KINKS - "lola" Tablature

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Artist: Kinks
Song: Lola
tabbed by: John Leadman


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.

CHORDS:


E (022100) Asus4 (x02230)
A (x02220) F# (244322)
D (xx0232) C#m (x46654)
C (x32010) G#m (466444)
B (x2444x)



INTRO:

C D E


Here's approximately how the picking goes:

C D
E|---0----0----0-0-0-0--2-2----0---0----0----0-----0---------|
B|---1----1----1-1-1-1--3-3----0-----0----0----0--------0----|
G|---0----0----0-0-0-0--2-2----1-------1----1----1----1---1--|
D|---2----2----2-2-2-2--0-0----2-----------------------------|
A|---3----3----3-3-3-3---------2-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------0-----------------------------|


VERSE 1: [see tab below for picking]

E
I met her in a club down in old Soho

A D E
where you drink champagne and it tastes just like coca cola

A Asus4 A
C-O-L-A, cola

E
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance

A D E
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said Lola

A D C C D E
L-O-L-A, Lola, Lo lo lo lo lola


TAB FOR VERSE 1: it's impossible to tab out
the picking EXACTLY like it is, he picks the E B and G strings
kinda randomly, but this is as close as I could get)

E A D
E|-----0----0----0----0------------0----0--------2----2------
B|-------0----0----0-------0---------2----2--------3----3----
G|---------1----1----1---1---1---------2----2--------2----2--
D|---------------------------------------------0-------------
A|-------------------------------0---------------------------
E|--0--------------------------------------------------------
I met her... ...you drink... ...tastes just like...


E A
E------0----0----0-----4--2--0----0----0------------------
B--------0----0---------------------2----2---2---2-2-3-2--
G----------1----1--1--4---2--1--------2----2----2--2-2-2--
D---------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------0------------------------
E----0----------------------------------------------------
Coca-cola... ...c-o-l-a, cola


E A D
E------0----0----0----0------------0----0--------2----2------
B--------0----0----0-------0---------2----2--------3----3----
G----------1----1----1---1---1---------2----2--------2----2--
D----------------------------------------------0-------------
A--------------------------------0---------------------------
E---0--------------------------------------------------------
She walked up... ...I asked... ...dark brown voice...


E A D
E------0------0-------0---0--------0----0--------2----2------
B------------------------------------2----2--------3----3----
G--------1-1----1-1-----1---1----------2----2--------2----2--
D----------------------------------------------0-------------
A--------------------------------0---------------------------
E----0-------------------------------------------------------
...Lola... ...l-o-l-a, Lola... ...lo lo lo lo


C C D E
E-----0----0------0-0-0-0--0-2--0----|
B-------1----1----1-1-1-1--1-3--0----| Then the acoustic guitar
G---------0----0--0-0-0-0--0-2--1----| keeps strumming the E chord
D-----------------2-2-2-2--2-0--2----| while the electric plays
A---3-------------3-3-3-3--3----2----| FILL 1 that is tabbed out
E-------------------------------0----| below.
Lola


FILL 1: b = bend up r = release bend
h = hammer-on p = pull-off
E
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9-9-9-9----9-11b13r11-9-----------------------------------------|
D|---9-9-9-9-----------------11p9----------------------9-----9h11-9--|
A|--------------------------------11-9----9/11----9h11----11---------|
E|-------------------------------------12----------------------------|



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 Fill: D-chord Fill:
E|--4-4--2--0--| E|--2-2--0-----|
B|--0-0--0--0--| B|--3-3--3--3--|
G|--4-4--2--1--| G|--2-2--2--2--|
D|-------------| D|-------------|
A|-------------| A|-------------|
E|-------------| E|-------------|


VERSE 2:

E
Well I'm not the worlds most physical guy

A
but when she squeezed me tight

D E
she nearly broke my spine, oh my Lola

A Asus4 A
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
oh my Lola
A D C C D E [play FILL 1]
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

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


VERSE 3:

E
Well I'm not the world's most passionate guy

A D E
but when I looked in her eye, well I almost fell for my Lola

A D C C D
Lo lo lo lo Lola Lo lo lo lo Lola

E A D C C D E [play FILL 1]
Lola, Lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola


BRIDGE:

A C#m B
I pushed her away

A C#m B
I walked to the door

A C#m B
I fell to the floor

E G#m C#m
I got down on my knees

B
Then I looked at her and she at me


VERSE 4: [the fingerpicking is pretty much the same as in Verse 1]

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 Asus4 A
Lo lo lo lo Lola

E
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls

A D E
It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world except for Lola

A
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
Lola smiled and took me by the hand


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


VERSE 5:

E
Well I'm not the worlds most passionate man

A D
but I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man

E A D C C D
and so is Lola, lo lo lo lo lola Lo lo lo lo Lola


OUTRO:

E A D C C D
Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola

E A D C C D
Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola

E A D C C D
Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola

E A D C C D
Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola

E A D C C D
Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola

E A D C C D
Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola

[fade out...]

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