Its Too Late Chords & Tabs
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-----||
|
| 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-------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| 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----------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|
| 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--------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| 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--|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| 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--------||
|
| ~~~~
| 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--||
|-----------------------------||
|
| 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||
||------------------------|-------------------------||
|
| 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-----------------||
|
| 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-------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| 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-----------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
| 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--------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| 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--|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| 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-|
|----------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
|
| 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-|
|----------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/derek_and_the_dominos/its_too_late_tab.html ]
~~~~
Q. Q E E E E E E A E
|----------------------------------------|
|---------------17---------17s15---------|
|----------/17-----17s15-x-------15s17---|
|-/17------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| 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---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| 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---|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| 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------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| 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-----|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| 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-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| 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-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| 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--------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| 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-|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| 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\---------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|
| 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----------------|---------*|
|
| 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-----------------------|---------*|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------*|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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
