Biography:
The Districts are a four-piece indie rock band from the small town of Lititz, Pennsylvania. The group formed in 2009 while members Rob Grote, Mark Larson, Connor Jacobus, and Braden Lawrence were all still in high school. The prolific young band released its first EP, Kitchen Songs, in 2011 followed by Telephone, its debut full-length, the following year. The Districts' second EP, the more acoustic-leaning While You Were in Honesdale, was released in late 2012 and the band continued to perform regionally.
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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 chord by playing a g# note. I've marked some places where he
does that below.
Little riff:
e|-------2--0------|
B|-----3------3----|
G|-2h4----------2--|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
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----------------|
B|-----7--------7~~--7/10--10-|
G|-4/7------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Play the above riff several times, then end on this:
e|--------10/5----------------------|
B|-----7--------7~~--0-0---2/7~~----|
G|-4/7---------------0-0---2/7~~----|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|------------------------------10/-|
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
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 chord by playing a g# note. I've marked some places where he
does that below.
Little riff:
e|-------2--0------|
B|-----3------3----|
G|-2h4----------2--|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
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----------------|
B|-----7--------7~~--7/10--10-|
G|-4/7------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Play the above riff several times, then end on this:
e|--------10/5----------------------|
B|-----7--------7~~--0-0---2/7~~----|
G|-4/7---------------0-0---2/7~~----|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|------------------------------10/-|
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
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