Lola
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Music: The Kinks Key: E Tempo (bpm) ca.: 60 Measure: 2/2 binary Genre: Pop Style: Song |
Chords: A B C C#m D E F# G# |
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I | E met her in a club down in |North Soho | |E | | | |
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where you| A drink champagne and it | D tastes like Coca- | |A |D | | |
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| E cola, |· C-O-L-A | A cola. |··· | |E | |A | | | |
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She | E walked up to me and she |asked me to dance. | |E | | | |
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I | A asked her name and in a | D dark brown voice she said: | |A |D | | |
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| E "Lola, |· L-O-L-A | A Lola, | D · lo lo lo lo | |E | |A |D | | |
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| C Lola".| C ··· D · | |C |C D | | |
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Well, | E I'm not the world's most |physical guy, | |E | | | |
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but when she | A squeezed me tight she nearly | D broke my spine, | |A |D | | |
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Oh my | E Lola, |· lo lo lo lo | A Lola.|··· | |E | |A | | | |
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Well, | E I'm not dumb but I |can't understand | |E | | | |
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why she | A walked like a woman and | D talked like a man | |A |D | | |
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Oh my | E Lola,|· lo lo lo lo | A Lola, | D · lo lo lo lo | |E | |A |D | | |
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| C Lola | C ··· D · | |C |C D | | |
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Well, we | B drank champagne and |danced all night, | |B | | | |
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| F# under electric |candlelight. | |F# | | | |
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She | A picked me up and sat me |on her knee, | |A | | | |
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and |said, "Little boy won't you |come home with me?" | | | | | |
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Well | E I'm not the world's most |passionate guy, | |E | | | |
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but when I | A looked in her eyes well I | D almost fell for my | |A |D | | |
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| E Lola,|· lo lo lo lo | A Lola, | D · lo lo lo lo | |E | |A |D | | |
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| C Lola | C ··· D ·| | |C |C D | | | |
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| E Lola,|· lo lo lo lo | A Lola, | D · lo lo lo lo | |E | |A |D | | |
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| C Lola | C ··· D · | |C |C D | | |
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I | A pushed C#m her a B way.|··· I | A walked C#m to the B door.|··· | |A C#m B | |A C#m B | | | |
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I | A fell C#m to the B floor.|··· I got | E down G# on my C#m knees.|··· | |A C#m B | |E G# C#m | | | |
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Then | B I looked at her and |she at me. | |B | | | |
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Well | E that's the way that I |want it to stay | |E | | | |
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and I | A always want it to | D be that way for my | |A |D | | |
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| E Lola. |· Lo-lo-lo-lo | A Lola. |···· | |E | |A | | | |
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| E Girls will be boys and |boys will be girls, | |E | | | |
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it's a | A mixed up muddled up | D shook up world except for | |A |D | | |
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| E Lola. |· Lo-lo-lo-lo | A Lola. |···· | |E | |A | | | |
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Well | B I left home just a |week before, | |B | | | |
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and I'd | F# never ever kissed a |woman before. | |F# | | | |
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But | A Lola smiled and took me |by the hand | |A | | | |
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and |said: "Dear boy I'm gonna |make you a man!" | | | | | |
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Well | E I'm not the world's most |masculine man | |E | | | |
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but I | A know what I am and | D I'm glad I'm a man | |A |D | | |
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and so is | E Lola. |· Lo-lo-lo-lo | A Lola, | D · lo-lo-lo-lo | |E | |A |D | | |
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| C Lola. | C ··· D · | |C |C D | | |
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(rep. ad lib) ||: E Lola. |·Lo-lo-lo-lo | A Lola, | D · lo-lo-lo-lo | | |E | |A |D | | |
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| C Lola. | C ··· D · :|| E · | |C |C D | |E | | |
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