Title: Lola
Artist: Kinks
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:
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 right -
it seems almost random - 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 | F | LL 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
Lola......yeah, you get the picture. play lots and fade out...
Chords:
| E 022100 Asus4 x02230 |
| A x02220 F# 244322 |
D xx0232 C#m x46654
| C x32010 G#m 466444 |
| B x2444x |