Lola Chords

by The Kinks
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author Saney [a] 116.
1 contributor total, last edit on Jan 18, 2020
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Chords

C
D
E
A
B
F#
G#7
C#m
B7

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Lola - The Kinks
https://youtu.be/lsWS6fuVw1o
 
[Intro]
| C     D | E       |
 
[Verse 1]
  E
I met her in a club down in old Soho
          A                      D                       E
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Cherry Cola 
        A
C-O-L-A Cola.
    E
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance.
  A                       D                           E
I asked her name and in a dark brown voice she said, "Lola"
        A    D            C     D E      E
L-O-L-A Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
 
[Verse 2]
      E
Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy,
             A                            D
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
      E                 A
Oh my Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
      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                 A    D            C     D E      E
Oh my Lola, 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,
    A
And said, "Little boy, won't you come home with me?"
 
[Verse 3]
      E
Well, I'm not the world's most passionate guy,
           A
But when I looked in her eyes,
        D                  E
Well, I almost fell for my Lola,
            A    D            C     D
Lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
E                 A    D            C     D E      E
Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
 
[Bridge]
  A      E    B
I pushed her away.
  A      E      B
I walked to the door.
  A    E      B
I fell to the floor.
      E    G#7   C#m
I got down on my knees.
     B7
Then I looked at her and she at me.
 
[Verse 4]
      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
Lo lo lo lo Lola.
E
Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls.
       A                     D
It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world,
           E                 A
except for Lola, 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
But Lola smiled and took me by the hand,
    A
And said, "Dear boy, I'm gonna make you a man."
 
[Verse 5]
      E
Well, I'm not the world's most masculine man,
      A                        D
but I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man,
          E
And so is Lola.
 
[Outro]
            A    D            C     D
Lo lo lo lo Lola, Lo lo lo lo Lola.
E                 A    D            C     D
Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
E                 A    D            C     D
Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
E                 A    D            C     D
Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
E                 A    D            C     D
Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
E                 A    D            C     D
Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
E
Lola,
(fade out)
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6 comments
davdav2000
Good... The E above "Shook" seems like it should be a D.
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Seamus_Fallon26
The Bm & the F#m should be major chords, thats what it said in their music. B & F# its more natural.
+2
vvtwin97
The F should be an F# good tho
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