Escape The Pina Colada Song Tab by Rupert Holmes

Escape The Pina Colada Song tab by Rupert Holmes

Guitar Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes


Chords:

     F    Am    G    Dm    C   G   F2   Gm

e    1     5    3     1    3   7    5     6
B    1     5    3     3    5   8    6     8
G    2     5    4     2    5   7    5     7
D
A

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E

Intro:

F | Am G F | Dm | C | G F2 C | Gm
F | Am G F | C  | G | F C G | F C


Verse:


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

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--x--x--5------5------------x-x-5-----5/7/5---|
D|----------7--5--------------------7-5---------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|


Like a worn out recording, of a favorite song.

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--x-x-5-----5---------------x-x-5--------------|
D|--------7-5----x-------------------7-5---------|
A|----------------------------------------7-5-3--|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

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

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------3/5/3--|
G|--x--x--5------5----------x--x--5-------3/5/3--|
D|----------7--5--------------------7--5---------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|


And in the personal columns  There was this letter I read

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|------x-x-5-----5------------x-x-5-------------|
D|------------7-5----x----------------7-5--------|
A|-----------------------------------------3-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------|


Chorus 1:

                 F       Am G F
If you like piña coladas
                F        C    Em Dm Gm
and gettin' caught in the rain
                 F    Am G F
if you're not into yoga
       F        C    Em Dm
if you have half a brain

             Gm                       F       Am G F
 if you like makin' love at midnight
e|-------------------------------0---5-------|
B|-------------------------------6---6-------|
G|--------------------------5----5---5-----5-|
D|-------------------------------0------7----|
A|-------------------------------0-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------|


       (Dm       C     E D C)         C
 in the dunes of a cape

e|-------x(5)------------------------------------|
B|-------x(6)----------x(5)---5-------5----------|
G|-------x(5)-----x(5)-x(5)---5-------5----------|
D|-------------7-----------------7-5--5----------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

             Gm               F x        Am G F
then I'm the love that you've looked for

e|------------8----------------------------------|
B|------------7----------------------------------|
G|------------8----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|


   Dm           C    G F C
write to me and escape.


[Solo}

e|---------------15~--------------------------------12(b)~---------|
B|---------13/15-------18~-17/12------------20(b)----------13~/1---|
G|---12/14----------------------12~~--12/17------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


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

e|---------------------------------------3/5/3--|
B|---------------------------------------3/5/3--|
G|--x--x--5------5------------x-x-5-------------|
D|----------7--5----x----------------7-5--------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

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

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--x-x-5-----5---------------x-x-5--------------|
D|--------7-5----x-------------------7-5---------|
A|----------------------------------------7-5-3--|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

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

e|---------------------------------------8/10/8--|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--x-x-x-x-5-----5--x-------x-x-x-5-------------|
D|------------7-5---------------------7----------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

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

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|------x-x-5-----5------------x-x-5-------------|
D|------------7-5----7----------------7-5--------|
A|-----------------------------------------3-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------|


Chorus 2:

                 F       Am G F
"Yes, I like Pina Coladas,
                Dm        C    E D C
and getting caught in the rain
          Dm7       F    Am G F
I´m not much into health food,
       Dm          C    E D C
I am into champagne

            Dm7             F       Am G F
I´ve got to meet you by tomorrow noon,
       Dm       C     E D C
and cut through all this red tape
            Dm7               F         Am G F
At a bar called O'Malley's,
   Dm           C    E F C
where we´ll plan our escape"


[Solo}

e|---------------15~--------------------------------12(b)~---------|
B|---------13/15-------18~-17/12------------20(b)----------13~/1---|
G|---12/14----------------------12~~--12/17------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:

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

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|------x-x-5-----5------------x-x-5-------5/7/5-|
D|------------7-5----7----------------7-5--------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

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

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

e|---------------------------------------3/5/3--|
B|---------------------------------------3/5/3--|
G|--x--x--5------5------------x-x-5-------------|
D|----------7--5----x----------------7-5--------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

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

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|------x-x-5-----5------------x-x-5-------------|
D|------------7-5----7----------------7-5--------|
A|-----------------------------------------3-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Repeat chorus 1:

Last updated: December 2, 2021

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