Lola

Kinks

 CD
   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 Soho

 ADE
   where you drink champagne and it tastes just like coca cola

 AAsus4A
   C-O-L-A, cola       

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

 ADE
   I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said Lola

 ADCCDE
   L-O-L-A, Lola,   Lo lo lo lo lola          

TAB FOR VERSE 1: it's impossible to tab out
the picking EXACTLY like it is, he picks the E B and G strings
kinda randomly, but this is as close as I could get)

 EAD
   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...

 EA
   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, cola

 EAD
   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...

 EAD
   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 lo

 CCDE
   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: b = bend up r = release bend
h = hammer-on p = pull-off
 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 guy

 A
   but when she squeezed me tight

 DE
   she nearly broke my spine, oh my Lola

 AAsus4A
   Lo lo lo lo Lola       

 E
   Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand

 AD
   why she walked like a woman and talked like a man

 E
   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 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'

VERSE 3:

 E
   Well I'm not the world's most passionate guy

 ADE
   but when I looked in her eye, well I almost fell for my Lola

 ADCCD
   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:

 AC#mB
   I pushed her away

 AC#mB
   I walked to the door

 AC#mB
   I fell to the floor

 EG#mC#m
   I got down on my knees

 B
   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 stay

 ADE
   and I always want it to be that way for my Lola

 AAsus4A
   Lo lo lo lo Lola        

 E
   Girls will be boys and boys will be girls

 ADE
   It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world except for Lola

 A
   Lo lo lo lo Lola

CHORUS:

 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:

 E
   Well I'm not the worlds most passionate man

 AD
   but I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man

 EADCCD
   and so is Lola, lo lo lo lo lola      Lo lo lo lo Lola     

OUTRO:

 EADCCD
   Lola,  lo lo lo lo Lola,   lo lo lo lo Lola     

 EADCCD
   Lola,  lo lo lo lo Lola,   lo lo lo lo Lola     

 EADCCD
   Lola,  lo lo lo lo Lola,   lo lo lo lo Lola     

 EADCCD
   Lola,  lo lo lo lo Lola,   lo lo lo lo Lola     

 EADCCD
   Lola,  lo lo lo lo Lola,   lo lo lo lo Lola     

 EADCCD
   Lola,  lo lo lo lo Lola,   lo lo lo lo Lola  


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