IT'S TOO LATE
As recorded by Derek And The Dominos
(From the 1970 Album LAYLA AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS)
Transcribed by Paul Bell
Words and Music by Chuck Willis
Arranged by Eric Clapton & Duane Allman
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - Rhythm / Lead w/dist'
Gtr III (E B E G# B E) - Rhythm w/dist'
Intro Q.=76 12/8 Gtrs I, II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E e Q Q. H.|--------|-------------------------|-------------------|||--------|-------------3---3-3-----|-2---------^-1-----|||--------|-----2-------2-2---2-----|-2---------^-1-----|||--------|---2---------0-----0-----|-2---------^-2-----|||--------|-0-----0-2-4---------4-2-|-0---------^-2-----|||-0--2-4-|-------------------------|-----------^-0-----||
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| Gtr III| ~~~~| Q. E E E E Q E E E E Q e Q Q. H.|--------|-------------------------|-----------^12-----|||--------|-2-2-2-2-----3-3-3-3-----|-2---------^13-----|||--------|-1-1-1-1-----1-1-1-1-----|-1---------^-0-----|||--------|-0-0-0-0-----2-2-2-2-----|-0---------^12-----|||--------|-2-2-2-2-----3-3-3-3-----|-2-----------------|||--------|-------------------------|-------------------||
Verse 1 Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +E E E||--------------------2-----|---------------------------|||o-------2---------3---3---|-------2-------------------|||------2---2-----2-------2-|-----2---2-----2---(2)-2---|||----2-------2-0-----------|---2-------2---2---(2)---2-|||o-0-----------------------|-0-----------0-------------|||--------------------------|---------------------------|
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| q E q E q E q E q E q E q E +E E E||--------------------------|---------------------------|||o-------------------------|---------------------------|||--------------------------|---------------------------|||--------------------------|---------------------------|||o-5---5-7---7-8---8-7---7-|-5---5-7---7-8---7-(7)-5-5S|||--5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-5---5-5---5-(5)-5-5S|
E E E E E E E E E +E E E|----------2------------2-(2)-------||-------3----3-------3-----------3--||----2----------2-------------2-----||--0---------------0----------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
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| q E q E q E q E|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-10---10---------------------------||-10---10-12---12-13---13-12----12--||-10---10-10---10-10---10-10----10--|
G E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------2---------------2------||-------3----3----------3----3----||----2----------2----2----------2-||--0---------------0--------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
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| q E q E q E q E|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||-10---10-10---12-12---12-10---10-||-10---10-10---10-10---10-10---10-|
trs I, II q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E|-----------------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------------|--------------2------------||-2--4-4--5-5--4---4-------5--|---2---2-4--2-2---2-4---2--||-0--0-0--0-0--0---0-------0--|---0---0-0--0-0---0-0---0--||-----------------------------|---------------------------|
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| q E q E q E E E E a H. Q. Q.|----------------/(5)s(3)s(5)-|--------------------5------||-----------------/5s==3s==5--|-3s5----------5------------||-----------------/5s==3s==5--|-3s5----------5------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------||-5--7-7--7-7--7--------------|---------------------------||-5--5-5--5-5--5--------------|---------------------------|
1. Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E E E e Q Q. H.|-------------------------|----------------------|||-------------------------|-2---------^-1-------o|||-------1---1-------1---1-|-2---------^-1--------|||-----2---2-------2---2---|-2---------^-2--------|||---2-----------2---------|-0---------^-2-------o|||-0-----------0-----------|-----------^-0--------||
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| ~~~~| q E q E q E q E e Q Q. H.|-------------------------|-----------^12--------|||-------------------------|-----------^13-------o|||-------------8-----------|-----------^-0--------|||-7---7-7---9-7---9-7---9-|-5---------^12--------|||-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|-5-------------------o|||-------------------------|-5--------------------||
2. < E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------|||--------------(2)-2-2-2-2-2--|||------2---2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2--|||----2---2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2--|||--0-----0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--|||-----------------------------||
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| q E Q E Q E E E E|-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|||--5---5-7---7--8----8-7-7-7--|||--5---5-5---5--5----5-5-5-5--||
Chorus $ E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E 3x||--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-|-------------------------||||o-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2---2-o||||--2-2-2-4--4-2-2-2-4--2-|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2---2--||||--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-|-2-2-2-4--4-2-2-2-4---2--||||o-----------------------|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0---0-o||||------------------------|-------------------------||
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| q E q E q E q E q E q E q E E E E 3x||------------------------|-------------------------||||o-----------------------|------------------------o||||------------------------|-------------------------||||--5---5-7--7-5---7-5--7-|-------------------------||||o-3---3-3--3-3---3-3--3-|-5---5-7--5-9---9-7-7-7-o||||------------------------|-5---5-5--5-5---5-5-5-5--||
