Lyla Live chords by The Districts

Chords with lyrics

ARTIST: The Districts
SONG: Lyla
ALBUM: Live performances on YouTube

GENERAL NOTES: The rhythm guitar has a capo on the 2nd fret. I tabbed this without a
capo. With a capo, the chords are the same, but the shapes will be different. Please
consult a guitar codex for the right shapes.

The same chords are played throughout the song. The main variation is in the strumming pattern.

The guitarist also occasionally reaches the G+G chord by playing a g# note or the A augmentedA chord
by a c#. I've marked some places where he does that below.

Little riff:

e|-------2--0------|
BB|-----3------3----|
G+G|-2h4----------2--|
D MajorD|-----------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|

NOTE: In at least one version, the guitarist only plays this once. I think it sounds
good at the end of any of the verses.

Main riff (played with a slide):

e|--------10/5----------------|
BB|-----7--------7~~--7/10--10-|
G+G|-4/7------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|

Play the above riff several times, then end on this:

e|--------10/5----------------------|
BB|-----7--------7~~--0-0---2/7~~----|
G+G|-4/7---------------0-0---2/7~~----|
D MajorD|----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------10/-|

NOTE: This is an approximation. The lead plays something close to this with variations.

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Intro: D MajorD

NOTES: The guitarist plays hammer-ons and pull-offs while holding the D MajorD chord.

[Hit a staccato D MajorD and stop playing]

Verse 1:
       A augmentedA   G+G
Good morning Lyla
            D MajorD
The flowers bloomed months ago
   D MajorD        A augmentedA           G+G    D MajorD
And now the branches hang with autumn's fire
       A augmentedA     G+G
I wake each morning
        D MajorD
To feel this ground's gone frozen beneath me-
            A augmentedA           G+G    D MajorD
I dreamed away these months 'til you were gone
D MajorD          A augmentedA
And I found myself waking
         G+G            D MajorD
Curled up in my arms with a cigarette in hand
             A augmentedA        G+G  Little riff  D MajorD
And the hopes that we held were in my pocket

Chorus:

[Main riff plays continually through chorus]

     A augmentedA
Will we ever be
 G+G           D MajorD
What this world was to you and me?
     A augmentedA    G+G          D MajorD
Will we ever be crying for these days?
     A augmentedA    G+G            D MajorD
Will we ever be what this heart held for you and me?
     A augmentedA      G+G  D MajorD
Will we ever be the same?


Verse 2:
            A augmentedA       G#G# G+G
And I heard you'd been hanging around
              D MajorD
Those city boys learned to dance so well
            A augmentedA
It breaks my heart, it gives me hell
        G+G            D MajorD
I'll go to the meadow where we used to lay
         C#C# A augmentedA
But I still wade into that stream
   G+G           D MajorD
The frozen damn water, it tears at me
                A augmentedA                 G+G
         D MajorD
But it makes me feel like I'm fighting to breathe and it's only then I'm scared of dying
             A augmentedA         G+G
 D MajorD
It's only when I see you turn to go that I know I need your love to stay


Chorus
     A augmentedA
Will we ever be
 G+G           D MajorD
What this world was to you and me?
     A augmentedA    G+G          D MajorD
Will we ever be crying for these days?
     A augmentedA    G+G            D MajorD
Will we ever be what this heart held for you and me?
     A augmentedA      G+G  D MajorD
Will we ever be the same?


Solo (4 measures of the same chords as the verse/chorus)


Outro (about 8 measures of the same chords as the verse/chorus)


Verse 3:
               A augmentedA               G#G#  G+G            D MajorD
But it makes me feel like I'm fighting to breathe and it's only then I'm scared of dying
             A augmentedA         G+G              D MajorD