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
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