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 timbo63 [pro] 6,185.
2 contributors total, last edit on Apr 18, 2021
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Chords

C/E
F
Am
G
C
Em
Dm

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[Intro]
 
( C/E  F Am G F  G  C Em Dm C ) x2
 
 
[Verse]
 
N.C.                  F Am G F              G          C Em Dm C
I was tired of my lady,      we'd been together too long
       C/E         F     Am G F      G        C Em Dm C
Like a worn out recording,     of a favorite song
             C/E         F    Am G F            G        C Em Dm C
So while she lay there sleepin',    I read the paper in bed
           C/E       F    Am G F                 G         C Em Dm C
And in the personal columns,     there was this letter I read
 
 
[Chorus]
 
             C/E    F  Am G F              G             C Em Dm C
If you like Pina Colada,      and gettin' caught in the rain
          C/E       F  Am G F        G            C Em Dm C
If you're not into yoga,     if you have half a brain
            C/E             F     Am G F        G            C Em Dm C
If you like makin' love at midnight,    in the dunes of the cape
        C/E          F       Am G F          G         C Em Dm C
I'm the lady you've looked for,     write to me and escape
 
 
[Solo]
 
( C/E  F Am G F  G  C Em Dm C ) x2
 
 
[Verse]
 
N.C.                       F  Am G F             G              C Em Dm C
I didn't think about my lady,     I know that sounds kind of mean
           C/E     F  Am G F            G         C        Em  Dm  C
But me and my old lady,      had fallen into the same old dull routine
      C/E          F   Am G F             G       C Em Dm C
So I wrote to the paper,      took out a personal ad
               C/E       F  Am G F              G           C Em Dm C
And though I'm nobody's poet,     I thought it wasn't half bad
 
 
[Chorus]
 
             C/E    F  Am G F             G             C Em Dm C
Yes, I like Pina Coladas,    and getting caught in the rain
        C/E         F        Am G F      G         C Em Dm C
I'm not much into health food,      I am into Champagne
            C/E            F         Am G F              G            C Em Dm C
I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon,     and cut thru all this red tape
     C/E           F      Am G F              G         C Em Dm C
At a bar called O'Malley's,     where we'll plan our escape
 
 
[Solo]
 
( C/E  F Am G F  G  C Em Dm C ) x2
 
 
[Verse]
 
N.C.                F       Am G F           G              C Em Dm C
So I waited with high hopes,     when she walked in the place
            C/E         F     Am G F            G            C Em Dm C
I knew her smile in an instant,     I knew the curve of her face
          C/E         F  Am G F          G               C Em Dm C
It was my own lovely lady,      and she said, "Oh, it's you"
        C/E           F    Am G F           G  C        Em Dm C
And we laughed for a moment,      and I said, "I never knew
 
 
[Chorus]
 
               C/E     F   Am G F             G             C Em Dm C
That you liked Pina Coladas,     and getting caught in the rain
        C/E          F   Am G F         G            C Em Dm C
And the feel of the ocean,     and the taste of champagne
            C/E             F      Am G F        G            C Em Dm C
If you like makin' love at midnight,     in the dunes of the cape
           C/E             F        Am G F          G         C Em Dm C
You're the love that I've looked for,     come with me and escape"
 
 
[Solo]
 
( C/E  F Am G F  G  C Em Dm C ) x2
 
 
[Outro]
 
            C/E     F  Am G F             G             C Em Dm C
If you like Pina Colada,     and gettin' caught in the rain
          C/E       F  Am G F        G            C Em Dm C
If you're not into yoga,     if you have half a brain
            C/E             F     Am G F        G            C Em Dm C
If you like makin' love at midnight,    in the dunes of the cape
        C/E          F       Am G F          G         C Em Dm C
I'm the lady you've looked for,     write to me and escape
 
             C/E    F  Am G F             G             C Em Dm C
Yes, I like Pina Coladas,    and getting caught in the rain
        C/E         F        Am G F      G         C Em Dm C
I'm not much into health food,      I am into Champagne  (fade)
 
 
example chords (any will do for this one...):
 
   C/E F Am or    G or   C  Em or  Dm
e|--0--1--0-5-----3--3---0---0--0---1---------------------|
B|--1--1--1-5-----3--3---1---0--0---3---------------------|
G|--0--2--2-5-----0--4---0---0--0---2---------------------|
D|--2--3--2-7-----0--5---2---2--2---0---------------------|
A|--3--3--0-7-----2--5---3---2----------------------------|
E|--0--1----5-----3--3-------0----------------------------|
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4 comments
joris_gost1
Em should be x-x-2-0-0-0 always if you are playing it acoustic, because of the bassline. Great chord sheet!
+1
zackyr
You are absolutely right! The other versions doesn't follow the bassline, which your version does. Thanks man! :)
+1
reidgavin85
turn that g into g11
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