Chords for Lola Guitar Lesson Preview - The Kinks
Tempo:
97.05 bpm
Chords used:
E
D
A
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[A] [D]
[E] [A]
[A] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] [D]
[C] [D]
[E] [F] Some songs are really simple and really fun to play, and then they have some tricky things in them.
Lola is one of those.
So we're going to take a look at this classic Ray Davies tune from 1970 from the album Lola
vs.
Power Man and the Money Goron.
And what we're going to do in this lesson, it's really just a [A] strumming lesson.
We're not going to do anything [G] fancy in it.
We're just going to play some chords.
So all we really need to do to play this is have a good steady understanding.
Steady?
Well, an understanding of keeping a strum steady.
So that's what's really going to happen in here.
So what we're going to do is just talk about the chords.
Most of them are open.
There's a few bar [Bbm] chords.
You do have to understand a little bit about bar chords when we play in a [Ab] B and an F sharp.
And what else?
We have a C sharp minor and G sharp minors.
Mostly chords in the key of E with a couple of exceptions.
And so this [N] is very typical of Ray Davies and kind of the kink sound where he uses some
chords that don't necessarily always fit in the same major key, but still they go together really well.
So we'll take a look at the chords.
We'll talk a little bit about strumming and the chart that comes with it.
We're not even going to do any of this from tablature.
No real need to, but we've got a chart that has the chords and the words if you want to sing it.
In any case, let's talk a little bit about the chords and strumming.
Chords we need are really basic.
C, D, E, and A.
That's it for the first section.
And so we're just going to play those in standard open [G] position.
So hopefully you know those chords.
If not, check out my lesson on strumming.
[C] But [Em] we've got a C chord played in the standard [D] position, D chord played in the standard position,
[E] and E.
And that's [Gm] the sound of the signature [Ab] riff.
We'll talk a little bit about the strumming too in just a second.
But we also are going to need a couple of bar chords, a few bar chords in the key of
E.
Now the trickiest one of those is B for a lot of people.
So playing the B chord, we need to do a full bar at the second [B] fret, and then your third
finger [N] flattened out across the second, third, and fourth strings at the fourth fret.
Basically an A [B] shape of a bar chord.
Now if you can't play that [G] very accurately [D] that way, you can do it of course with three
fingers with your second, third, and fourth fingers [B] all on an individual string.
Or you can play all of the Bs at the seventh fret out of the E [Gm] world of bars.
So taking a look at the chart, the [N] introduction, very simple.
Starts with a C chord.
And that's our measure where we [G] have an accent on one and three, and that's it for that [C] measure.
One, two, three, four.
In the next measure, we have four eighth notes on the C.
Down, up, down, up.
We miss the next down [D] and catch an up and a down on the D chord before we get to our [E] E.
Now, on the record, you hear a little arpeggio right there.
He hits the E chord.
And what's going on there [F] is it's really just the top three strings being played [Em] at a steady
speed of eighths.
If you're going to play this like this, [E] you can either alternate down [G] and up strokes using
the first to the second to the third string, or you could do it in what you call normal alternating picking.
Or you could use a cross picking [E] pattern where you go up, up, down.
And the [F] logic behind [N] cross picking is that what you're trying to do is you're picking
it down or up depending on the next string.
Let's run through a couple of these sections with a metronome.
I've got it set at 100, which is a little slower than the recording.
We'll do the introduction, first verse.
Then we'll go straight into the chorus.
Then we'll come back and do a half a verse.
Now, when we do that half a verse, we're going to be starting on the third line of the verse
before we go into the bridge.
Then we'll go back and do another half a verse and call it a song.
Here we go.
Two, three, [C] four.
[D] [E]
[A] [D]
[E] [A]
[A] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] [D]
[C] [D]
[E] [F] Some songs are really simple and really fun to play, and then they have some tricky things in them.
Lola is one of those.
So we're going to take a look at this classic Ray Davies tune from 1970 from the album Lola
vs.
Power Man and the Money Goron.
And what we're going to do in this lesson, it's really just a [A] strumming lesson.
We're not going to do anything [G] fancy in it.
We're just going to play some chords.
So all we really need to do to play this is have a good steady understanding.
Steady?
Well, an understanding of keeping a strum steady.
So that's what's really going to happen in here.
So what we're going to do is just talk about the chords.
Most of them are open.
There's a few bar [Bbm] chords.
You do have to understand a little bit about bar chords when we play in a [Ab] B and an F sharp.
And what else?
We have a C sharp minor and G sharp minors.
Mostly chords in the key of E with a couple of exceptions.
And so this [N] is very typical of Ray Davies and kind of the kink sound where he uses some
chords that don't necessarily always fit in the same major key, but still they go together really well.
So we'll take a look at the chords.
