Kinks - Lola (Second Version) Chords and Tabs

Kinks - Lola Second Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) Kinks. Other chords and tabs for the "Lola" can find at the bottom of the page.

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...]