Lola
Ray Davies (The Kinks)


  E                                             A
I met her in a club down in old Soho where they drink champagne 
       D                       E             A
And it tastes just like cherry cola, C-O-L-A cola
    E
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
  A                           D
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said
E             A    D             C      D |E     |E
Lola, L-O-L-A Lola,  Lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-la

     E
Well I'm not the world's most physical guy
             A                            D
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
      E                 A 
Oh my Lola, Lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-la
     E
Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand
        A                       D
Why she walked like a woman but talked like a man
      E                 A     D             C      D |E     |E
Oh my Lola, Lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-la,  Lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-la

         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, "Pretty baby won't you come home with me?"

      E
Well, I'm not the world's most passionate guy
           A                          D
But when I looked in her eyes, well I almost fell for her
E             A    D             C      D
Lola, L-O-L-A Lola,  Lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-la
E             A    D             C      D |E     |E
Lola, L-O-L-A Lola,  Lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-la

  A      E    B      A      E      B
I pushed her away, I walked to the door
  A    E      B            E    G#7   C#m
I fell to the floor, I got down on my knees
     B                          B13
Then I looked at her and she at me


     E
Well that's the way that I want it to stay
      A                 D                  E                 A
And I always want it to be that way for my Lola, Lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-la
E
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
       A                   D                        E
It's a mixed-up muddled-up shook-up world Ôcept for Lola
            A
Lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-la

     B
Well I left home just a week before
    F#
And I'd never ever kissed a woman before
    A
But Lola smiled and took me by the hand

And said "Pretty boy, I'm gonna make you a man"

     E
Well I'm not the world's most masculine guy
      A                      D                       E
But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man and soÕs Lola
            A     D             C      D
Lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-la,  Lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-la
E                 A     D             C      D
Lola, Lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-la,  Lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-la     (repeat several times)

End on E


B13: 7x789x

(from Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround, 1970)