[Intro - Count 1 2 start phrase on 3 - No drums] X X X X - X X X X [C][C][C][C] - x [D][D] X [E] ..............
[Verse 1] I [E] met her in a club down in old Soho where you [A] drink champagne and it [D] tastes just like coca [E] cola - C-O-L-A, [A] cola [Asus4][A] She [E] walked up to me and she asked me to dance I [A] asked her her name and in a [D] dark brown voice she said [E] Lola L-O-L-A, [A] Lola, [D] Lo lo lo lo [C] lola [Intro phrase][C][D][E]
[Vamp - Drums in - Bendy blues phrase - Fill 1] [E] x 4 e|--------------------------------------- B|-----9-9-9---9----------------------- G|-----9-9-9------11-9----9------------ D|-----9-9-9-----------11---11-9------- A|--x--x-x-x---------------------9-9s11 E|--0------------------------------------
[Verse 2] Well [E] I'm not the worlds most physical guy but when she [A] squeezed me tight she nearly [D] broke my spine, oh my [E] Lola .. Lo lo lo lo [A] Lola [Asus4][A]
[Verse 3] Well [E] I'm not dumb but I can't understand why she [A] walked like a woman and [D] talked like a man oh my [E] Lola .. Lo lo lo lo [A] Lola [D] Lo lo lo lo [C] Lola [Intro phrase][C][D][E]
[Vamp - Bendy blues phrase] [E] x 4
[Chorus 1] Well we [B7] drank champagne and danced all night [F#] under electric candlelight She [A] picked me up and sat me on her knee and [A] said 'Dear boy, won't you come home with me'
[Verse 4] Well [E] I'm not the world's most passionate guy but when I [A] looked in her eye, well I [D] almost fell for my [E] Lola Lo lo lo lo [A] Lola [D] Lo lo lo lo [C] Lola ...... [Intro phrase][C][D][E] [E] Lola Lo lo lo lo [A] Lola [D] Lo lo lo lo [C] Lola ....... [Intro phrase][C][D][E]
[Vamp - Bendy blues phrase] [E] x 4
[Bridge] I [A] pushed [E] her a [B] way .. I [A] walked [E] to the [B] door ..I [A] fell [E] to the [B] floor .. I got [E] down [G#m] on my [C#m] knees .. Then [B7] I looked at her and she at me
[Verse 5] Well [E] that's the way that I want it to stay and I [A] always want it to [D] be that way for my [E] Lola .. Lo lo lo lo [A] Lola [Asus4][A] [E] Girls will be boys and boys will be girls It's a [A] mixed up, muddled up, [D] shook up world except for [E] Lola Lo lo lo lo [A] Lola
[Chorus 2] Well I [B7] left home just a week before And [F#] I'd never ever kissed a woman before [A] Lola smiled and took me by the hand and [A] said 'dear boy, I'm gonna make you a man'
[Verse 6] Well [E] I'm not the worlds most masculine man but I [A] know what I am and I'm [D] glad I'm a man and so is [E] Lola, lo lo lo lo [A] lola [D] Lo lo lo lo [C] Lola [Intro phrase][C][D][E]
[Outro] [E] Lola Lo lo lo lo [A] Lola [D] Lo lo lo lo [C] Lola ...... [Intro phrase][C][D][E] [E] Lola Lo lo lo lo [A] Lola [D] Lo lo lo lo [C] Lola ...... [Intro phrase][C][D][E]
[End] [E]
[Notes] Here's approximately how the picking goes: 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-----------------------------|
[Fill 1 - Keep underlying chord ringing to fill sound - play riff by strumming all strings but emphasis those notes] e|--------------------------------------- B|-----9-9-9---9----------------------- G|-----9-9-9------11-9----9------------ D|-----9-9-9-----------11---11-9------- A|--x--x-x-x---------------------9-9s11 E|--0------------------------------------
[Verse 1 - Capo 2 original key - BPM 82] When I was [D] young I'd listen to the [F#m] radio Waiting [Bm] for my [Bm/A] favourite [Gmaj7] songs When they pl [Gmaj7] ayed I'd sing a [F#m7] long Em7 A/C# G9/B-x20005 It made me smile Those were such [D] happy times and not so [F#m] long ago How I wo [Bm] ndered [Bm/A] where they'd [Gmaj7] gone [C#m7] But they're [Bm] back again Just like a [Bm/A] long lost friend All the [Gmaj7] songs I [Em7] love so [A] well
[Chorus] [Asus4] Every [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines [Bm] [Bm riff - Bsus2 to Bm Bsus2 - then x244x2 - mute B with fretting finger x x Bm Bsus2 - Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 B5] Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're [Bm] startin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [G/A][A] When they [Bm] get to the part Where he's [A#aug-x1232x] breaking her heart It can [D] really make me [G#m7] cry Just like be [D] fore [G/A] It's yesterday once [Dmaj7] more [Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D] lang [G/A] lang [Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D] lang [G/A] lang
[Verse 2] Looking [D] back on how it was in [F#m] years gone by And the [Bm] good times [Bm/A] that I [Gmaj7] had Makes [Gmaj7] today seem rather [F#m7] sad So much has c [Em7] hanged [A/C#][G9/B] It was [D] songs of love that I would [F#m] sing to then And I'd [Bm] memo [Bm/A] rize each [Gmaj7] word [C#m7] Those old [Bm] melodies Still sound so [Bm/A] good to me As they [Gmaj7] melt the y [Em7] ears a [A] way.
[Chorus with variation] [Asus4] Every [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines (All the oldies but the [Bm] goodies) Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're s [Bm] tartin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [G/A][A] All my [Bm] best memories come back [A#aug] clearly to me Some can [D] even make me [G#m7] cry. Just like be [D] fore [G/A] It's yesterday once [Dmaj7] more
[Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D] lang [G/A] lang
[Asus4] Every [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines [Bm] Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're s [Bm] tartin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [Repeat Chorus Start to end - End on D]