C D E Here's approximately how the picking goes:C D E|---0----0----0-0-0-0--2-2----0---0----0----0-----0---------| B|---1----1----1-1-1-1--3-3----0-----0----0----0--------0----| G|---0----0----0-0-0-0--2-2----1-------1----1----1----1---1--| D|---2----2----2-2-2-2--0-0----2-----------------------------| A|---3----3----3-3-3-3---------2-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------0-----------------------------|[Verse 1] [see tab below for picking]E I met her in a club down in old SohoA D E where you drink champagne and it tastes just like coca colaA Asus4 A C-O-L-A, colaE She walked up to me and she asked me to danceA D E I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said LolaA D C C D E L-O-L-A, Lola, Lo lo lo lo lola TAB FOR [VERSE 1] it's impossible to tab out the picking exactly right - it seems almost random - but this is as close as I could getE A D E|-----0----0----0----0------------0----0--------2----2------| B|-------0----0----0-------0---------2----2--------3----3----| G|---------1----1----1---1---1---------2----2--------2----2--| D|---------------------------------------------0-------------| A|-------------------------------0---------------------------| E|--0--------------------------------------------------------|I met her... ...you drink... ...tastes just like...E A E|------0----0----0-----4--2--0----0----0------------------| B|--------0----0---------------------2----2---2---2-2-3-2--| G|----------1----1--1--4---2--1--------2----2----2--2-2-2--| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------0------------------------| E|----0----------------------------------------------------|Coca-cola... ...c-o-l-a, colaE A D E|------0----0----0----0------------0----0--------2----2------| B|--------0----0----0-------0---------2----2--------3----3----| G|----------1----1----1---1---1---------2----2--------2----2--| D|----------------------------------------------0-------------| A|--------------------------------0---------------------------| E|---0--------------------------------------------------------|She walked up... ...I asked... ...dark brown voice...E A D E|------0------0-------0---0--------0----0--------2----2------| B|------------------------------------2----2--------3----3----| G|--------1-1----1-1-----1---1----------2----2--------2----2--| D|----------------------------------------------0-------------| A|--------------------------------0---------------------------| E|----0-------------------------------------------------------|...Lola... ...l-o-l-a, Lola... ...lo lo lo loC C D E E|-----0----0------0-0-0-0--0-2--0----| B|-------1----1----1-1-1-1--1-3--0----| Then the acoustic guitar G|---------0----0--0-0-0-0--0-2--1----| keeps strumming the E chord D|-----------------2-2-2-2--2-0--2----| while the electric plays A|---3-------------3-3-3-3--3----2----| FILL 1 that is tabbed out E|-------------------------------0----| below.Lola[FILL 1] E E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9-9-9-9----9-11b13r11-9-----------------------------------------| D|---9-9-9-9-----------------11p9----------------------9-----9h11-9--| A|--------------------------------11-9----9/11----9h11----11---------| E|-------------------------------------12----------------------------|[Verse 2] and the rest of the song is just strummed. The only thing to remember is that the electric guitar sometimes throws in two little fills, one on the E chord, and one on the D chord.[E-chord Fill] [D-chord Fill] E|--4-4--2--0--| E|--2-2--0-----| B|--0-0--0--0--| B|--3-3--3--3--| G|--4-4--2--1--| G|--2-2--2--2--| D|-------------| D|-------------| A|-------------| A|-------------| E|-------------| E|-------------|[Verse 2]E Well I'm not the worlds most physical guyA but when she squeezed me tightD E she nearly broke my spine, oh my LolaA Asus4 A Lo lo lo lo LolaE Well I'm not dumb but I can't understandA D why she walked like a woman and talked like a manE oh my Lola A D C C D E [play FILL 1] Lo lo lo lo Lola Lo lo lo lo Lola [Chorus]B Well we drank champagne and danced all nightF# under electric candlelightA She picked me up and sat me on her knee and said 'Dear boy, won't you come home with me' [Verse 3]E Well I'm not the world's most passionate guyA D E but when I looked in her eye, well I almost fell for my LolaA D C C D Lo lo lo lo Lola Lo lo lo lo Lola E A D C C D E [play FILL 1] Lola, Lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola [Bridge]A C#m B I pushed her awayA C#m B I walked to the doorA C#m B I fell to the floorE G#m C#m I got down on my kneesB Then I looked at her and she at me [VERSE 4] [the fingerpicking is pretty much the same as in Verse 1]E Well that's the way that I want it to stayA D E and I always want it to be that way for my LolaA Asus4 A Lo lo lo lo LolaE Girls will be boys and boys will be girlsA D E It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world except for LolaA Lo lo lo lo Lola [Chorus]B Well I left home just a week beforeF# And I'd never ever kissed a woman beforeA Lola smiled and took me by the hand and said 'dear boy, I'm gonna make you a man' [Verse 5]E Well I'm not the worlds most passionate manA D but I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a manE A D C C D and so is Lola, lo lo lo lo lola Lo lo lo lo Lola [Outro]E A D C C D Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo LolaE A D C C D Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo LolaE A D C C D Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo LolaE Lola......yeah, you get the picture. play lots and fade out... [Chords]E 022100 Asus4 x02230 A x02220 F# 244322 D xx0232 C#m x46654 C x32010 G#m 466444 B x2444x
Lola
The Kinks
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