Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton - Derek And The Dominoes - Layla guitar tab

Artist: Eric Clapton (Derek and the Dominos)

Album: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)

Song: Layla

Transcribed by: Gerd Klaassen

Revised by: Josh (sal1va)

This tab is the main riffs of the song. There are secondary

slide riffs after the last chorus and other riffs during the verses.

I'll try to figure out the sub riffs and slide soon. Any questions,

comments, etc. email me at sal1va@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard (Low to high) EADGBe

Guitar 1: electric (dist.)

Guitar 2: electric (dist.)

Key:

h=hammer-on

p=pull-off

b=bend

r=release bend

/=slide

~=ring out

Intro

Guitar 1

|-------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|\

|-------------------------------------| \

|--------0h3p0-----0--7/5/3---5-----7-|  \

|----0h3--------3-----5/3/1-0h3-0h3/5-|   \

|-------------------------------------|    \

                                            \

Guitar 2                                  same time

                                            /

|-------------------------------------|    /

|-------------------------------------|   /

|--------7h10p7-----7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|  /

|---7h10--------10--------------------| /

|-------------------------------------|/

|-------------------------------------|

Riff 1

Guitar 1

    Lay_______________la,                    you got me on my knees.

|---------10h13p10----10~~~--13b(15~)r13--12----10~~~-|

|---10h13----------13------------------------13-------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|

Riff 1a

Guitar 1

     Lay______________la,                 I'm begging darlin' please.

|---------10h13p10----10~~~--15b(17~)r15--12----10~~~-|

|---10h13----------13------------------------13-------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|

Riff 2

Guitar 2

|-----------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|

|---------7h10p7------7~~~----8b(10~)r8--9-------7~~~-|

|---7h10----------10------------------------10--------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|

Riff 2a

|-----------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|

|---------7h10p7------7~~~---12b(14~)r12-9-------7~~~-|

|---7h10----------10------------------------10--------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|

Verses

C#m                            G#m

What will you do when you get lonely

|-4-|                         |-4-|

|-5-|                         |-4-|

|-6-|                         |-4-|

|-6-|                         |-6-|

|-4-|                         |-6-|

|---|                         |(4)|

C#m                           E7

When nobody's waiting by your side

|-4-|                       |-10-|

|-5-|                       |-9--|

|-6-|                       |-9--|

|-6-|                       |-9--|

|-4-|                       |-7--|

|---|                       |----|

F#m         B           E               A

You've been running and hidin' much too long

|-9-|     |-7-|       |-x-|           |-5-|

|-10|     |-7-|       |-9-|           |-5-|

|-11|     |-8-|       |-9-|           |-6-|

|-11|     |-9-|       |-9-|           |-7-|

|-9-|     |-9-|       |-7-|           |-7-|

|---|     |-7-|       |---|           |-5-|

F#m               B            E

You know its just your foolish pride... Lay______la

|-9-|           |-7-|        |-x-|            

|-10|           |-7-|        |-9-|          

|-11|           |-8-|        |-9-|          

|-11|           |-9-|        |-9-|          

|-9-|           |-9-|        |-7-|          

|---|           |-7-|        |---|

(same chords through all verses)

Ending into Coda

|------10h13p10----10~~~--15b(17)r15--12-------|

|10h13----------13-----------------------13~~/0|

|----------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------|

Coda

  C   Cmaj7  Fadd9    F   Fmaj7   F   C

|-0-----0------3------1-----0-----1---0-|

|-1-----0------1------1-----1-----1---1-|

|-0-----0------0------2-----2-----2---0-|  chords change timing and  

|-2-----2------3------3-----3-----3---2-|    order in some parts and

|-3-----3------0------3----(3)----3---3-|     even different keys

|------------------1-----------1-----|

        

strum not shown

slide guitar not tabbed

Song Order:

Intro 2 times

  Riff 1 & 2   same time

  Riff 1a & 2a same time

Verse 1

Chorus

  Riff 1 & 2    \

  Riff 1a & 2a   \__same time

  Riff 1 & 2     /

  Riff 1a & 2a  /

Verse 2

Chorus

Verse 3

Chorus

Chorus

  Riff 1 & 2   \__at the same time 5 times

  Riff 1a & 2a /

  Riff 1 & 2

  Ending into coda

Coda

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