E E E Q E E E E Q E e Q Q. H.|-----------------------|-0-----------------|||-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-|-0---------^-1-----|||-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-|-1---------^-1-----|||-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-|-2---------^-2-----|||-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-|-2---------^-2-----|||-----------------------|-0-----------------||
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| Gtr III| Q E Q E Q E Q E e Q Q. H.|-----------------------|-----------^12-----|||-----------------------|-----------^13-----|||-----------------------|-----------^-0-----|||-----------------------|-----------^12-----|||-7---7-9--9-7---9-9--9-|-5-----------------|||-7---7-7--7-7---7-7--7-|-0-----------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +E E E|-------------------2-----|---------------------------||-------2---------3---3---|-------2-------------------||-----2---2-----2-------2-|-----2---2-----2---(2)-2---||---2-------2-0-----------|---2-------2---2---(2)---2-||-0-----------------------|-0-----------0-------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|
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| q E q E q E q E q E q E q E +E E E|-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------||-5---5-7---7-8---8-7---7-|-5---5-7---7-8---7-(7)-5-5S||-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-5---5-5---5-(5)-5-5S|
E E E E E E E E E +E E E|----------2------------2-(2)--------||-------3----3-------3-----------3---||----2----------2-------------2------||--0---------------0-----------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
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| q E q E q E q E|------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||-10---10----------------------------||-10---10-12---12-13---13-12----12---||-10---10-10---10-10---10-10----10---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------2---------------2------||-------3----3----------3----3----||----2----------2----2----------2-||--0---------------0--------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
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| q E q E q E q E|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||-10---10-10---12-12---12-10---10-||-10---10-10---10-10---10-10---10-|
To Coda q E q E q E q E q E q E q E q E|-----------------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------------|--------------2------------||-2--4-4--5-5--4---4-------5--|---2---2-4--2-2---2-4---2--||-0--0-0--0-0--0---0-------0--|---0---0-0--0-0---0-0---0--||-----------------------------|---------------------------|
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| q E q E q E E E E a H. Q. Q.|----------------/(5)s(3)s(5)-|--------------------5------||-----------------/5s==3s==5--|-3s5----------5------------||-----------------/5s==3s==5--|-3s5----------5------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------||-5--7-7--7-7--7--------------|---------------------------||-5--5-5--5-5--5--------------|---------------------------|
Guitar Solo Gtr II ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H. Q. E E E a Q a E +E E E a Q a E +E a E E|-----------------------5s17-||-16s17---16s17-(17)-------16s17---16s17-(17)----------||----------------------------||--------------------16s17--------------------17s16----||----------------------------||---------------------------------------------------17-||----------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr I| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E|----------------------------||-----------------2------------------------2-----------||--------2-------------------||-------------3---3--------------------3---3-----------||------2---2------2----------||-------2------------------------2---------------------||----2-------2-2----2--------||-----0------------------------0-----------------------||-0-------------------0-2--4-||-------------------------------------------------4--2-||----------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~ Q. Q E E E E E E a E|----------------------------------------||---------------17---------17s15---------||----------/17-----17s15-x-------15s17---||-/17------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
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| E E E Q E Q E E E E|----------------------------------------||------------2---2--2----2---------------||--------2---2---2--2----2---------------||------2-----2---2--2----2---------------||---0----0---0---0--0----0--0--2-----4---||----------------------------------------|
~~~ ~~ ~~ Q. a E E a E Q E E E a E Q E E E E a Q E a E E E|-------------------------------------------------|---------------17-15s17s==15-------------||---------16s17s15---------------19s17------------|---------16-17---------------15s17s15----||------------------15s17---------------15s===17---|--------------------------------------18-||-17---------------------17---17------------------|-19---19---------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
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| E E E Q E E E E Q a +E E E E Q E E E E E E E|-------------2--------2----------2---------------|-----------------------------------------||-------3-----3--------3-------3--3---------------|----------2-----2----------2-------------||-----2-2-----2-------------2---------------------|-------2--2-----2-------2----------------||--0----0-----0-----------0-----------------------|----2-----2-----2-----2------------------||---------------------------------------3b4==(3)r-|--0-------0-----0-----0----------0--2--4-||-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~ a Q. Q E a Q a E +E a E E|-16s17------17---17-17s20---16s17-(17)------------||---------------------------------------17s16------||---------------------------------------------18---||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------2------------------------------------||----------3----3----------------3---3-------------||--------2---------2-------2---------2-------------||-----0-------0----0-----0-----------0-------------||-------------------------------------------4--2---||--------------------------------------------------|
