La To The Left Chords

KeyF Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays343

La To The Left by Lyle Lovett is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords F, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F
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16
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F         C  
La to the left 
G         C 
La to the right 
F         C         G 
La to the middle is falling 
F         C            
I saw her walking off  
G          C 
Out in the morning light 
F         G         C 
La to the middle is falling 

verse 

F          C 
Mother was good to me 
G             C 
How then else could she be 
F       C            G 
I was a child of her own 
    F            C 
But children the little ones 
     G             C 
They talk with the devil's tongue 
F         G         C 
La to the middle is falling 


F         C  
La to the left 
G         C 
La to the right 
F         C         G 
La to the middle is falling 
F         C            
I saw her walking off  
G          C 
Out in the morning light 
F         G         C 
La to the middle is falling 

verse 

F          C 
Father was good to me 
G             C 
How then else could he be 
F       C            G 
I was a child of his own 
    F            C 
But children the little ones 
     G             C 
They talk with the devil's tongue 
F         G         C 
La to the middle is falling 


F         C  
La to the left 
G         C 
La to the right 
F         C         G 
La to the middle is falling 
F         C            
I saw her walking off  
G          C 
Out in the morning light 
F         G         C 
La to the middle is falling 

verse 

F           C 
You were no good to me 
G             C  
How then else could you be 
F       C           G 
I was a child of my own 
    F            C 
And children the little ones 
     G             C 
They talk with the devil's tongue 
F         G         C 
La to the middle is falling 


F         C  
La to the left 
G         C 
La to the right 
F         C         G 
La to the middle is falling 
F         C            
I saw her walking off  
G          C 
Out in the morning light 
F         G         C 
La to the middle is falling  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante