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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
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Anthony Average |
#1 by Anthony Pardee at Mar 27, 1972 at 11:52 PM EST |
| this song is the best...when me and my sk8er friends hered this song we knew i was a bought a cross dreser.. my fav part " well im not the worlds most masculin man but i know what i am and thta im a man and SO IS lola" lol .... me and my friends r goin to sing this for a talent show ..this song is the best | |
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Dark Lead Player |
#2 by Dark Avenger at Jan 2, 1974 at 2:30 AM EST |
| you want a masculine daughter? | |
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Beaver Average |
#3 by Beaver Butt at Sep 10, 1979 at 8:30 PM EST |
| In an interview with Dave Davies, member of the Kinks, when Johnny Rogan says "The major revelation in the book is your bisexuality in the '60's." He responds "It doesn't seem strange to me. It was the times. The pop world was show business - and there's always been a homosexual element there. I just thought, Oh, I'll try this out. I didn't feel any qualms about it. It all seemed experimental and fun. I almost did it as an act of rebellion." His brother Ray Davies, who wrote Lola, was definetly homosexual or at least bisexual too. | |
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Braxton Lead Player |
#4 by Braxton Overby at Mar 29, 1981 at 10:21 AM EST |
| My brother had an interesting take on this song. Wrong, but interesting... Said that the song was about a woman who was "like a man" in bed; you know, agressive, etc... It thought it was a pretty cool take on the song... Named my bass Lola... :P | |
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FrEAk!!! Wanna Be |
#5 by FrEAk!!! Matis at Oct 6, 1985 at 5:00 PM EST |
| Oh by the way, ray had to fly back to Ny and re-record this track because of copyright infringements for using Coca-Cola in the original version. It had to be changed to Cherry Cola eventually. Stupid coca cola... nothing like free advertising in a song that wound up being one for the ages.... | |
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Chris Badass |
#6 by Chris Phillips at Oct 15, 1986 at 10:00 AM EST |
| yeah it is "glad i'm a man" you can even hear it | |
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Travis Wanna Be |
#7 by Travis Alford at May 21, 1991 at 12:48 AM EST |
| Okay this isnt a meaning, but I saw some choirs the other day. One of the choirs was a gay and lesbian choir called gay abandon, and they sang this song (it was great - they also did 'how much is that doggy in the window' as well as serious ones) But it just got me thinking about the meaning. Could it be he is actually gay and knew all along? I know im being damn bigoted and stereotyping hugely here, but the lines "not the worlds most masculine" and "physical guy" could be like, clues towards that. Also "I'd never kissed a woman before"... Aaaaah well, it could be a transexual aswell. Fantastic song. | |
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December Underg Average |
#8 by December Underground at Mar 30, 1995 at 3:18 PM EST |
| This song is definatly about a guy who falls in love with a Transvestite. true. | |
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Zach Wanna Be |
#9 by Zach Pain at Mar 22, 1997 at 7:35 AM EST |
| this song is the shit man. and its definetly about a guy who has his first homo sexual expirenece because the song says 'I never ever kissed a woman before, Lola smiled and took me by the hand, she said, "Little boy, gonna make you a man."' gay people are funny!! | |
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Alyssa Professional |
#10 by Alyssa at Dec 3, 1999 at 5:51 AM EST |
| This is a great song...so great im naming my first daughter lola...hopefully she is that masculine tho...haha...but it gets you thinking tho huh? | |
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Sarah McKagan Musical Genius |
#11 by Sarah McKagan (AKA - Lady Rock 'n' Roll) at Sep 20, 2001 at 2:31 AM EST |
| I love this song. Its romantic in a funny way. It is also about meeting someone special for the frsit time, be it man or woman. Hehe. ;-) | |
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