Layla:DerekAnd The Dominos.
number 27 on Rolling Stone's list
of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time",
Album - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs -
on ATCO Records in 1971.
***(Acoustic version)***
INTRO: Dm A# C Dm (x5) Dm A# C A
#1.
C#m7 G#m
What'll you do when you get lonely,
C#m7 C D E
and nobody's waiting by your side?
F#m B E A
You've been running and hiding much too long.
F#m B E
You know it's just your foolish pride.
CHORUS:
A Dm A# C Dm
Lay..la, you've got me on my knees.
Dm A# C Dm
Lay..la, I'm begging, darling please.
Dm A# C Dm A# C A
Lay..la....darling won't you ease my worried mind.
#2.
C#m7 G#m
I tried to give you consolation,
C#m7 C D E
when your old man had let you down.
F#m B E A
Like a fool, I fell in love with you,
F#m B E
turned my whole world upside down.
CHORUS:
#3.
C#m7 G#m
Let's make the best of the situation,
C#m7 C D E
before I finally go insane.
F#m B E A
Please don't say we'll never find a way,
F#m B E
and tell me all my love's in vain
CHORUS:
A Dm A# C Dm
Lay..la, you've got me on my knees.
Dm A# C Dm
Lay..la, I'm begging, darling please.
Dm A# C Dm A# C
Lay..la....darling won't you ease my worried mind.
CHORUS:
A Dm A# C Dm
Lay..la, you've got me on my knees.
Dm A# C Dm
Lay..la, I'm begging, darling please.
Dm A# C Dm A# C
Lay..la....darling won't you ease my worried mind.
INTERLUDE: Dm A# C Dm (x8)
CHORUS:
A Dm A# C Dm
Lay..la, you've got me on my knees.
Dm A# C Dm
Lay..la, I'm begging, darling please.
Dm A# C Dm A# C
Lay..la....darling won't you ease my worried mind.
CHORUS:
A Dm A# C Dm
Lay..la, you've got me on my knees.
Dm A# C Dm
Lay..la, I'm begging, darling please.
Dm A# C Dm A# C
Lay..la....darling won't you ease my worried mind.
CHORUS:
A Dm A# C Dm
Lay..la, you've got me on my knees.
Dm A# C Dm
Lay..la, I'm begging, darling please.
Dm A# C Dm
Lay..la....darling won't you ease my worried mind.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.