E E E E a Q a Q E +E Q Q E +E E E E E E +Q E|-17s15--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------12-||-------17s15-----------------/17-(17)-/18---|-/19---/19-(19)S22---20s17--------------||-------------15s18-----------/18-(18)-/19---|-/20---/20-(20)S23-x-------20-(20)\-----||---------------------15s19------------------|----------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E Q.|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||-----------2---------------2-------2--------|---4-4---4---4--------4--4--4---4-------||--------2--------2---------2-------2--------|---4-4---4---4--------4--4--4---4-------||-----2-------------2------------------------|---4-4---4---4--------4--4--4---4-------||--0--------0-------0-----0-----0--------0-1-|---2-2---2---2--------2--2--2---2-------||--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E E E a E a E E Q a E +E Q|-12----14-------12s16---/17-----------------------||----12----14s12---------------17s15---(15)--------||-------------------------------------------18-----||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E a E E E|--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--2--2--2-----2-----2-2---2-----------------2-----||--2--2--2-----2-----2-2---2-2-----2-2s==4-----4---||--0--0--0-----0-----0-0---0-----------------------|
~~~~~~~~~ Q E Q E Q E E E E|-/17----17--/17---17--17----17-17s15----||-------(17)-/17---17-(17)------------17-||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------------------2-------||--------------2--------------3----------||---------2------2---------2-------------||-----2-------------2---0----------------||---0---------------0---------------4--2-||----------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ Q E Q E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E +Q E|-/20---20-21---19---17\------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------17s15-----|---------------17--------------------||-------------------------------------17/-|---------15s17----/16s15-------------||-----------------------------------------|-17----------------------17-(17)-----||--------------------------17-------------|------17-----------------------------||-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E a E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------------------|----------2-------------------2------||-----------2-----------------------------|-------3-----3------------3------3---||--------2----2---------------------------|----2-----------2------2-----------2-||-----2----------2-------2----------2-----|--0-----------------0----------------||---0----0--0----0-2s=4-----4S2s=4-----4--|-------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ a Q. +E E E Q E a E E E|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||-15s17------(17)-17s16---------15s18s16-----||-----------------------19---------------19/-||----------------------------19--------------||--------------------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------2--------------------2--------||----------3-------3----------3--------3-----||--------2------------2----2--------------2--||-----0------------------0-------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
~~ Q E a E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E a Q E a E E E|------------------------------------------|--------14------------------------------||------------------------------------------|-----17----14s12-10-8s10--10-10s8---8---||-18--/18-15s18s16----15s18s16-------------|-/18------------------------------9-----||------------------19----------19-19-19-19-|----------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
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| q E q E q E q E q E q E q E a E E E|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||--2----2-----4-----4-----2-----2--4-----4-|---2-----2--4-----4----5---2------2-----||--0----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--0-----0-|---0-----0--0-----0----0---0--2s4---4---||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ E E E +E E E Q E +E E a E Q E Q. H.|-----------------------------------------|---------17------17------------|||-8s9-------8s10----------------17\-------|-------------------------------|||-----9-(9)------/17---/16-(16)-----15s16-|------18-----------------------|||-----------------------------------------|-19\--19-----------------------|||-----------------------------------------|-19\---------------------------|||-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|||--------1-------------------1------------|----------2--2-2--2------------|||-----2-----2------------2-------2--------|--2-------2--2-2--2------------|||---2----------2-----2------------------2-|--0-------0--0-0--0--0-0-0-2-4-|||-0----------------0----------------------|-------------------------------||
& Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E E E e Q Q E +H. +W.|-------------------------|-------------4--(4)------|--(4)----*||-------------3---3-3-----|-2------3----2--(2)------|--(2)----*||-----2-------2-2---2-----|-2------1----2--(2)------|--(2)----*||---2---------0-----0-----|-2------0----2--(2)------|--(2)----*||-0-----0-2-4---------4-2-|-0------2----0--(0)------|--(0)----*||-------------------------|--------0----------------|---------*|
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| Gtr III| ~~~~| E E E e Q E E E e Q e Q Q E +H. +W.|-------------------------|------/14--/17-(17)------|-(17)----*||-2-2-2-2-----3-3-3-3-----|-2----/13--/17-(17)------|-(17)----*||-1-1-1-1-----1-1-1-1-----|-1-----------------------|---------*||-0-0-0-0-----2-2-2-2-----|-0-----------------------|---------*||-2-2-2-2-----3-3-3-3-----|-2-----------------------|---------*||-------------------------|-------------------------|---------*|
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
