Rupert Holmes-Escape The Pina Colada Song - BPM - 60
[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 - Capo 3 for original key but don't bother] [Ignore - straight to Verse 1] [F][C][Dm][C] [Bb][C][F] (Hold last F for a whole bar)
[Verse 1 - No drums] [Gm] When are you gonna come down [C] [F] When are you going to land [Bb] I [Gm] should have stayed on the [C] farm, should have [F] Listened to my old man [F] .. You [Gm] know you can't hold me for [C] ever .. I [F] didn't sign up with you [Bb] I'm not [Eb] a present for your [C] friends to open This boy [F] 's too young to be [F] singing The
[Drums in - don't sing first note - and go down an octave as well when necessary and use harmoniser] [Db]blues. ooh [Eb]ooh .. [Ab]la la la la [Db]la.... [Bbm] Ah..ah [C7]Ah....
[Chorus] So [F] goodbye yellow brick [A7] road .. Where the [Bb] dogs of society [F] howl .. You [D7] can't plant me in your [Gm] penthouse .. I'm [C] going back to my [F] plough [Dm] Back to the howling old [A] owl in the woods [Bb] Hunting the horny black [Db] toad [Db] Oh [Eb] I've [F] finally [C/E] decided my [Dm] future lies [Dm/C] ... Be [Bb] yond the [C] yellow brick
[Db]ro oh [Eb]oad .. [Ab]la la la la [Db]la.... [Bbm]Ah..ah [C7]Ah.... [F] Ah......
[Pause] [Verse 2] [Gm] What do you think you'll do [C] then? .. I [F] bet they'll shoot down the plane [Bb] .. It'll [Gm] take you a couple of [C] vodka and tonics .. to [F] set you on your feet again [F] [Gm] Maybe you'll get a re [C] placement .. There's [F] plenty like me to be [Bb] found [Eb] Mongrels who [C] ain't got a penny [F] Sniffing for tidbits like you [F] On the
[Db]gra ow [Eb]ound .. [Ab]la la la la [Db]la.... [Bbm]Ah..ah [C7]Ah....
[Chorus] So [F] goodbye yellow brick [A7] road .. Where the [Bb] dogs of society [F] howl .. You [D7] can't plant me in your [Gm] penthouse .. I'm [C] going back to my [F] plough [Dm] Back to the howling old [A] owl in the woods [Bb] Hunting the horny black [Db] toad [Db] Oh [Eb] I've [F] finally [C/E] decided my [Dm] future lies [Dm/C] ... Be [Bb] yond the [C] yellow brick [Db]ro oh [Eb]oad .. [Ab]la la la la [Db]la.... [Bbm]Ah..ah [C7]Ah.... [F] Ah......
