Lola

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  • 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...]
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