Rupert Holmes-Escape The Pina Colada Song - BPM - 140
[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]
[Intro Riff - Drop D - BPM 136 - No drums] [D][G][Bm][A] E(10)----------------- B 10-10-10--10-1010--- G 7--0--x---7--6-7---- D 0-----7---7--------- A ----------0--------- D 0-----9-------------
[Verse 1 - Over riff] [D] When I was six years [G] old I broke my leg [Bm][A] [D] And I was running [G] from my brother and [Bm] his friends [A] [D] And tasted the [G] sweet perfume of the [Bm] mountain grass as I [A] rolled down [D] I was younger [G] then, [Bm] take me back to [A] when I
[Pre-Chorus 1 - Slap snare] [G] Found my [A] heart and broke it [D] here Made friends and [G] lost them through the years [G] And I've not [A] seen the roaring [D] fields in so long, I [G] know I've grown [G] But I can't [A] wait to go home
[Chorus 1 - Full drums] [D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way, [Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down [D] those coun [D/F#] try [G] lanes [Bm] singing to [A7sus4] Tiny Dancer And [D] I miss [D/F#] the [G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When [D] we watched [D/F#] the [G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill
[Riff - 0 7e 10 (10) for 2 bars - Drums stop] [D]
[Verse 2 - chords where you hold high A - Full drums] [D] Fifteen years [G] old and smoking [Bm] hand-rolled cigarettes [A] [D] Running from the law [G] through the backfields and [Bm] getting drunk with my [A] friends [D] Had my first [G] kiss on a Friday [Bm] night, I don't [A] reckon I did it [D] Right, I was younger [G] then [Bm] take me back to w [A] hen we found
[Pre-Chorus 2] [G] Weekend [A] jobs and when we got [D] paid We'd buy cheap [G] spirits and drink them [G] straight Me and my [A] friends have not thrown [D] up in so long, [G] oh how we've grown [G] But I can't [A] wait to go home
[Chorus 2] [D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way, [Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down [D] those coun [D/F#] try [G] lanes [Bm] singing to [A7sus4] Tiny Dancer And [D] I miss [D/F#] the [G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When [D] we watched [D/F#] the [G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill [D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh [Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill (drums stop)
[Bridge - No drums] [Bm][G][D][A7sus4] (Just bass drum) [Bm] One friend [G] left to sell clothes, [D] one works A7sus4] down by the coast [Bm] One had two [G] kids but lives alone, [D] one's [A7sus4] brother overdosed [Bm] One's al [G] ready on his second wife, [D] one's just [A7sus4] barely getting by but [Bm] These people [G] raised me and I-I-I, [D] can't [A7sus4] wait to go home
[Chorus 3 - Still no drums] [D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way, [Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down [D] those coun [D/F#] try [G] lanes when [Bm] we did not [A7sus4] know the answers and (full drums) [D] I miss [D/F#] the [G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When [D] we watched [D/F#] the [G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill [D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh [Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill [D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh (slow down and quieter) [Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill
