LOLA- The Kinks

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D

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 C-O-L-A Cola

D

She walked up to me and she asked me to dance

G C

I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said

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Lola, L-O-L-A Lola, la-la-la-la Lola (inst)

D

Well I'm not the world's most physical guy

G C

But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine

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Oh my Lola, la-la-la-la Lola

D

Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand

G C

Why she walked like a woman but talked like a man

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Oh my Lola, la-la-la-la Lola, la-la-la-la Lola (inst)

A7

Well we drank champagne and danced all night

E7

Under electric candlelight

G

She picked me up and sat me on her knee

A7

And said "Dear boy, won't you come home with me?"

D

Well I'm not the world's most passionate guy

G C

But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my

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Lola, la-la-la-la Lola, la-la-la-la Lola

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Lola, la-la-la-la Lola, la-la-la-la Lola (inst)

BRIDGE:

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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

A

Then I looked at her and she at me

D

Well that's the way that I want it to stay

G C

And I always want it to be that way for my

D G

Lola, la-la-la-la Lola

D

Girls will be boys and boys will be girls

G C

It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for

D G

Lola, la-la-la-la Lola

A

Well I left home just a week before

E7

And I'd never ever kissed a woman before

G

But Lola smiled and took me by the hand

A7

And said "Dear boy, I'm gonna make you a man"

D

Well I'm not the world's most masculine man

G C

But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man, and so is

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Lola, lo-lo-lo-la Lola, lo-lo-lo-la Lola

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Lola, la-la-la-la Lola, la-la-la-la Lola

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