Lola - The Kinks

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[Intro]

         
    
[Verse 1] 
(bass note, then cascade e-g-b strings)

    
I met her in a

 club down in 

old Soho
             
where you drin

              
k champagne an

             
d it tastes ju

   
st 
             
like coca 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
    
                                 

(Acoustic strum E, electric Fill 1)

   
   
[Verse 2]
(strum chords)
   
     
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] 
(strum chords)

      
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 l

                
o lo Lola

(Acoustic strum E, electric Fill 1)



[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'
     
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 

            
lo lo Lola,  l

             
o lo lo lo Lol

         
a

(Acoustic E, electric Fill 1)



[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 4] 
(fingerpicking)
    
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] 
(strum chords)
        
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 5] 
(strum chords):
   
        
Well I'm not t

he worlds most

 passionate ma

n
             
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 lo lo Lo

 
la

[Outro]
             
Lola,  lo lo l

            
o lo Lola,   l

             
o lo lo lo Lol

    
a
             
Lola,  lo lo l

            
o lo Lola,   l

             
o lo lo lo Lol

    
a

(Add electric outro for rest)

             
Lola,  lo lo l

            
o lo Lola,   l

             
o lo lo lo Lol

    
a

Lola.... conti

nue and fade o

ut


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