Lola
The Kinks

INTRO
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E
I met her in a club down in old Soho
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Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola
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C-O-L-A cola
    E
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
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I asked her name and in a dark brown voice she said, "Lola"
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L-O-L-A Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola

(RIFF)

      E
Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy
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But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
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Oh my Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
      E
Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand
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Why she walk like a woman and talk like a man
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Oh my Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola

(RIFF)
 
E        B
Well, we drank champagne and danced all night
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Under electric candlelight
    A
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
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And said, "Dear boy won't you come home with me?"
 
      E
Well, I'm not the world's most passionate guy
           A
But when I looked in her eyes
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Well, I almost fell for my Lola
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Lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
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Lola lo lo lo lo Lola lo lo lo lo Lola

(RIFF)
 
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I pushed her away - I walked to the door
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I fell to the floor - I got down on my knees
     B
Well I looked at her and she at me
 
E
That's the way that I want it to stay
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And I always want it to be that way for my Lola
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Lo lo lo lo Lola
E
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
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It's a mixedup, muddledup, shookup world
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Except for Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
 
     B
Well I left home just a week before
    F#
And I've never ever kissed a woman before
    A
But Lola smiled and took me by the hand
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And said, "Little boy, gonna make you a man"
 
     E
Well I'm not the world's most masculine man
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But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man
          E
And so is Lola
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Lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
 
E          D      A    D            C   D
Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
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Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
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Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
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Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo lo Lola
 
FADE