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                Copacabana – Barry Mailow
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Written by: Barry Manilow/Bruce Sussman/Jack Feldman

Full 5:45 version from the album "Even Now" (1978)
There is a 3:57 radio edit, too.

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Might be easier to play if you transpose this tab down three steps. To 
match the original key, put on a capo on the 3rd fret.

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CHORDS
          E-A-
Gm9       3-5-
Fm9       1-3-

D-G-B-e
3-3-3-5
1-1-1-3
Cdim      x-3-
Gm7       3-5-

4-5-4-x
3-3-3-x
F#aug     2-4-
Fm6       1-3-
Ab/Bb     x-1-
Gm7/D     x-x-
Dbm9      x-4-
Dm9       x-5-
Eb/Db     x-4-
Dm7-5     x-5-

x-3-3-x
x-1-3-x
1-1-1-x
0-3-3-1
2-4-4-x
3-5-5-x
x-3-4-3
6-5-6-x

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
             
Her name was L


ola
      
 She was a sho


wgirl
            
With yellow fe

           
athers in her 


hair 
      
And a dress cu

t down to ther

e
            
She would mere


ngue 
       
 And do the ch


a-cha
              
And while she 

         
tried to be a 


star
     
Tony always te

nded bar

[Bridge]
           
Across the cro

   
w-ded floor
              
They worked fr

       
om eight til f


our
            
They were youn

              
g and they had

      
 each other
           
Who could ask 

 
for   more

[Chorus]
          
At the Copa,  

    
  Copacabana
           
The hottest sp

        
ot north of Ha


vana 
       
At the Copa,  

/       
    Copacaba  

  
-  na
                                                f g Ab a Bb b c Db d
        
Music and pass

           
ion were alway

            
s in fashion a

                      
t the Copa   

[Interlude]
           | 
They fell in l

                     | 
ove ...   

[Verse 2]
             
His name was R


ico
      
 He wore a dia


mond
         
He was escorte

         
d to his chair

 
       
He saw Lola da

ncing there
             
And when she f


inished 
         
 He called her

 
 over
         
But Rico went 

          
a bit too far 
     
Tony sailed ac

ross the bar

[Bridge]
             
And then the p

    
un -ches flew
              
And chairs wer

       
e smashed in t


wo
            
There was bloo

              
d and a single

 
 gunshot
          
But just who s

# 
hot  who?

[Chorus]
          
At the Copa,  

    
  Copacabana
           
The hottest sp

        
ot north of Ha


vana 
       
At the Copa,  

/       
    Copacaba  

  
-  na
                                                f g Ab a Bb b c Db d
        
Music and pass

           
ion were alway

            
s in fashion a

                      
t the Copa   

[Interlude]
            | 
She lost her l

 |  |  |  | 
ove...   

[Middle 8]
         
Copa, Copacaba


na
       
Copa Cabana
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aah
       
Copa, Copacaba

/
na
          
Like in Havana

          
, just a banan

-
a
  
Mu  - sic    a

  
nd   passion
   
Al - ways in  

   
 fa -shion 

[Percussion]
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[Verse 3]
            
Her name is Lo


la 
      
 She was a sho


wgirl
             
But that was t

         
hirty years ag


o 
          
When they used

 to have a sho

w
           
Now it's a dis

co 
        
 But not for L


ola
             
Still in the d

          
ress she used 

   
to wear
      
Faded feathers

 in her hair

[Bridge]
              
She sits there

   
 so   re-fined
              
And drinks her

    
self half-blin

d
             
She lost her y

             
outh and she l

        
ost her Tony
           
Now she's lost

  
 her   mind

[Chorus]
          
At the Copa,  

    
  Copacabana
           
The hottest sp

        
ot north of Ha


vana 
       
At the Copa,  

/       
    Copacaba  

  
-  na
                                                f g Ab a Bb b c Db d
        
Music and pass

           
ion were alway

            
s in fashion a

                      
t the Copa   

[Outro]
            | 
Don’t fall in 

 |  |
love
              (Copa ...)
            | 
Don’t fall in 

 |  |
love
(Co – pa – ca-bana)
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Copacabana

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    |  | 
Copacabana

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  Copa ...
    |  | 
Copacabana

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    |  | 
Copacabana

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    |  | 
Copacabana

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(repeat and fade)