Lola Chords
by The Kinks
Lola by The Kinks is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords C, D, E, A, B7, F#7, B, G#7 and C#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C D (strumming) E E (picking)
E
I met her in a club down in old Soho
A D E
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola
A
C-o-l-a cola
E
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
A D
I asked her her name and in a bedroom voice she said
E A D C C (strumming) D E
lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
E
Well I'm not the world's most physical guy
A D
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
E A
Oh my lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
E
Well I?m not dumb but I can?t understand
A D
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man
E A D C D E
Oh my lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
B7
Well we drank champagne and danced all night
F#7
Under electric candlelight
A
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
A
And said dear boy won?t you come home with me
E
Well I?m not the world?s most passionate guy
A D
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my
E A D C D
lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
E A D C D E
lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
A E B
I pushed her away
A E B
I walked to the door
A E B
I fell to the floor
E G#7 C#m
I got down on my knees
B
Then I looked at her and she at me
E (picking)
Well that?s the way that I want it to stay
A D
And I always want it to be that way for my
E A
lola Lo-lo-lo-lo lola
E
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
A D
It?s a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for
E A
lola Lo-lo-lo-lo lola
B7 (strumming)
Well I left home just a week before
F#7
And I?d never ever ever kissed a woman before
A
But lola smiled and took me by the hand
A
And said dear boy I?m gonna make you a man
E
Well I?m not the world?s most masculine man
A D
But I know what I am and I?m glad I?m a man and so is
E A D C D
lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
E A D C D
lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
E A D C D
lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
E A D C D
lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
E A D C D
lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
E A D C D
lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
E A D C D
lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola