Chords for ♪♫ The Kinks - Lola (Tutorial)
Tempo:
170.65 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
D
B
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N] [D] [E]
[A] [D]
[E]
Lola, I've done a hundred [Ab] covers of this, [Db] I know, and people keep asking [Gm] for tutorials
all the [Ab] time, so [E]
finally here it is.
[Ab] I don't know why, I mean, I do know why you want to play it, it's a fantastic song, but
[Abm] I'm sure there's a hundred other [Eb] tutorials on there.
But [C] anyway, it starts off with that famous riff,
[E] it's a good old C, [Ab] D, E, that's all [C] it is.
Instead of the trick with this one, it's not [D] to play that D, you go [C] from your C,
[D] slide
it up to your [C]
[E] E.
[C] That kind [Eb] of strum, the initial [E] verse, you hear Ray Davies doing, it's kind
of just, it's just kind of plucking.
Met a dinner club down in Old Southwark, [A] where you drink champagne [D] and it tastes just like
[E] cherry or Coca -Cola, C-O-L [A]-A-C-O.
So it's just going [E] from E,
[A] A, [D]
D, [E] E, [A] to A.
[E]
[A] Now with the [D]
[E]
Lola, you can do a, [D] go up here, it's like a D, [E] but slide it up two, and just
play the first three strings.
[G]
Back down to your D.
[D]
And then just release [G] your E string, [D] [A]
to your A, [D] to your E, [G]
[C] to the C, and then your good
old starting riff again.
[E]
That's [G] the key for this song, that's all there is really to [B] it, well, for [Abm] the verses anyway.
[E] Okay.
[A]
[G] [C]
[E]
Well I'm not the world's most physical guy, but [A] when you squeeze me tight, you [D] nearly
broke my [E] spine, oh my Lola.
La la la [A] la Lola.
Try a few of those in there.
On your A to A sus.
Okay.
[E] Smoked up, I'm not dumb, but I can't understand, [A] why she rumble like a [D] woman and talk like
a [E] man, oh my Lola.
La [A] la la Lola.
[D] La [G] la la [C] la Lola.
[E]
So they're all the chords up to that point so far.
Okay, we [Ab] drank champagne, danced all [A] night.
[B] You need a B here, to your B.
Drank champagne and danced all night.
Then just to an F sharp, which is [Gb] just [Db] changing around like that, so it'll be exactly [A] the
same as going from an [E] A to an E, but just up on the second [Eb] [B] fret.
Champagne and danced all [Gb] night, under a red [A] candlelight.
Down to A.
She picked me up and sat me on her knees.
A7.
She said, dear boy, won't you come home with me?
[Eb] Same as [E] your verse again.
I'm not the world's most passionate guy, but [A] when I look in her eyes, [D] well I want to spell
[E] for my Lola.
[D] La la [A] la Lola.
La la [C] la la Lola.
[E]
Alright, with me so far, going too fast.
Should be alright.
[C] I pushed her away, walked through the [B] door.
No [A] new chords, just A, [E] [B] E to B.
So, [A] I pushed [B] her away, [A] I [E] walked to the [B]
door, [A] I fell [B] to the floor.
So three times.
And [E] then E, [Ab]
A flat,
[Db]
to C sharp minor.
C minor.
C sharp minor.
[G] So, [A] again.
I walked, [E] I walked, walked [B] to the door.
I got down.
[Ab] I [A]
[B] pushed her away, I walked to the door.
I fell to the floor.
I got [Dbm] down on my knees.
And back to B.
[B] Well, I looked at her and she at me.
[Ab]
It's hard to do these.
Okay.
[E]
Back to your verse again.
That's the way that I want to stay.
[A] And I always want [D] to be that way [E] for my Lola.
La la [A] la Lola.
[E] Girls will be boys and boys will be girls.
[A] It's a mixed up world, [D] a fucked up world, except [E] for Lola.
La la [A] la Lola.
[B] I left home just a week before.
So back to the same [Fm] as we drank champagne dance tonight, B to C.
[B] B.
[Gb] A.
[A]
A7.
[E] E.
[A] A.
[D]
E.
[E] E.
[A] [D]
[C]
[E]
Um, that's [Ab] it.
They're all the little bits you need for Lola.
[Fm]
Um, [Gm] alright.
That's all I'm going to do then.
[A] [D]
[E]
Lola, I've done a hundred [Ab] covers of this, [Db] I know, and people keep asking [Gm] for tutorials
all the [Ab] time, so [E]
finally here it is.
