LOLA

LEVEL 5E · 100 BPM · The Kinks

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Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

I (E)met her in a club down in old So cal ho where when you (D)drink cham pagne she and it tastes just like cher ry (E)co la C O L A (A)co la.

She (E)walked up to me and she asked me to dance.

why I (D)asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said, (E)“Lo la L O L A (A)Lo la la la la la (C)Lo la.”

Well, (E)I’m her not the world’s most in phy si cal guy, but when she (D)squeezed me tight she near ly broke my spine.

Oh my, (E)Lo la la la la la (A)Lo la.

Well, (E)I’m not to dumb, but I can’t un der stand why she (D)walked like a wom an in and talked like a Oh my, (E)Lo la la la la la (A)Lo la la la la la (C)Lo la.

Well,

Well, we (B7)drank cham pagne and danced all night (F#7)un der e lec tric can dle light.

She (A)picked me up and sat me on her knee and said, “Dear boy, won’t you come home with me?” Well, (E)I’m not the world’s most pas sion ate guy but when I (A)looked in her eyes, well, I (D)al most fell for my (E)Lo la la la la la (A)Lo la la la la la (C)Lo la.

(E)Lo la la la la la (A)Lo la la la la la (C)Lo la.

I (A)pushed (E)her a (B)way.

I (A)walked (E)to the (B)door.

I (A)fell (E)to the (B)floor.

I got (E)down (G#7)on my (C#m)knees

then (B)I looked at her, and she at me.

Well, (E)that’s the way that I want it to stay, and I al ways want it to (D)be that way for my (E)Lo la la la la la (A)Lo la.

(E)Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls, it’s a (A)mixed up, mud dled up, (D)shook up world ex cept for (E)Lo la la la la la (A)Lo la.

Well, (B7)I left home just a week be fore and (F#7)I’d nev er ev er kissed a wom an be fore.

But (A)Lo la smiled and took me by the hand and said, “Dear boy, I’m gon na make you a man.” Well, (E)I’m not the world’s most mas cu line man, but I (A)know what I am, and I’m (D)glad I’m a man and so is (E)Lo la la la la la (A)Lo la la la la la (C)Lo la.