The Kinks – Lola (Guitar Fingerpicking)

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Electric Guitar fill 1:
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[Intro] C D E [Verse 1] (bass note, then cascade e-g-b strings)
    E
I met her in a club down in old Soho

           A                      D          
where you drink champagne and it tastes just 

           E         A   Asus4 A
like coca cola C-O-L-A, cola

    E
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance

  A                           D                         E
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said Lola

         A     D             C     C  D   E
L-O-L-A, Lola,   Lo lo lo lo lola
C C D E (Acoustic strum E, electric Fill 1) E [Verse 2] (strum chords)
     E
Well I'm not the worlds most physical guy

             A
but when she squeezed me tight

           D                     E
she nearly broke my spine, oh my Lola

            A   Asus4 A
Lo lo lo lo Lola
[Verse 3] (strum chords)
      E
Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand

        A                       D
why she walked like a woman and talked like a man

      E
oh my Lola

            A      D             C     C D  E   
Lo lo lo lo Lola     Lo lo lo lo Lola
(Acoustic strum E, electric Fill 1) E [Chorus 1]
        B
Well we drank champagne and danced all night

F#
under electric candlelight

    A
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
and said 'Dear boy, won't you come home with me'
     E
Well I'm not the world's most passionate guy

           A                         D              E
but when I looked in her eye, well I almost fell for my Lola

            A     D            C     C  D
Lo lo lo lo Lola   Lo lo lo lo Lola

E                   A    D             C    C D    E  
Lola,   Lo lo lo lo Lola,  lo lo lo lo Lola
(Acoustic E, electric Fill 1) E [Bridge]
  A      C#m  B
I pushed her away

  A      C#m    B
I walked to the door

  A    C#m    B
I fell to the floor

  E    G#m   C#m
I got down on my knees

     B
Then I looked at her and she at me
[VERSE 4] (fingerpicking)
    E
Well that's the way that I want it to stay

      A                 D                  E
and I always want it to be that way for my Lola

            A    Asus4 A
Lo lo lo lo Lola

E
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls

      A                     D                         E
It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world except for Lola

            A
Lo lo lo lo Lola
[Chorus 2] (strum chords)
        B
Well I left home just a week before

    F#
And I'd never ever kissed a woman before

A
Lola smiled and took me by the hand
and said 'dear boy, I'm gonna make you a man' [Verse 5] (strum chords):
        E
Well I'm not the worlds most passionate man

     A                      D
but I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man

          E                 A      D          
and so is Lola, lo lo lo lo lola      

    C     C D  
Lo lo lo lo Lola
[Outro]
E                  A     D             C     C D
Lola,  lo lo lo lo Lola,   lo lo lo lo Lola

E                  A     D             C     C D
Lola,  lo lo lo lo Lola,   lo lo lo lo Lola
(Add electric outro for rest)
E                  A     D             C     C D
Lola,  lo lo lo lo Lola,   lo lo lo lo Lola

E
Lola.... continue and fade out

(Electric outro)
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