We'll talk a little bit about strumming and the chart that comes with it.
We're not even going to do any of this from tablature.
No real need to, but we've got a chart that has the chords and the words if you want to sing it.
In any case, let's talk a little bit about the chords and strumming.
Chords we need are really basic.
C, D, E, and A.
That's it for the first section.
And so we're just going to play those in standard open [G] position.
So hopefully you know those chords.
If not, check out my lesson on strumming.
[C] But [Em] we've got a C chord played in the standard [D] position, D chord played in the standard position,
[E] and E.
And that's [Gm] the sound of the signature [Ab] riff.
We'll talk a little bit about the strumming too in just a second.
But we also are going to need a couple of bar chords, a few bar chords in the key of
E.
Now the trickiest one of those is B for a lot of people.
So playing the B chord, we need to do a full bar at the second [B] fret, and then your third
finger [N] flattened out across the second, third, and fourth strings at the fourth fret.
Basically an A [B] shape of a bar chord.
Now if you can't play that [G] very accurately [D] that way, you can do it of course with three
fingers with your second, third, and fourth fingers [B] all on an individual string.
Or you can play all of the Bs at the seventh fret out of the E [Gm] world of bars.
So taking a look at the chart, the [N] introduction, very simple.
Starts with a C chord.
And that's our measure where we [G] have an accent on one and three, and that's it for that [C] measure.
One, two, three, four.
In the next measure, we have four eighth notes on the C.
Down, up, down, up.
We miss the next down [D] and catch an up and a down on the D chord before we get to our [E] E.
Now, on the record, you hear a little arpeggio right there.
He hits the E chord.
And what's going on there [F] is it's really just the top three strings being played [Em] at a steady
speed of eighths.
If you're going to play this like this, [E] you can either alternate down [G] and up strokes using
the first to the second to the third string, or you could do it in what you call normal alternating picking.
Or you could use a cross picking [E] pattern where you go up, up, down.
And the [F] logic behind [N] cross picking is that what you're trying to do is you're picking
it down or up depending on the next string.
Let's run through a couple of these sections with a metronome.
I've got it set at 100, which is a little slower than the recording.
We'll do the introduction, first verse.
Then we'll go straight into the chorus.
Then we'll come back and do a half a verse.
Now, when we do that half a verse, we're going to be starting on the third line of the verse
before we go into the bridge.
Then we'll go back and do another half a verse and call it a song.
Here we go.
Two, three, [C] four.
[D] [E]
Key:
E
D
A
G
C
E
D
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Some songs are really simple and really fun to play, and then they have some tricky things in them.
Lola is one of those.
So we're going to take a look at this classic Ray Davies tune from 1970 from the album Lola
vs.
Power Man and the Money Goron. _ _
And what we're going to do in this lesson, it's really just a [A] strumming lesson.
We're not going to do anything [G] fancy in it.
We're just going to play some chords.
So all we really need to do to play this is have a good steady understanding.
Steady?
Well, an understanding of keeping a strum steady.
So that's what's really going to happen in here.
So what we're going to do is just talk about the chords.
Most of them are open.
There's a few bar [Bbm] chords.
You do have to understand a little bit about bar chords when we play in a [Ab] B and an F sharp.
And what else?
We have a C sharp minor and G sharp minors.
Mostly chords in the key of E with a couple of exceptions.
And so this [N] is very typical of Ray Davies and kind of the kink sound where he uses some
chords that don't necessarily always fit in the same major key, but still they go together really well.
So we'll take a look at the chords.
We'll talk a little bit about strumming and the chart that comes with it.
We're not even going to do any of this from tablature.
No real need to, but we've got a chart that has the chords and the words if you want to sing it.
In any case, let's talk a little bit about the chords and strumming. _ _ _ _
_ _ Chords we need are really basic.
C, D, E, and A.
That's it for the first section.
And so we're just going to play those in standard open [G] position.
So hopefully you know those chords.
If not, check out my lesson on strumming.
[C] But [Em] we've got a C chord played in the standard [D] position, D chord played in the standard position,
[E] and E.
And that's [Gm] the sound of the signature [Ab] riff.
We'll talk a little bit about the strumming too in just a second.
But we also are going to need a couple of bar chords, a few bar chords in the key of
E.
Now the trickiest one of those is B for a lot of people.
So playing the B chord, we need to do a full bar at the second [B] fret, and then your third
finger [N] flattened out across the second, third, and fourth strings at the fourth fret.
Basically an A [B] shape of a bar chord.
Now if you can't play that [G] very accurately [D] that way, you can do it of course with three
fingers with your second, third, and fourth fingers [B] all on an individual string.
Or you can play all of the Bs at the seventh fret out of the E [Gm] world of bars. _ _ _
_ So taking a look at the chart, the [N] introduction, very simple.
