Disco Biscuits - Little Lai Chords & Tabs

 

Little Lai Chords & Tabs

Disco Biscuits Chords & Tabs

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Little Lai Tab

   
Little Lai by The Disco Biscuits
Written by: Mark "Brownie" Brownstein

Intro: C F Bb G

C                    F                Bb             G
i was born on the streets of new york city
growin' up   was    easy just   the   same
i didnt know what i had     and i   didnt know  what i was missin'
till i met little   lai and he showed me the way

D         G                C             F   F#
  Bert    wouldn't tell me anything
  Even    when i asked him everythang    F   F#
G           C               F             Bb
  Baby look inside,  little lai ya cannot hide
      D                    C              G        Em   REPEAT INTRO x2
for a couple-a-days we'll take it all in stride

C                F                           B                       G
little lai had a business proposition and he knew that i couldnt say no
he took me in to the glow of tha cabana, and he asked all the ladies to go
he used a key, the kind ive never seen and the box opened up in the light
lai had shown me that the deal was good and the ladies for the rest of the night

D         G                C             F   F#
  Bert    wouldn't tell me anything
  Even    when i asked him everythang    F   F#

G           C               F             Bb
  Baby look inside,  little lai ya cannot hide
      D                    C              G           Em       D
for a couple-a-days we'll take it all in stride  

(ahh yeah here come the goods)
Composed Section
section 1: (x2)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|------2-3-5-2-3---------2-3-5-2---------2-3------3-2-----------------| X2
d|--3-5-------------2-3-5-----------2-3-5-----5--------5-3-2-----3-----|
a|--------------------------------5--------------------------5-4---5---| 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/disco_biscuits/little_lai_tab.html ]
section 2: (x2)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------->>
b|-------------------------------------------------------------->>
g|--------------------------2---------------2-3-2-----2--------->>
d|--2-2-3-5-3-2-3-----3-3-5---5-3-5-2---5-5-------5-3---5-3-2-2->>
a|----------------5--------------------------------------------->>
e|-------------------------------------------------------------->>

section 2 continued:
e|-------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------|
g|-------2-3-2-------------------|
d|--3-5--------5-3-5-3-2---2-3---|   REPEAT section 2
a|-----------------------5-----5-|
e|-------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------14-|
d|--14-14-15-17-15-14-15----15-15-17----|
a|-----------------------17-------------|
e|--------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------->>
b|-------------------------------------------------->>
g|--------------------14-15-14-------14------------->>
d|-17-15-17-14--17-17----------17-15----17-15-14-14->>
a|-------------------------------------------------->>

section 3 continued:
e|-----------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------|
g|--------14-15-14-------------------------|
d|--15-17----------17-15-17-15-14----15----|    REPEAT section 3  
a|--------------------------------17----17-|
e|-----------------------------------------|



THEN REPEAT SECTION 1 x2  end with power D chords on the down beat

then...
G           C               F             Bb
  Baby look inside,  little lai ya cannot hide
      D                    C              G         Em  
for a couple-a-days we'll take it all in stride 
REPEAT INTRO  x2

C                    F                Bb                 G
little lai was on a path of self destruction
all the fun he'd    had was just  a  game
he didn't know where he was   and he didn't know where he was goin'
as us all little lai, he was born on the train


D         G                C             F   F#
  Bert    wouldn't tell me anything
D         G                C             F   F#
  Even    when i asked him everything
G           C               F             Bb
  Baby look inside,  little lai ya cannot hide
      D                    C              G           Em       
for a couple-a-days we'll take it all in stride
REPEAT several times/end on G