​​
the​​
verse,​​replace​​
the​​final​​
Dm​​
with​​a​​
Am​​
=>​​
C. 
 
VERSE 
C#m7​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​G ​#7 
...What'll​y​ou​d
​o​w
​hen​y​ou​g
​et​l
​onely 
C#m7​​​​​​​​​C​​​​​​​​D
​​​​​​​​E​​​​​​​E​7   
And​n
​obody's​w​aiting​b
​y​y​our​s
​ide 
F#m​​​​​​​​​​​​B​​​​​​​​​​​​E​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​A​ 
...You've​b
​een​r​unning​a​nd​h
​iding​m​uch​t
​oo​l
​ong 
F#m​​​​​​​​​​​​​​B​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​E ​​​​​​​​​A
​ 
...You​k
​now​i​t's​j
​ust​y​our​f
​oolish​p​ride...​L​ay---- 
 
CHORUS 
​​​​​​​D​m​​​B​b​​​​​​​​​​​C ​​​​​​​​​​​​​D ​m 
​​​​L
​ayla........​y ​ou've​g​ot​m​e​o​n​m​y​k
​nees 
​​​​​​​D​m​​​B​b​​​​​​​​​C ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​D ​m 
​​​​L
​ayla.........​I ​'m​b​egging,​d ​arling​p ​lease 
​​​​​​​D​m​​​B​b​​​​​C​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​D ​m   
​​​​L
​ayla.........​d ​arling​w ​on't​y​ou​e​ase​m​y​w
​orried 
​​​​D
​m​​​​​​B ​b​​​​​C​​​​​​​​A ​m​​​C​ 
​​​​M
​ind.... 
 
(use​a​bove​c​hords​f​or​r​emaining​v ​erse​& ​​c
​horus​p​rogressions) 
 
I​t
​ried​t​o​g
​ive​y​ou​c​onsolation 
When​y​our​o
​ld​m​an​h​ad​l​et​y​ou​d​own 
Like​a​​f
​ool,​I​​f
​ell​i ​n​l
​ove​w​ith​y​ou 
Turned​m​y​w
​hole​w​orld​u ​pside​d​own 
 
​​​​L
​ayla,​y​ou've​g ​ot​m​e​o
​n​m​y​k​nees 
​​​​L
​ayla,​I​'m​b​egging,​d ​arling​p ​lease 
​​​​L
​ayla,​d​arling​w ​on't​y​ou​e​ase​m ​y​w
​orried​m​ind 
 
Let's​m​ake​t​he​b
​est​o​f​t​he​s​ituation 
Before​I​​f
​inally​g ​o​i​nsane 
Please​d​on't​s​ay​I​'ll​n​ever​f​ind​a​​w​ay 
And​t
​ell​m​e​a​ll​m​y​l
​ove's​i ​n​v
​ain 
 
​​​​L
​ayla,​y​ou've​g ​ot​m​e​o
​n​m​y​k​nees 
​​​​L
​ayla,​I​'m​b​egging,​d ​arling​p ​lease 
​​​​L
​ayla,​d​arling​w ​on't​y​ou​e​ase​m ​y​w
​orried​m​ind 
 
Layla​ ​by​ ​Eric​ ​Clapton​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​page​ ​2​ ​of​ ​2
 

Chords​ ​needed 
This​ ​song​ ​needs​ ​a​ ​fair​ ​number​ ​of​ ​chords!​ ​Here’s​ ​how​ ​I​ ​personally​ ​prefer​ ​to​ ​play​ ​them.​ ​Note,​ ​for​ ​the​ ​intro​ ​&​ ​chorus​ ​chords​ ​–​ ​I​ ​do 
not​​ ​play​ ​the​ ​notes​ ​you​ ​see​ ​within​ ​the​ ​parentheses.​ ​You​ ​can​ ​play​ ​these​ ​if​ ​you​ ​want,​ ​but​ ​know​ ​it’ll​ ​make​ ​the​ ​transitions​ ​and 
integration​ ​of​ ​the​ ​riff​ ​a​ ​bit​ ​tougher​ ​to​ ​pull​ ​off.​ ​See​ ​my​ ​video​ ​lesson​ ​for​ ​reference. 

