Lolav9

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:

Verse 1: [see tab below for picking]

I met her in a club down in old Soho

where you drink champagne and it tastes just like coca cola

C-O-L-A, cola

She walked up to me and she asked me to dance

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

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

I met her... ...you drink... ...tastes just like...

Coca-cola... ...c-o-l-a, cola

She walked up... ...I asked... ...dark brown voice...

...Lola... ...l-o-l-a, Lola... ...lo lo lo lo

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

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:

Verse 2:

Well I'm not the worlds most physical guy

but when she squeezed me tight

she nearly broke my spine, oh my Lola

Lo lo lo lo Lola

Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand

why she walked like a woman and talked like a man

oh my Lola

A D C C D E [play FILL 1]

Lo lo lo lo Lola Lo lo lo lo Lola

Chorus:

Well we drank champagne and danced all night

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 the world's most passionate guy

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

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:

I pushed her away

I walked to the 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 the way that I want it to stay

and I always want it to be that way for my Lola

Lo lo lo lo Lola

Girls will be boys and boys will be girls

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

Lo lo lo lo Lola

Chorus:

Well I left home just a week before

And I'd never ever kissed a woman before

Lola smiled and took me by the hand

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

Verse 5:

Well I'm not the worlds most passionate man

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

and so is Lola, lo lo lo lo lola Lo lo lo lo Lola

Outro:

Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola

Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola

Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola

Lola......yeah, you get the picture. play lots and fade out...

Chords:

D xx0232 C#m x46654

B x2444x