[Ab] I don't know why, I mean, I do know why you want to play it, it's a fantastic song, but
[Abm] I'm sure there's a hundred other [Eb] tutorials on there.
But [C] anyway, it starts off with that famous riff,
[E] it's a good old C, [Ab] D, E, that's all [C] it is.
Instead of the trick with this one, it's not [D] to play that D, you go [C] from your C,
[D] slide
it up to your [C]
[E] E.
[C] That kind [Eb] of strum, the initial [E] verse, you hear Ray Davies doing, it's kind
of just, it's just kind of plucking.
Met a dinner club down in Old Southwark, [A] where you drink champagne [D] and it tastes just like
[E] cherry or Coca -Cola, C-O-L [A]-A-C-O.
So it's just going [E] from E,
[A] A, [D]
D, [E] E, [A] to A.
[E]
[A] Now with the [D]
[E]
Lola, you can do a, [D] go up here, it's like a D, [E] but slide it up two, and just
play the first three strings.
[G]
Back down to your D.
[D]
And then just release [G] your E string, [D] [A]
to your A, [D] to your E, [G]
[C] to the C, and then your good
old starting riff again.
[E]
That's [G] the key for this song, that's all there is really to [B] it, well, for [Abm] the verses anyway.
[E] Okay.
[A]
[G] [C]
[E]
Well I'm not the world's most physical guy, but [A] when you squeeze me tight, you [D] nearly
broke my [E] spine, oh my Lola.
La la la [A] la Lola.
Try a few of those in there.
On your A to A sus.
Okay.
[E] Smoked up, I'm not dumb, but I can't understand, [A] why she rumble like a [D] woman and talk like
a [E] man, oh my Lola.
La [A] la la Lola.
[D] La [G] la la [C] la Lola.
[E]
So they're all the chords up to that point so far.
Okay, we [Ab] drank champagne, danced all [A] night.
[B] You need a B here, to your B.
Drank champagne and danced all night.
Then just to an F sharp, which is [Gb] just [Db] changing around like that, so it'll be exactly [A] the
same as going from an [E] A to an E, but just up on the second [Eb] [B] fret.
Champagne and danced all [Gb] night, under a red [A] candlelight.
Down to A.
She picked me up and sat me on her knees.
A7.
She said, dear boy, won't you come home with me?
[Eb] Same as [E] your verse again.
I'm not the world's most passionate guy, but [A] when I look in her eyes, [D] well I want to spell
[E] for my Lola.
[D] La la [A] la Lola.
La la [C] la la Lola.
[E]
Alright, with me so far, going too fast.
Should be alright.
[C] I pushed her away, walked through the [B] door.
No [A] new chords, just A, [E] [B] E to B.
So, [A] I pushed [B] her away, [A] I [E] walked to the [B]
door, [A] I fell [B] to the floor.
So three times.
And [E] then E, [Ab]
A flat,
[Db]
to C sharp minor.
C minor.
C sharp minor.
[G] So, [A] again.
I walked, [E] I walked, walked [B] to the door.
I got down.
[Ab] I [A]
[B] pushed her away, I walked to the door.
I fell to the floor.
I got [Dbm] down on my knees.
And back to B.
[B] Well, I looked at her and she at me.
[Ab]
It's hard to do these.
Okay.
[E]
Back to your verse again.
That's the way that I want to stay.
[A] And I always want [D] to be that way [E] for my Lola.
La la [A] la Lola.
[E] Girls will be boys and boys will be girls.
[A] It's a mixed up world, [D] a fucked up world, except [E] for Lola.
La la [A] la Lola.
[B] I left home just a week before.
So back to the same [Fm] as we drank champagne dance tonight, B to C.
[B] B.
[Gb] A.
[A]
A7.
[E] E.
[A] A.
[D]
E.
[E] E.
[A] [D]
[C]
[E]
Um, that's [Ab] it.
They're all the little bits you need for Lola.
[Fm]
Um, [Gm] alright.
That's all I'm going to do then.
Key:
E
A
D
B
C
E
A
D
[N] _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
Lola, I've done a hundred [Ab] covers of this, [Db] I know, and people keep asking [Gm] for tutorials
all the [Ab] time, so _ [E]
finally here it is.
[Ab] _ _ I don't know why, I mean, _ I do know why you want to play it, it's a fantastic song, but
[Abm] _ _ I'm sure there's a hundred other [Eb] tutorials on there.
