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...]