Escape The Pina Colada Song tab by Rupert Holmes

Tabs

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes


Chords:

   FF  A minorAm  G+G  DmDm  C majorC  G+G  F2  G minorGm

e  1   5  3   1  3  7  5   6
BB  1   5  3   3  5  8  6   8
G+G  2   5  4   2  5  7  5   7
D MajorD
A augmentedA
E MajorE

Intro:

FF | A minorAm G+G FF | DmDm | C majorC | G+G F2 C majorC | G minorGm
FF | A minorAm G+G FF | C majorC | G+G | FF C majorC G+G | FF C majorC

Verse:


I was tired of my lady,  We'd been together too long.

e|----------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------|
G+G|--x--x--5------5------------x-x-5-----5/7/5---|
D MajorD|----------7--5--------------------7-5---------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|


Like a worn out recording, of a favorite song.

e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|--x-x-5-----5---------------x-x-5--------------|
D MajorD|--------7-5----x-------------------7-5---------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------7-5-3--|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|

So while she lay there sleepin', I read the paper in bed

e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------3/5/3--|
G+G|--x--x--5------5----------x--x--5-------3/5/3--|
D MajorD|----------7--5--------------------7--5---------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|

And in the personal columns There was this letter I read

e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|------x-x-5-----5------------x-x-5-------------|
D MajorD|------------7-5----x----------------7-5--------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------3-----|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|


Chorus 1:

         FF    A minorAm G+G FF
If you like piña coladas
        FF    C majorC  E minorEm DmDm G minorGm
and gettin' caught in the rain
         FF  A minorAm G+G FF
if you're not into yoga
    FF    C majorC  E minorEm DmDm
if you have half a brain

       G minorGm            FF    A minorAm G+G FF
 if you like makin' love at midnight
e|-------------------------------0---5-------|
BB|-------------------------------6---6-------|
G+G|--------------------------5----5---5-----5-|
D MajorD|-------------------------------0------7----|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------0-----------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------|


    (DmDm    C majorC   E MajorE D MajorD C majorC)     C majorC
 in the dunes of a cape

e|-------x(5)------------------------------------|
BB|-------x(6)----------x(5)---5-------5----------|
G+G|-------x(5)-----x(5)-x(5)---5-------5----------|
D MajorD|-------------7-----------------7-5--5----------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|

       G minorGm        FF x    A minorAm G+G FF
then I'm the love that you've looked for

e|------------8----------------------------------|
BB|------------7----------------------------------|
G+G|------------8----------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|


  DmDm      C majorC  G+G FF C majorC
write to me and escape.


[Solo}

e|---------------15~--------------------------------12(b)~---------|
BB|---------13/15-------18~-17/12------------20(b)----------13~/1---|
G+G|---12/14----------------------12~~--12/17------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


I didn´t think about my lady, I know that sounds kind of mean

e|---------------------------------------3/5/3--|
BB|---------------------------------------3/5/3--|
G+G|--x--x--5------5------------x-x-5-------------|
D MajorD|----------7--5----x----------------7-5--------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|

But me and my old lady, had fallen into the same old dull routine

e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|--x-x-5-----5---------------x-x-5--------------|
D MajorD|--------7-5----x-------------------7-5---------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------7-5-3--|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|

So I wrote to the paper, took out a personal ad

e|---------------------------------------8/10/8--|
BB|-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|--x-x-x-x-5-----5--x-------x-x-x-5-------------|
D MajorD|------------7-5---------------------7----------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|

And though I´m nobody´s poet, I thought it wasn´t half bad

e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|------x-x-5-----5------------x-x-5-------------|
D MajorD|------------7-5----7----------------7-5--------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------3-----|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|


Chorus 2:

         FF    A minorAm G+G FF
"Yes, I like Pina Coladas,
        DmDm    C majorC  E MajorE D MajorD C majorC
and getting caught in the rain
     Dm7Dm7    FF  A minorAm G+G FF
I´m not much into health food,
    DmDm     C majorC  E MajorE D MajorD C majorC
I am into champagne

      Dm7Dm7       FF    A minorAm G+G FF
I´ve got to meet you by tomorrow noon,
    DmDm    C majorC   E MajorE D MajorD C majorC
and cut through all this red tape
      Dm7Dm7        FF     A minorAm G+G FF
At a bar called O'Malley's,
  DmDm      C majorC  E MajorE FF C majorC
where we´ll plan our escape"


[Solo}

e|---------------15~--------------------------------12(b)~---------|
BB|---------13/15-------18~-17/12------------20(b)----------13~/1---|
G+G|---12/14----------------------12~~--12/17------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:

So I waited with high hopes, then she walked in the place

e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|------x-x-5-----5------------x-x-5-------5/7/5-|
D MajorD|------------7-5----7----------------7-5--------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|

 I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face
e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|------x-x-5-----5------------x-x-5-------------|
D MajorD|------------7-5---7----------------7-5---------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------6/5-5/3-|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|

It was my own lovely lady, and she said, "Oh, it´s you"

e|---------------------------------------3/5/3--|
BB|---------------------------------------3/5/3--|
G+G|--x--x--5------5------------x-x-5-------------|
D MajorD|----------7--5----x----------------7-5--------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------|

And we laughed for a moment, and I said, "I never knew"

e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|------x-x-5-----5------------x-x-5-------------|
D MajorD|------------7-5----7----------------7-5--------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------3-----|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|

Repeat chorus 1:

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