Tuning:

Thisi tab is better than the other ones, it has the electric solo parts asnd riffs that occur throughout the song, standard tunning The Kinks - Lola 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]

I me^Et her in a club down in old Soho where you d^Arink champagne and it t^Dastes just like coca c^Eola C-O-L-A, ^Acola^Asus4 ^A

She ^Ewalked up to me and she asked me to dance I ^Aasked her her name and in a ^Ddark brown voice she said ^ELola L-O-L-A, ^ALola, ^D Lo lo lo lo ^Clola ^C ^D ^E

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:

Well ^EI'm not the worlds most physical guy but when she ^Asqueezed me tight she nearly ^Dbroke my spine, oh my ^ELola Lo lo lo lo ^ALola^Asus4 ^A Well I^E'm not dumb but I can't understand why she ^Awalked like a woman and ^Dtalked like a man oh my ^ELola A D C C D E [play FILL 1] Lo lo lo lo Lola Lo lo lo lo Lola

Chorus:

Well we ^Bdrank champagne and danced all night ^F#under electric candlelight She ^Apicked me up and sat me on her knee and said 'Dear boy, won't you come home with me'

Verse 3:

Well ^EI'm not the world's most passionate guy but when I ^Alooked in her eye, well I ^Dalmost fell for my ^ELola Lo lo lo lo ^ALola ^D Lo lo lo lo ^CLola ^C ^D E A D C C D E [play FILL 1] Lola, Lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola

Bridge:

I ^Apushed ^C#mher a^Bway I ^Awalked ^C#mto the ^Bdoor I ^Afell ^C#mto the ^Bfloor I ^Egot d^G#mown on^C#m my knees Then ^BI looked at her and she at me

VERSE 4: [the fingerpicking is pretty much the same as in Verse 1]

Well^E that's the way that I want it to stay and I ^Aalways want it to ^Dbe that way for my ^ELola Lo lo lo lo ^ALola ^Asus4 ^A ^EGirls will be boys and boys will be girls It's a^A mixed up, muddled up,^D shook up world except for^E Lola Lo lo lo lo ^ALola

Chorus:

Well I l^Beft home just a week before And ^F#I'd never ever kissed a woman before ^ALola smiled and took me by the hand and said 'dear boy, I'm gonna make you a man'

Verse 5:

Well I'm^E not the worlds most passionate man but I^A know what I am and I'm^D glad I'm a man and so is ^ELola, lo lo lo lo ^Alola ^D Lo lo lo lo ^CLola ^C ^D

Outro:

^ELola, lo lo lo lo ^ALola, ^D lo lo lo lo ^CLola ^C ^D ^ELola, lo lo lo lo ^ALola, ^D lo lo lo lo ^CLola ^C ^D ^ELola, lo lo lo lo ^ALola, ^D lo lo lo lo ^CLola ^C ^D ^ELola......and fade out...

ashford was here!