Starts with a C chord.
And that's our measure where we [G] have an accent on one and three, and that's it for that [C] measure.
One, two, three, four.
In the next measure, we have four eighth notes on the C.
Down, up, down, up.
We miss the next down [D] and catch an up and a down on the D chord before we get to our [E] E.
Now, on the record, you hear a little arpeggio right there.
He hits the E chord. _
_ _ _ _ And what's going on there [F] is it's really just the top three strings being played [Em] at a steady
speed of eighths.
If you're going to play this like this, [E] _ you can either alternate down [G] and up strokes using
the first to the second to the third string, or you could do it in what you call normal alternating picking.
Or you could use a cross picking [E] pattern where you go up, up, down. _ _
And the [F] logic behind [N] cross picking is that what you're trying to do is you're picking
it down or up depending on the next string. _
_ _ _ Let's run through a couple of these sections with a metronome.
I've got it set at 100, which is a little slower than the recording.
We'll do the introduction, first verse.
Then we'll go straight into the chorus.
Then we'll come back and do a half a verse.
Now, when we do that half a verse, we're going to be starting on the third line of the verse
before we go into the bridge.
Then we'll go back and do another half a verse and call it a song.
Here we go.
Two, three, [C] four. _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Some songs are really simple and really fun to play, and then they have some tricky things in them.
Lola is one of those.
So we're going to take a look at this classic Ray Davies tune from 1970 from the album Lola
vs.
Power Man and the Money Goron. _ _
And what we're going to do in this lesson, it's really just a [A] strumming lesson.
We're not going to do anything [G] fancy in it.
We're just going to play some chords.
So all we really need to do to play this is have a good steady understanding.
Steady?
Well, an understanding of keeping a strum steady.
So that's what's really going to happen in here.
So what we're going to do is just talk about the chords.
Most of them are open.
There's a few bar [Bbm] chords.
You do have to understand a little bit about bar chords when we play in a [Ab] B and an F sharp.
And what else?
We have a C sharp minor and G sharp minors.
Mostly chords in the key of E with a couple of exceptions.
And so this [N] is very typical of Ray Davies and kind of the kink sound where he uses some
chords that don't necessarily always fit in the same major key, but still they go together really well.
So we'll take a look at the chords.
We'll talk a little bit about strumming and the chart that comes with it.
We're not even going to do any of this from tablature.
No real need to, but we've got a chart that has the chords and the words if you want to sing it.
In any case, let's talk a little bit about the chords and strumming. _ _ _ _
_ _ Chords we need are really basic.
C, D, E, and A.
That's it for the first section.
And so we're just going to play those in standard open [G] position.
So hopefully you know those chords.
If not, check out my lesson on strumming.
[C] But [Em] we've got a C chord played in the standard [D] position, D chord played in the standard position,
[E] and E.
And that's [Gm] the sound of the signature [Ab] riff.
We'll talk a little bit about the strumming too in just a second.
But we also are going to need a couple of bar chords, a few bar chords in the key of
E.
Now the trickiest one of those is B for a lot of people.
So playing the B chord, we need to do a full bar at the second [B] fret, and then your third
finger [N] flattened out across the second, third, and fourth strings at the fourth fret.
Basically an A [B] shape of a bar chord.
Now if you can't play that [G] very accurately [D] that way, you can do it of course with three
fingers with your second, third, and fourth fingers [B] all on an individual string.
Or you can play all of the Bs at the seventh fret out of the E [Gm] world of bars. _ _ _
_ So taking a look at the chart, the [N] introduction, very simple.
Starts with a C chord.
And that's our measure where we [G] have an accent on one and three, and that's it for that [C] measure.
One, two, three, four.
In the next measure, we have four eighth notes on the C.
Down, up, down, up.
We miss the next down [D] and catch an up and a down on the D chord before we get to our [E] E.
Now, on the record, you hear a little arpeggio right there.
He hits the E chord. _
_ _ _ _ And what's going on there [F] is it's really just the top three strings being played [Em] at a steady
speed of eighths.
If you're going to play this like this, [E] _ you can either alternate down [G] and up strokes using
the first to the second to the third string, or you could do it in what you call normal alternating picking.
Or you could use a cross picking [E] pattern where you go up, up, down. _ _
And the [F] logic behind [N] cross picking is that what you're trying to do is you're picking
it down or up depending on the next string. _
_ _ _ Let's run through a couple of these sections with a metronome.
I've got it set at 100, which is a little slower than the recording.
We'll do the introduction, first verse.
Then we'll go straight into the chorus.
Then we'll come back and do a half a verse.
Now, when we do that half a verse, we're going to be starting on the third line of the verse
before we go into the bridge.
Then we'll go back and do another half a verse and call it a song.
Here we go.
Two, three, [C] four. _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _