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:
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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kinks/lola_tab_ver_3.html ]
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----| 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
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
