Rupert Holmes-Escape The Pina Colada Song - BPM - 111
[Intro] F | Am G F | Dm | C | G Dm7 C | Gm F | Am G F | Dm | C | Em7 F C |
[Verse 1] I was tired of my [F] lady, [Am][G][F] we'd been tog [Dm] ether too [C] long [G][Dm7][C] like a worn [G] out rec [F] ording [Am][G][F] of a [Dm] favorite [C] song [Em7][F][C]
So while she [G] lay there [F] sleepin' [Am][G][F] I read the [Dm] paper in [C] bed [G][Dm7][C] and in the [G] personal [F] columns [Am][G][F] there was this [Dm] letter I r [C] ead [Em7][F][C]
[Chorus] If you like piña [F] coladas [Am][G][F] and gettin' caug [Dm] ht in the [C] rain [G][Dm7][C] if you're [G] not into [F] yoga [Am][G][F] if you [Dm] have half a [C] brain [Em7][F][C]
if you like [G] makin' love at [F] midnight [Am][G][F] in the [Dm] dunes of [C] a cape [G][Dm7][C] then I'm the [G] love that you've [F] looked for [Am][G][F] wri [Dm] te to me and [C] escape [Em7][F][C]
F | Am G F | Dm | C | G Dm7 C | Gm F | Am G F | Dm | C | Em7 F C |
[Verse 2] I didn't think about my [F] lady, [Am][G][F] I know that so [Dm] unds kind of m [C] ean [G][Dm7][C] But me and [G] my old [F] lady [Am][G][F] had fallen i [Dm] nto the sa [C] me old dull [Em7] routin [F] e [C]
So I w [G] rote to the [F] paper, [Am][G][F] took out a [Dm] personal [C] ad [G] [Dm7][C] And though I [G] 'm nobody's [F] poet, [Am][G][F] I thought it [Dm] wasn't half [C] bad [Em7][F][C]
[Chorus] Yes, I like piña [F] colada [Am] s [G][F] and getting ca [Dm] ught in the [C] rain [G][Dm7][C] I'm not m [G] uch into [F] health food, [Am][G][F] I am [Dm] into cham [C] pagne [Em7][F][C]
I've got to [G] meet you by [F] tomorrow [Am] noo [G] n [F] and cut throug [Dm] h all this [C] red tap [G] e [Dm7][C] At a [G] bar called [F] O'Malley's [Am][G][F] where we'll [Dm] plan our [C] escape [Em7][F][C]
F | Am G F | Dm | C | G Dm7 C | Gm F | Am G F | Dm | C | Em7 F C |
[Verse 3] So I waited with [F] high hopes [Am][G][F] and she wa [Dm] lked in the [C] place [G][Dm7][C] I knew her s [G] mile in an [F] instant, [Am][G][F] I knew the [Dm] curve of her [C] face [Em7][F][C]
It was my [G] own lovely [F] lady [Am][G][F] and she s [Dm] aid, "Aw, [C] it's yo [G] u. [Dm7] " [C] Then we [G] laughed for a [F] moment [Am][G][F] and I [Dm] said, "I [C] never knew. [Em7] " [F][C]
[Chorus] That you like piña [F] colada [Am] s [G][F] and gettin' cau [Dm] ght in the [C] rain [G][Dm7][C] And the f [G] eel of the [F] ocean [Am][G][F] and the [Dm] taste of [C] champagne [Em7][F][C]
If you like maki [G] ng love at [F] midnight [Am][G][F] in the d [Dm] unes on th [C] e cape [G][Dm7][C] You're the [G] lady I've [F] looked for [Am] , [G][F] come with [Dm] me and [C] escape [Em7][F][C]
F | Am G F | Dm | C | G Dm7 C | Gm F | Am G F | Dm | C | Em7 F C |
[Chorus] If you like piña [F] coladas [Am][G][F] and gettin' caug [Dm] ht in the [C] rain [G][Dm7][C] if you're [G] not into [F] yoga [Am][G][F] if you [Dm] have half a [C] brain [Em7][F][C] if you like [G] makin' love at [F] midnight [Am][G][F] in the [Dm] dunes of [C] a cape [G][Dm7][C] then I'm the [G] love that you've [F] looked for [Am][G][F] wri [Dm] te to me and [C] escap Em7] e [F][C]
Yes, I like piña [F] colada [Am] s [G][F] and getting ca [Dm] ught in the [C] rain [G][Dm7][C] I'm not m [G] uch into [F] health food, [Am][G][F] I am [Dm] into cham [C] pagne [Em7][F][C] If you like maki [G] ng love at [F] midnight [Am][G][F] in the d [Dm] unes on th [C] e cape [G][Dm7][C] You're the [G] lady I've [F] looked for [Am] , [G][F] come with [Dm] me and [C] escape [Em7][F][C]
[BPM 110 - Intro - Original key Capo at 4 - BUT DONT BOTHER LIVE - start with drums] 2 bars - Am riff - hammer open notes onto Am to play riff
[Chorus] [Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene .. I'm [G] begging of you [Em] please don't take my [Am] man [Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene [G] Please don't take him [Em] just because you [Am] can (Please don't take him even though you can) [Am - vamp]
[Verse] Your [Am] beauty is be [C] yond compare with [G] flaming locks of [Am] auburn hair With [G] ivory skin and [Em] eyes of emerald [Am] green. [Am - vamp] Your [Am] smile is like a [C] breath of spring your [G] voice is soft like [Am] summer rain And [G] I can not com [Em] pete with you Jo [Am] lene. [Am - vamp] He [Am] talks about you [C] in his sleep and there's [G] nothing I can [Am] do to keep From [G] crying when he [Em] calls your name Jo [Am] lene [Am - vamp] Now [Am] I can easily [C] understand how [G] you could easily [Am] take my man .. But you [G] don't know what he [Em] means to me [Am] Jolene
[Chorus] [Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene .. I'm [G] begging of you [Em] please don't take my [Am] man [Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene [G] Please don't take him [Em] just because you [Am] can (Please don't take him even though you can)
[Verse] [Am] You can have your [C] choice of men but [G] I could never [Am] love again [G] He's the only [Em] one for me Jo [Am] lene [Am - vamp] I [Am] had to have this [C] talk with you, my [G] happiness de [Am] pends on you And what [G] ever you de [Em] cide to do Jo [Am] lene
[Chorus] [Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene .. I'm [G] begging of you [Em] please don't take my [Am] man [Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene [G] Please don't take him [Em] just because you [Am] can (Please don't take him even though you can)