But [C] anyway, _ _ _ it starts off with that famous riff, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ it's a good old C, [Ab] D, E, that's all [C] it is. _ _ _
_ Instead of the trick with this one, it's not [D] to play that D, you go [C] from your C, _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ slide
it up to your [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ E. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ That kind [Eb] of strum, the initial [E] verse, _ _ _ you hear Ray Davies doing, it's kind
of just, _ _ _ _ it's just kind of plucking. _ _
_ _ Met a dinner club down in Old Southwark, [A] where you drink champagne [D] and it tastes just like
[E] cherry or Coca _ -Cola, _ _ C-O-L [A]-A-C-O. _
So it's just going [E] from E, _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] A, _ [D] _
_ D, [E] _ E, _ _ _ _ [A] to A. _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] Now with the _ [D] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ Lola, _ _ you can do a, [D] _ go up here, it's like a D, [E] but slide it up two, and just
play the _ _ _ first three strings.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
Back down to your D.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And then just release [G] your E string, _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
to your A, _ [D] to your E, [G] _
_ [C] to the C, and then your good
old starting riff again.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ That's [G] the key for this song, that's all there is really to [B] it, _ well, for [Abm] the verses anyway.
[E] Okay. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well I'm not the world's most physical guy, but [A] when you squeeze me tight, you [D] nearly
broke my [E] spine, oh my _ Lola.
_ La la la [A] la _ Lola.
_ _ _ _ Try a few of those in there.
On your A to A sus. _ _
_ Okay.
_ _ [E] Smoked up, _ I'm not dumb, but I can't understand, [A] why she rumble like a [D] woman and talk like
a [E] man, oh my Lola.
_ La [A] la la Lola.
_ [D] _ La [G] la la [C] la Lola.
_ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ So they're all the chords up to that point so far.
_ _ Okay, we [Ab] drank champagne, danced all [A] night.
_ _ [B] _ _ You need a B here, _ _ to your B. _
Drank champagne and danced all night.
Then just to an F sharp, which is [Gb] just _ _ [Db] changing around like that, so it'll be exactly [A] the
same as going from an [E] A to an E, but just up on the second [Eb] _ _ [B] fret.
_ _ Champagne and danced all [Gb] night, _ under a red _ [A] candlelight.
Down to A.
She picked me up and sat me on her knees.
A7. _ _
She said, dear boy, won't you come home with me?
_ _ _ [Eb] Same as [E] your verse again.
I'm not the world's most passionate guy, but [A] when I look in her eyes, [D] well I want to spell
[E] for my Lola.
_ _ [D] La la [A] la Lola.
_ _ _ La la [C] la la _ Lola.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Alright, with me so far, going too fast.
Should be alright.
_ [C] I pushed her away, walked through the [B] door.
_ No [A] new chords, just A, [E] _ _ [B] E to B. _
So, [A] I pushed [B] her _ away, [A] I [E] walked to the [B]
door, _ [A] I fell [B] to the _ floor.
_ So three times. _
And [E] then _ E, _ [Ab] _
_ _ A _ flat, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
to C _ sharp minor. _
_ _ _ C _ minor.
_ _ C sharp _ _ _ _ minor.
[G] So, [A] again.
I walked, [E] _ I walked, walked [B] to the door.
_ I got down.
[Ab] _ _ I _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] pushed her away, _ I walked to the door. _
I fell to the floor. _
I got [Dbm] down on my _ knees.
_ And back to B.
[B] Well, I looked at her and she at me.
_ _ [Ab] _
_ It's hard to do these.
Okay.
[E] _
_ _ _ _ Back to your verse again.
_ _ That's the way that I want to stay.
[A] And I always want [D] to be that way [E] for my Lola. _ _
La la [A] la Lola. _ _
_ _ _ [E] Girls will be boys and boys will be girls.
[A] It's a mixed up world, [D] a fucked up world, except [E] for Lola. _ _
La la [A] la Lola. _ _
_ _ _ [B] I left home just a week before.
So back to the same [Fm] as we drank champagne dance tonight, B to C.
[B] _ B. _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ A.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ A7. _ _
_ _ _ [E] E. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] A.
_ _ [D]
E.
_ _ [E] E. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Um, _ that's [Ab] it.
They're all the little bits you need for Lola.
[Fm] _
Um, [Gm] _ _ alright.
That's all I'm going to do then.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
Lola, I've done a hundred [Ab] covers of this, [Db] I know, and people keep asking [Gm] for tutorials
all the [Ab] time, so _ [E]
finally here it is.
