Barry Manilow-Copacabana At The Copa - BPM - 116
[Drum latin vamp]B B B S x 4
[Chord Vamp]
[Gm9] ([Gbm9]) [Fm9] ([Gbm9])
[Gm9] ([Gbm9]) [Fm9] (3 stabs - drums stop)
[Verse 1]
[Fm7] Her name is (drums back in)
[Bb7]Lola She was a [Ebmaj7]showgirl With yellow
[Am7-5]feathers in her [D7]hair & a [Gm7]dress cut down 2 there
[Fm7] She would me
[Bb7] rengue And do the [Ebmaj7]cha-cha And while she
[Am7-5]tried to be a [D7]star, Tony [Gm7]always tended bar Across the
[Cm]crow [D7]ded [Gm]floor They worked from
[Cm]eight [D7]til [Gm]four They were
[Cm]young and they had each[D7] other Who could
[Gm7]ask [Gbm7]for [Fm7]more ----
[Chorus]
At the
[Bb7]Copa, Co pa ca [Ebmaj7]ba na--- The
[Fm7]hottest spot [Bb7]north of Ha [Ebmaj7]vana [C7] At the
[Bb7]Co pa, Co pa ca [Gm7]ba [C7]na--
[Fm7]Music and [Bb7]passion were [Gm7]always in
[C7]fashion at the [Fm7]Co pa
[D7] (BIG STOP)
They fell in
[Gm9] love... (drums back in)
[Gm9]Co [Gm9]pa [Gbm9] [Fm9]
[Fm9]Co [Gbm9]pa [Gm9]ca [Gm9]ba [Gm9]na
[Fm9] [Fm9] [Fm9] stabs
[Verse 2]
His name was
[Bb7]Rico He wore a [Ebmaj7]diamond He was es
[Am7-5]corted to his [D7]chair He saw
[Gm7]Lola dancing there [Fm7] And when she
[Bb7]finished He called her [Ebmaj7]over But Rico
[Am7-5]went a bit too [D7]far Tony [Gm7]sailed across the bar
And then the
[Cm]pun [D7]ches [Gm]flew And chairs were
[Cm]smashed [D7]in [Gm]two There was
[Cm]blood and a single [D7]gunshot But just
[Gm7]who [Gbm7]shot [Fm7]who?
[Chorus]
At the
[Bb7] Co pa, Co pa ca [Ebmaj7]ba na The
[Fm7] hottest spot [Bb7]north of Ha [Ebmaj7]vana [C7] At the
[Bb7] Co pa, Co pa ca [Gm7]ba [C7]na
[Fm7]Music and [Bb7]passion were [Gm7]always in
[C7]fashion at the [Fm7] Co pa
[D7] (BIG STOP)
She lost her love [Gm7]
[Gm9]Co [Gm9]pa [Gbm9] [Fm9]
[Fm9]Co [Gbm9]pa [Gm9]ca [Gm9]ba [Gm9]na
[Gm9] ([Gbm9]) [Fm9] (no stops straight into chromatic section)
[Interlude - Gm9-353335 - all barre chords that go up and down neck]
[On neck same chord shape but position of bass note on E string is
3 - 3456 - 6789 - 9876 - 6543 -2]
[Gm9]Copa
[Gm9]co [G#bm9]pa [Am9]ca [Bbm9]ba [Bbm9]na
[Bbm9]co [Bm9]pa [Cm9]ca [C#bm9]ba [C#bm9]na
[C#bm9]Mu [Cm9]sic [Bm9]and [Bbm9]pa [Bbm9]ssion
[Bbm9]Al [Am9]ways [G#bm9]in [Gm9]fash (pause)
[Gbm9] ion
[Vamp - Gbm7 is passing chord]
[Fm9] ([Gbm9]) [Gm9] ([Gbm9])
[Fm9] ([Gbm9]) [Gm9] (drums stop)
[Verse 3 - Am7-5 x01013]
[NC] Her name is
[Bb7]Lola She was a [Ebmaj7]showgirl But that was
[Am7-5]thirty years a [D7]go When they [Gm7]used to have a show
[Fm7] Now it's a
[Bb7]disco But not for [Ebmaj7]Lola Still in the
[Am7-5]dress she used to [D7]wear
[Gm7]Faded feathers in her hair
She sits there
[Cm]so [D7]re [Gm]fined And drinks her
[Cm]self [D7]half [Gm]blind She lost her
[Cm]youth and she lost her [D7]Tony and she's
[Gm7]lost [Gbm7]her [Fm7]mind
[Chorus]
[Fm7] At the
[Bb7]Co pa, Co pa ca [Ebmaj7]ba na The
[Fm7]hottest spot [Bb7]north of Ha [Ebmaj7]vana [C7] At the
[Bb7]Co pa, Co pa ca [Gm7]ba [C7]na
[Fm7]Music and [Bb7]passion were [Gm7]always in [C7]fashion
at the [Fm7]Copa
[D7] (BIG STOP)
Dont fall in love
[Vamp out]
[Gm9]Co [Gm9]pa [Gbm9] [Fm9]
[Fm9]Co [Gbm9]pa [Gm9]ca [Gm9]ba [Gm9]na
[Gbm9] [Fm9]
[Gbm9] [Gm9]
[Repeat above and eventually end Gm9]
[End]
[Gm9]