Lola - The Kinks
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
Title: Lola
Artist: Kinks
Standard Tuning
The fingerpicking in this song is pretty simple. You just hit the
bass string once, then pick the E B G strings, the exact notes are
not important, just do it in the right rhythm.
[Intro]
Here's approximately how the picking goes:
e|---0----0---
B|---1----1---
G|---0----0---
D|---2----2---
A|---3----3---
E|------------
-0-0-0-0--2-2-
-1-1-1-1--3-3-
-0-0-0-0--2-2-
-2-2-2-2--0-0-
-3-3-3-3------
--------------
---0---0----0-
---0-----0----
---1-------1--
---2----------
---2----------
---0----------
---0-----0----
0----0--------
--1----1----1-
--------------
--------------
--------------
-----|
0----|
--1--|
-----|
-----|
-----|
[Verse 1] [see tab below for picking]
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
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
TAB FOR [VERSE
it seems almos
e|-----0----0-
B|-------0----
G|---------1--
D|------------
A|------------
E|--0---------
I met her
1] it's impos
t random - but
---0----0-----
0----0-------0
--1----1---1--
--------------
--------------
--------------
...
sible to tab o
this is as cl
-------0----0-
---------2----
-1---------2--
--------------
-----0--------
--------------
...you drink.
ut the picking
ose as I could
-------2----2-
2--------3----
--2--------2--
-----0--------
--------------
--------------
.. ...tastes
exactly right -
get
-----|
3----|
--2--|
-----|
-----|
-----|
just like...
e|------0----0
B|--------0---
G|----------1-
D|------------
A|------------
E|----0-------
Coca-cola..
----0-----4--2
-0------------
---1--1--4---2
--------------
--------------
--------------
. ...c-o-l-
--0----0----0------------------|
---------2----2---2---2-2-3-2--|
--1--------2----2----2--2-2-2--|
-------------------------------|
------0------------------------|
-------------------------------|
a, cola
e|------0----0
B|--------0---
G|----------1-
D|------------
A|------------
E|---0--------
She walked up.
----0----0----
-0----0-------
---1----1---1-
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--------------
--------------
..
--------0----0
0---------2---
--1---------2-
--------------
------0-------
--------------
...I asked...
--------2----2
-2--------3---
---2--------2-
------0-------
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--------------
...dark brow
------|
-3----|
---2--|
------|
------|
------|
n voice...
e|------0-----
B|------------
G|--------1-1-
D|------------
A|------------
E|----0-------
...Lola...
-0-------0---0
--------------
---1-1-----1--
--------------
--------------
--------------
...l-o-
--------0----0
----------2---
-1----------2-
--------------
------0-------
--------------
l-a, Lola...
--------2----2
-2--------3---
---2--------2-
------0-------
--------------
--------------
...lo lo l
------|
-3----|
---2--|
------|
------|
------|
o lo
e|-----0----0-
B|-------1----
G|---------0--
D|------------
A|---3--------
E|------------
Lola
-----0-0-0-0--
1----1-1-1-1--
--0--0-0-0-0--
-----2-2-2-2--
-----3-3-3-3--
--------------
0-2--0----|
1-3--0----| T
0-2--1----| k
2-0--2----| w
3----2----| F
-----0----| b
hen the acoustic guitar
eeps strumming the E chord
hile the electric plays
ILL 1 that is tabbed out
elow.
[FILL 1]
e|------------
B|------------
G|---9-9-9-9--
D|---9-9-9-9--
A|------------
E|------------
--------------
--------------
--9-11b13r11-9
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--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------
-11p9---------
------11-9----
-----------12-
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--------------
-------------9
9/11----9h11--
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-------------|
-------------|
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-----9h11-9--|
--11---------|
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[Verse 2] and the rest of the song is just strummed. The only thing
to remember is that the electric guitar sometimes throws in two
little fills, one on the E chord, and one on the D chord.
[E-chord F
E|--4-4--2-
B|--0-0--0-
G|--4-4--2-
D|---------
A|---------
E|---------
ill]
-0--|
-0--|
-1--|
----|
----|
----|
[D-chord Fill
E|--2-2--0----
B|--3-3--3--3-
G|--2-2--2--2-
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
]
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
[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
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
[Chorus]
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 3]
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
[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] [the fingerpicking is pretty much the same as in Verse 1]
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]
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]
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 l
o lo lo Lola
[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
Lola, lo lo l
o lo Lola, l
o lo lo lo Lol
a
Lola......yeah
, you get the
picture. play
lots and fade
out...
[Chords]
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