Alyda chords by Yo La Tengo

Chords with lyrics

Yo La Tengo - Alyda
President Yo La Tengo (1989)

Standard tuning, no capo

Only play the Dm7Dm7 for one stroke. I just move my ring finger (on the 2nd string) off the neck while my pointer
finger is on the first fret of both the 2nd and 1st strings.

Intro:
C majorC DmDm FF DmDm Dm7Dm7 DmDm

Verse 1:
C majorC      DmDm       FF   DmDm Dm7Dm7 DmDm
Came the day you made your mind to put you down
C majorC      DmDm       FF   DmDm Dm7Dm7 DmDm
Raised your voice and found it made a stronger sound

Chorus:
DmDm C majorC DmDm        FF
Alyda, what have you done to you

Verse 2:
C majorC      DmDm     FF     DmDm Dm7Dm7 DmDm
Did confusion make you act that self assured
C majorC       DmDm        FF    DmDm Dm7Dm7 DmDm
To take the step that you were not yet ready for

Chorus:
DmDm C majorC DmDm        FF A augmentedA
Alyda, what have you done to you

Bridge:
A augmentedA             G+G
While you whiled away the hour
A augmentedA             G+G
Do you still the way i knew
A augmentedA             G+G
Do you dream of something better
Bb majorBb    FF        C majorC  DmDm  FF  DmDm Dm7Dm7 DmDm
Or just something else to do

Verse 3:
C majorC     DmDm      FF  DmDm Dm7Dm7 DmDm
He said how you hopped until your feet grew corns
C majorC     DmDm      FF   DmDm Dm7Dm7 DmDm
Check for some reaction then just hop some more

Outro Chrous:
DmDm C majorC  DmDm C majorC  DmDm C majorC          FF   C majorC  DmDm  FF DmDm Dm7Dm7 DmDm
Alyda, Alyda, Alyda - what have you done to you
  C majorC  DmDm  FF DmDm Dm7Dm7 DmDm
to you
  C majorC  DmDm  FF DmDm Dm7Dm7 DmDm
to you

End on C majorC


Chords:

 C majorC   DmDm  FF   DmDm Dm7Dm7 DmDm  A augmentedA   G+G
|--0-----1-----1-----1---1---1-----0-----3---|
|--1-----3-----1-----3---1---3-----2-----3---|
|--0-----2-----2-----2---2---2-----2-----0---|
|--2-----0-----3-----0---0---0-----2-----0---|
|--3-----------3-------------------0-----2---|