[Ab] _ _ I don't know why, I mean, _ I do know why you want to play it, it's a fantastic song, but
[Abm] _ _ I'm sure there's a hundred other [Eb] tutorials on there.
But [C] anyway, _ _ _ it starts off with that famous riff, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ it's a good old C, [Ab] D, E, that's all [C] it is. _ _ _
_ Instead of the trick with this one, it's not [D] to play that D, you go [C] from your C, _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ slide
it up to your [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ E. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ That kind [Eb] of strum, the initial [E] verse, _ _ _ you hear Ray Davies doing, it's kind
of just, _ _ _ _ it's just kind of plucking. _ _
_ _ Met a dinner club down in Old Southwark, [A] where you drink champagne [D] and it tastes just like
[E] cherry or Coca _ -Cola, _ _ C-O-L [A]-A-C-O. _
So it's just going [E] from E, _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] A, _ [D] _
_ D, [E] _ E, _ _ _ _ [A] to A. _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] Now with the _ [D] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ Lola, _ _ you can do a, [D] _ go up here, it's like a D, [E] but slide it up two, and just
play the _ _ _ first three strings.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
Back down to your D.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And then just release [G] your E string, _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
to your A, _ [D] to your E, [G] _
_ [C] to the C, and then your good
old starting riff again.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ That's [G] the key for this song, that's all there is really to [B] it, _ well, for [Abm] the verses anyway.
[E] Okay. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well I'm not the world's most physical guy, but [A] when you squeeze me tight, you [D] nearly
broke my [E] spine, oh my _ Lola.
_ La la la [A] la _ Lola.
_ _ _ _ Try a few of those in there.
On your A to A sus. _ _
_ Okay.
_ _ [E] Smoked up, _ I'm not dumb, but I can't understand, [A] why she rumble like a [D] woman and talk like
a [E] man, oh my Lola.
_ La [A] la la Lola.
_ [D] _ La [G] la la [C] la Lola.
_ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ So they're all the chords up to that point so far.
_ _ Okay, we [Ab] drank champagne, danced all [A] night.
_ _ [B] _ _ You need a B here, _ _ to your B. _
Drank champagne and danced all night.
Then just to an F sharp, which is [Gb] just _ _ [Db] changing around like that, so it'll be exactly [A] the
same as going from an [E] A to an E, but just up on the second [Eb] _ _ [B] fret.
_ _ Champagne and danced all [Gb] night, _ under a red _ [A] candlelight.
Down to A.
She picked me up and sat me on her knees.
A7. _ _
She said, dear boy, won't you come home with me?
_ _ _ [Eb] Same as [E] your verse again.
I'm not the world's most passionate guy, but [A] when I look in her eyes, [D] well I want to spell
[E] for my Lola.
_ _ [D] La la [A] la Lola.
_ _ _ La la [C] la la _ Lola.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Alright, with me so far, going too fast.
Should be alright.
_ [C] I pushed her away, walked through the [B] door.
_ No [A] new chords, just A, [E] _ _ [B] E to B. _
So, [A] I pushed [B] her _ away, [A] I [E] walked to the [B]
door, _ [A] I fell [B] to the _ floor.
_ So three times. _
And [E] then _ E, _ [Ab] _
_ _ A _ flat, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
to C _ sharp minor. _
_ _ _ C _ minor.
_ _ C sharp _ _ _ _ minor.
[G] So, [A] again.
I walked, [E] _ I walked, walked [B] to the door.
_ I got down.
[Ab] _ _ I _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] pushed her away, _ I walked to the door. _
I fell to the floor. _
I got [Dbm] down on my _ knees.
_ And back to B.
[B] Well, I looked at her and she at me.
_ _ [Ab] _
_ It's hard to do these.
Okay.
[E] _
_ _ _ _ Back to your verse again.
_ _ That's the way that I want to stay.
[A] And I always want [D] to be that way [E] for my Lola. _ _
La la [A] la Lola. _ _
_ _ _ [E] Girls will be boys and boys will be girls.
[A] It's a mixed up world, [D] a fucked up world, except [E] for Lola. _ _
La la [A] la Lola. _ _
_ _ _ [B] I left home just a week before.
So back to the same [Fm] as we drank champagne dance tonight, B to C.
[B] _ B. _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ A.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ A7. _ _
_ _ _ [E] E. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] A.
_ _ [D]
E.
_ _ [E] E. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Um, _ that's [Ab] it.
They're all the little bits you need for Lola.
[Fm] _
Um, [Gm] _ _ alright.
That's all I'm going to do then.