Lyla

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):

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

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

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

Hit a staccato D and stop playing

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

Main riff plays continually through chorus

         A
Will we ever be
  G                     D
What this world was to you and me?
         A        G                   D
Will we ever be crying for these days?
         A        G                       D
Will we ever be what this heart held for you and me?
         A           G    D
Will we ever be the same?
Verse 2:
                        A              G#  G
And I heard you'd been hanging around
                            D
Those city boys learned to dance so well
                        A
It breaks my heart, it gives me hell
                G                       D
I'll go to the meadow where we used to lay
                 A#  A
But I still wade into that stream
     G                      D
The frozen damn water, it tears at me
                  D            A                                 G                  D
But it makes me feel like I'm fighting to breathe and it's only then I'm scared of dying
  D                       A                  G                        D
It's only when I see you turn to go that I know I need your love to stay
Chorus
         A
Will we ever be
  G                     D
What this world was to you and me?
         A        G                   D
Will we ever be crying for these days?
         A        G                       D
Will we ever be what this heart held for you and me?
         A           G    D
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                             G#   G                   D
But it makes me feel like I'm fighting to breathe and it's only then I'm scared of dying
                          A                  G                           D
It's only when I see you turn to go that I know I need your love to stay