Lola - The Kinks

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The Kinks 1970 "Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One" (Ray Davies)

[Intro]

   

[Verse 1]

  
I met her in a

 club down in 

old Soho
             
where you drin

              
k champagne an

             
d it tastes ju

              
st like Coca C


ola (or cherry

 cola)
            
C-O-L-A, cola

 
    
She walked up 

to me and she 

asked me to da

nce
             
I asked her he

              
r name and in 

             
a dark brown v

              
oice she said 


Lola
             
L-O-L-A, Lola,

             
  Lo lo lo lo 

       
lola

[Verse 2]

     
Well I'm not t

he worlds most

 physical guy
             
but when she s

queezed me tig

ht
             
she nearly bro

              
ke my spine, o

     
h my Lola
             
Lo lo lo lo Lo

   
la

[Verse 3]

     
Well I'm not d

umb but I can'

t understand
             
why she walked

              
 like a woman 

    
and talked lik

e a man
      
oh my Lola
             
Lo lo lo lo Lo

             
la   Lo lo lo 

          
lo Lola

[Chorus 1]

         ***
Well we drank 

champagne and 

danced all nig

ht

under electric

 candlelight
    
She picked me 

up and sat me 

on her knee

and said 'Dear boy, won't you come home with me'

[Verse 4]

     
Well I'm not t

he world's mos

t passionate g

uy
             
but when I loo

              
ked in her eye

             
, well I almos

              
t fell for my 


Lola
             
Lo lo lo lo Lo

             
la Lo lo lo lo

      
 Lola
             
Lola,  Lo lo l

            
o lo Lola,  lo

                   
 lo lo lo Lola

[Bridge]

         *  
I pushed her a

 **
way
         *  
I walked to th

   **
e door
       *    
I fell to the 

 **
floor
          
I got down on 

   
my knees
     
Then I looked 

at her and she

 at me

[Verse 5]

     
Well that's th

e way that I w

ant it to stay
             
and I always w

             
ant it to be t

              
hat way for my

 
 Lola
             
Lo lo lo lo Lo

    
la

Girls will be 

boys and boys 

will be girls
             
It's a mixed u

              
p, muddled up,

             
 shook up worl

             
d except for L

ola
            
Lo lo lo lo Lo

la

[Chorus 2]

       
Well I left ho

me just a week

 before
    
And I'd never 

ever kissed a 

woman before

Lola smiled an

d took me by t

he hand

and said 'dear boy, I'm gonna make you a man'

[Verse 6]

     
Well I'm not t

he worlds most

 masculine man
             
but I know wha

              
t I am and I'm

 
 glad I'm a ma

n
             
and so is Lola

              
, lo lo lo lo 

            
lola   Lo lo l

          
o lo Lola

[Outro]

             
Lola, lo lo lo

            
 lo Lola,  lo 

              
lo lo lo Lola
             
Lola, lo lo lo

            
 lo Lola,  lo 

              
lo lo lo Lola
             
Lola, lo lo lo

            
 lo Lola,  lo 

               
lo lo lo Lola

*   It has been suggested that C#m is better then E
**  It has been suggested that B7 is a better fit then B
*** It has been suggested that B is a better fit then B7

* strumming pattern by: (brettsanace) http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/brettsanace/

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