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Derek and the Dominos · 1970

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Layla

Tonalidad Dm Tempo 116 bpm Compás 4/4 Dificultad Avanzado 🇬🇧 Inglés
Layla

Derek and the Dominos — Layla

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Intro
Riff D5 C5 Bb5
C5 D5
Tab - Intro
Parte 1 de 2
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----0h3p0---0--7\5--3----3---5----5---7\------------|
A|-0h3-------3----5\3--1----0---3----0---5\------------|
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D|-----0h3p0---0--7\5--3----3---5----5---7\------------|
A|-0h3-------3----5\3--1----0---3----0---5\------------|
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Parte 2 de 2
E|-------10h13p10----10----13b15--13--12------10-------|
B|-10h13----------13----------------------13-----------|
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E|-------10h13p10----10----15b17--15--12------10-------|
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Verse
Tab - Solo
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-12b14r12p9-10b12--10b12r10p9------------------------|
G|------------------------------11b13--11b13-11b13r11p9|
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G|-11--11b13----b13r11p9--11--9-------9---9-9----------|
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C#m7
What will you do
G#m7 C#m7
When you get lonely
C7 D7 E7
And no one's waiting by your side?
F#m7 B
You've been running
E7 A F#m7
And hiding much too long
B E7
You know it's just your foolish pride
A7
Layla
Chorus
You've got me on my knees
Layla
Begging darling please
Layla
Darling, won't you ease
My worried mind?
Verse
C#m7
Tried to give
G#m7 C#m7
You consolation
C7 D7 E7
When your old man, he let you down
F#m7 B
Like a fool
E7 A F#m7
I fell in love with you
B E7
You turned my whole world upside down
A7
Layla
Chorus
You've got me on my knees
Layla
Begging darling please
Layla
Darling, won't you ease
My worried mind?
Verse
C#m7
Make the best
G#m7 C#m7
Of the situation
C7 D7 E7
Before I finally go insane
F#m7 B
Please don't say
E A F#m7
We'll never find a way
B E7
Or tell me all my love's in vain
A7
Layla
Chorus
You've got me on my knees
Layla
Begging darling please
Layla
Darling, won't you ease
My worried mind?
Layla
You've got me on my knees
Layla
Begging darling please
Layla
Darling, won't you ease
My worried mind?
From the album

Derek and the Dominos · 1970 · Track 1

Details
Tonalidad Dm
Compás 4/4
Tempo 116 BPM
Duración 4:49
Año 1970
ISRC USRE11300317

The story behind

The song "Layla" was composed by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, and originally recorded by their band Derek and the Dominos. It appears as the thirteenth track on their only studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, released in 1970. Clapton and Gordon created the contrasting sections of the song separately. There is a controversy over the authorship of the piano part, which some attribute to Rita Coolidge, who was Gordon's girlfriend at the time. The inspiration for "Layla" comes from a love story from 7th-century Persian literature, which later became the poem The Story of Layla and Majnun by 12th-century Persian author Nizami Ganjavi. Ian Dallas gave Clapton a copy of this book, and Clapton was deeply moved by the story of a young man who falls hopelessly in love with a beautiful young woman, goes mad, and cannot marry her. Furthermore, the song reflects Clapton's secret love for Pattie Boyd, wife of his friend and fellow musician George Harrison. Following Harrison and Boyd's divorce, Clapton and Boyd married. Since its release, "Layla" has received acclaim from both critics and the public, being considered one of the greatest rock songs of all time. It has charted successfully on two occasions: first in 1972 and then, twenty years later, with an acoustic version on Clapton's Unplugged album. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it at number 27 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", and the acoustic version won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1993. In 1966, Beatles guitarist George Harrison married Pattie Boyd, a model he had met during the filming of A Hard Day's Night two years earlier. In the late 1960s, Clapton and Harrison became close friends. Clapton contributed in an uncredited, though acknowledged, capacity to Harrison's song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" from the Beatles' self-titled album, and Harrison co-wrote and played guitar on Cream's "Badge". Between his stints with Cream and Blind Faith, Clapton fell in love with Boyd. The title "Layla" was inspired by the story of Layla and Majnun, which Clapton learned about through his friend Ian Dallas, who was converting to Islam. Nizami's story, about a lunar princess married off by her father to a man she did not love, moved him deeply. Boyd divorced Harrison in 1977 and married Clapton in 1979 during a concert stop in Tucson, Arizona. Harrison bore no grudge over the divorce and attended Clapton's wedding party along with his former bandmates Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney. During their relationship, Clapton wrote another love ballad for Boyd, "Wonderful Tonight" (1977). Clapton and Boyd divorced in 1989. After the dissolution of Cream, Clapton took part in several groups, including Blind Faith and the duo Delaney & Bonnie. In the spring of 1970, he learned that some members of Delaney & Bonnie's backing band, such as bassist Carl Radle, drummer Jim Gordon, and keyboardist Bobby Whitlock, were leaving the group. Seizing the opportunity, Clapton formed a new band with Whitlock, Radle, and Gordon. They called themselves Derek and the Dominos and, according to Clapton, "we cut our teeth" while supporting Harrison on his first solo album after the Beatles, All Things Must Pass. During the recording of the Layla album, Duane Allman joined the fledgling band as Clapton's guest. Clapton and Allman, already mutual admirers, were introduced by veteran recording engineer and producer Tom Dowd at an Allman Brothers concert at the Miami Beach Convention Center on August 26, 1970. The two quickly hit it off and became good friends. Dowd commented on the chemistry in their guitar playing: "There had to be some kind of telepathy because I had never seen spontaneous inspiration happen at that rate and level. One would play something and the other would react instantly. They never had to say 'Could you play that again, please?' It was like two hands in a glove. And they enormously enjoyed playing together". Dowd was already renowned for a variety of achievements and had worked with Clapton during his days with Cream; his production on the album would be another milestone.