Intro​​
&​​
chorus:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Verse: 
E​–
​–(1)––––––––––––––––(1)––​​​​E​​–
​––4–––––4––––––––––––––0––––0–––––2––––––––––––– 
B​–
​––3––––(3)––––(5)––––3–––​​​​B​​–
​––5–––––4––––5––––7––––0––––3–––––2––––4––––2––– 
G​–
​––2–––––3––––––5–––––2–––​​​​G​​–
​––4–––––5––––5––––7––––1––––1–––––2––––4––––2––– 
D​–
​––0–––––3––––––5–––––0–––​​​​D​​–
​––6–––––4––––5––––7––––2––––2–––––4––––4––––2––– 
A​–
​––––––––1––––––3–––––––––​​​​A​​–
​––4–––––6––––3––––5––––2––––2–––––4––––2––––0––– 
E​–
​–––––––––––––––––––––––––​​​​E​​–
​––––––––4––––––––––––––0––––0–––––2––––––––––––– 
​​​​​D
​m​​​​B
​b​​​​​C
​​​​​​D​m​​​​​​​​​​C
​#m7​​G
​#7​​​C
​​​​​D
​​​​​E
​​​​​E
​7​​​F
​#m​​​B
​​​​​A
​ 

Chord​ ​progressions,​ ​at​ ​a​ ​glance

To​ ​get​ ​an​ ​idea​ ​of​ ​the​ ​structure​ ​of​ ​this​ ​song,​ ​see​ ​the​ ​progressions​ ​below.​ ​Note​ ​how​ ​the​ ​intro​ ​and​ ​chorus​ ​use​ ​the​ ​same
progression.​ ​The​ ​verse​ ​uses​ ​a​ ​unique​ ​progression​ ​of​ ​its​ ​own.

Intro​&
​​c
​horus:​​​​​
1​+
​​2
​​+
​​3
​​+
​​4
​​+
​​1
​​+
​​2
​​+
​​3
​​+
​​4
​​+
​ 
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​D
​m​​​​​​B
​b​​​​​​C
​​​​​​​​D
​m​​​​​​​​x
​3 
 
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​1
​​+
​​2
​​+
​​3
​​+
​​4
​​+
​​1
​​+
​​2
​​+
​​3
​​+
​​4
​​+
​ 
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​D
​m​​​​​​B
​b​​​​​​C
​​​​​​​​A
​m​​C
​​​​​​x
​1 
 
Verse:​​​​​​​​​​​​​1
​​+
​​2
​​+
​​3
​​+
​​4
​​+
​​1
​​+
​​2
​​+
​​3
​​+
​​4
​​+
​​1
​​+
​​2
​​+
​​3
​​+
​​4
​​+
​​1
​​+
​​2
​​+
​​3
​​+​​4
​​+
​ 
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​C
​#m7​​​​​​​​​​​​G
​#7​​​​​​​​​​​​​C
​#m7​​​​C
​​​​D
​​​​E
​​​​​​​​E
​7 
 
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​1
​​+
​​2
​​+
​​3
​​+
​​4
​​+
​​1
​​+
​​2
​​+
​​3
​​+
​​4
​​+
​​1
​​+
​​2
​​+
​​3
​​+
​​4
​​+
​​1
​​+
​​2
​​+
​​3
​​+​​4
​​+
​ 
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​F
​#m​​​​​B
​​​​​​​​E
​​​​​​​​A
​​​​​​​​F
​#m​​​​​B
​​​​​​​​E
​​​​​​​​A
​   

Practicing​ ​the​ ​riff​ ​w/​ ​bass​ ​notes​ ​only

If​ ​you’re​ ​just​ ​getting​ ​started​ ​with​ ​the​ ​intro​ ​riff,​ ​this​ ​is​ ​a​ ​great​ ​way​ ​to​ ​get​ ​started​ ​(i.e.,​ ​only​ ​worry​ ​about​ ​the​ ​bass​ ​notes). 
 
E​–
​––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 
B​–
​––––––––(3)–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––(3)–––––– 
G​–
​––––––––(2)–––––––––––(3)––––––––––––(5)––––––––––––––(2)–––––– 
D​–
​–––––––––0––––––0–––––(3)––––––––––––(5)–––––––––––––––0––––––– 
A​–
​–––0––3––––––––––––3–––1–––––––1––1–––3–––––––––0––3––––––––––– 
E​–
​––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 
​​​​​​​​​​​​D ​m​​​​​​​​​​​​B ​b​​​​​​​​​​​​​C ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​D ​m 

Transitioning​ ​from​ ​the​ ​intro/chorus​ ​into​ ​the​ ​verse

Just​ ​before​ ​starting​ ​each​ ​verse,​ ​you’ll​ ​end​ ​the​ ​intro/chorus​ ​chords​ ​the​ ​following​ ​way​ ​(going​ ​from​ ​Am​ ​=>​ ​C). 
 
E​– ​––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 
B​– ​–––––––––3––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 
G​– ​–––––––––2–––––––––––––3––––––––––––––5––––––––––––2–––5––––––– 
D​– ​–––––––––0––––––0––––––3–––––––3––3–––5––––––x–x–––2–––5––––––– 
A​– ​–––0––3––––––––––––3–––1–––––––1––1–––3––––––x–x–––0–––3––––––– 
E​– ​––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 
​​​​​​​​​​​​D ​m​​​​​​​​​​​​B ​b​​​​​​​​​​​​​C ​​​​​​​​​​​​​A ​m​​C ​