Lola By The Kinks

[TheWalkingMan]

Hi,

Would anyone happen to have a copy of the sheet music and lyrics for the song Lola by The Kinks? I want the band in my friends bar to learn this song.

Thanks in advance!

TheWalkingMan

[bino]

Google is your friend - "lola kinks sheet music". Buy it for $3 and download.

[zaphodbeeblebrox]

I don't have the sheet music, but here's a good live version video with the lyrics from you tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyCCTgk0Y60

[kev02]

I hope this helps with the words,

I met her in a club down in old soho

Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola [lp version:

Coca-cola]

C-o-l-a cola

She walked up to me and she asked me to dance

I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said lola

L-o-l-a lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola

Well Im not the worlds most physical guy

But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine

Oh my lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola

Well Im not dumb but I cant understand

Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man

Oh my lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola

Well we drank champagne and danced all night

Under electric candlelight

She picked me up and sat me on her knee

And said dear boy wont you come home with me

Well Im not the worlds most passionate guy

But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my lola

Lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola

Lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola

I pushed her away

I walked to the door

I fell to the floor

I got down on my knees

Then I looked at her and she at me

Well thats the way that I want it to stay

And I always want it to be that way for my lola

Lo-lo-lo-lo lola

Girls will be boys and boys will be girls

Its a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for lola

Lo-lo-lo-lo lola

Well I left home just a week before

And Id never ever kissed a woman before

But lola smiled and took me by the hand

And said dear boy Im gonna make you a man

Well Im not the worlds most masculine man

But I know what I am and Im glad Im a man

And so is lola

Lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola

Lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola

[jesse89]

Here is a guitar tab for it...

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

Great song!!!