Escape The Pina Colada Song Chords

by Rupert Holmes
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author iamaddingstuff [a] 103.
2 contributors total, last edit on Jan 17, 2023
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Chords

F
Am
G
Dm
C
Dm7
Gm
Em7

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[Intro]
 
F | Am G F | Dm | C | G Dm7 C | Gm
F | Am G F | Dm | C | Em7 F C |
 
 
[Verse 1]
                  F    Am G F
I was tired of my lady,
             Dm        C   G Dm7 C
we'd been together too long
            G      F      Am G F
like a worn out recording
     Dm       C     Em7 F C
of a favorite song
 
             Gm        F       Am G F
So while she lay there sleepin'
           Dm       C   G Dm7 C
I read the paper in bed
           Gm       F       Am G F
and in the personal columns
               Dm        C   Em7 F C
there was this letter I read
 
 
[Chorus]
                 F       Am G F
If you like piña coladas
                Dm        C    G Dm7 C
and gettin' caught in the rain
          Gm       F    Am G F
if you're not into yoga
       Dm          C    Em7 F C
if you have half a brain 
 
            Gm             F       Am G F
if you like makin' love at midnight
       Dm       C     G Dm7 C
in the dunes of a cape
             Gm               F         Am G F
then I'm the love that you've looked for
   Dm           C    Em7 F C
write to me and escape
 
 
F | Am G F | Dm | C | G Dm7 C | Gm
F | Am G F | Dm | C | Em7 F C |
 
 
[Verse 2]
                       F     Am G F
I didn't think about my lady,
              Dm            C   G Dm7 C
I know that sounds kind of mean
          Gm      F    Am G F
But me and my old lady
            Dm        C           Em7   F C
had fallen into the same old dull routine
 
      Gm          F     Am G F
So I wrote to the paper,
           Dm       C  G Dm7 C
took out a personal ad
            Gm          F     Am G F
And though I'm nobody's poet, 
             Dm         C    Em7 F C
I thought it wasn't half bad
 
 
[Chorus]
                 F      Am G F
Yes, I like piña coladas
              Dm          C    G Dm7 C
and getting caught in the rain
         Gm       F           Am G F
I'm not much into health food,
    Dm        C       Em7 F C
I am into champagne
 
            Gm          F        Am G F
I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon
              Dm         C      G Dm7 C
and cut through all this red tape
     Gm         F         Am G F
At a bar called O'Malley's
            Dm       C      Em7 F C
where we'll plan our escape
 
 
F | Am G F | Dm | C | G Dm7 C | Gm
F | Am G F | Dm | C | Em7 F C |
 
 
[Verse 3]
                 F         Am G F
So I waited with high hopes
          Dm          C    G Dm7 C
and she walked in the place
            Gm         F       Am G F
I knew her smile in an instant,
           Dm          C     Em7 F C
I knew the curve of her face
 
          Gm         F    Am G F
It was my own lovely lady
         Dm        C      G Dm7 C
and she said, "Aw, it's you."
        Gm            F     Am G F
Then we laughed for a moment
     Dm        C          Em7 F C
and I said, "I never knew."
 
 
[Chorus]
                   F      Am G F
That you like piña coladas
               Dm        C    G Dm7 C
and gettin' caught in the rain
         Gm         F    Am G F
And the feel of the ocean
       Dm        C        Em7 F C
and the taste of champagne
 
                Gm         F       Am G F
If you like making love at midnight
        Dm        C     G Dm7 C
in the dunes on the cape
           Gm        F         Am G F
You're the lady I've looked for,
          Dm    C      Em7 F C
come with me and escape
 
 
F | Am G F | Dm | C | G Dm7 C | Gm
F | Am G F | Dm | C | Em7 F C |
 
 
[Chorus]
                 F       Am G F
If you like piña coladas
                Dm        C    G Dm7 C
and gettin' caught in the rain
          Gm       F    Am G F
if you're not into yoga
       Dm          C    Em7 F C
if you have half a brain
 
            Gm             F       Am G F
if you like makin' love at midnight
       Dm       C     G Dm7 C
in the dunes of a cape
             Gm               F         Am G F
then I'm the love that you've looked for
   Dm           C    Em7 F C
write to me and escape
 
                 F      Am G F
Yes, I like piña coladas
              Dm          C    G Dm7 C
and getting caught in the rain
         Gm       F           Am G F
I'm not much into health food,
    Dm        C       Em7 F C
I am into champagne
                Gm         F       Am G F
If you like making love at midnight
        Dm        C     G Dm7 C
in the dunes on the cape
           Gm        F         Am G F
You're the lady I've looked for,
          Dm    C      Em7 F C
come with me and escape
 
(Fade Out)
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13 comments
nick_simm
I think all of the Gm chords in this should be replaced with just a regular G. Gm doesn't sound right to me
+10
Jhoncy
awesome tab dude
+3
Ifer
At the start of every chorus is a C7 on "piña".
+1