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Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song) Chords

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Escape (The Pina Colada Song) Chords

(ver. 1)
Rupert Holmes
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                      [band only]

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        Em7  F    C
     []                                                         I was tired
of my

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        G    Dm7  C        Gm
       lady,         we'd been together too long            like a worn out
re-

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        cording               of a favourite song.         So while she lay
there

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        sleepin'        I read the paper in bed                and in the
personal

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      columns      there was this letter I read.               If you like
Pina

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        G    Dm7  C        Gm
       Colada     and gettin' caught in the rain               if you're not
into

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       yoga              If you have half a brain      if you like makin'
love at

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      midnight            in the dunes of the cape          I'm the lady
you've

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        Em7  F    C
       looked for            write to me & escape!

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        G    Dm7  C        Gm
       [guitar solo]

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        Em7  F    C
     []                                                  I didn't think
about my

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       lady,     I know that sounds kind of mean               but me and my
old

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       lady          had fallen into the same old dull routine. So I wrote
to the

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       paper              took out a personal ad            and tho' I'm
nobody's

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        Em7  F    C
       poet        I thought it wasn't half bad                Yes, I like
Pina

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        G    Dm7  C        Gm
       Coladas,    and getting caught in the rain.             I'm not much
into

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       health food,             I'm into Champagne.      I've got to meet
you by

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       tomorrow noon, and cut thru all this red tape.            At a bar
called

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        Em7  F    C
        O'Malley's      where we'll plan our escape.

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     [guitar solo]

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        Em7  F    C
     []                                                         So I waited
with

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        high hopes,  then she walked in the place.        I knew her smile
in an

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       instant,      I knew the curve of her face.          It was my own
lovely

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        lady,        and she said, "Oh, it's you!"           And we laughed
for A

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        moment,               and I said, "I never knew,      that you liked
Pina

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        G    Dm7  C        Gm
       Coladas    and getting caught in the rain.             And the feel
of the

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        Em7  F    C        Gm
       ocean,              and the taste of Champagne. If you like makin'
love at

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        G    Dm7  C        Gm
        midnight,         in the dunes of the cape,     you're the love that
I've

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        Em7  F    C
       looked for,           come with me and escape."

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       [guitar solo]

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        Em7  F    C
     []                                                         If you like
Pina

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        G    Dm7  C        Gm
       Coladas    and getting caught in the rain,               & the feel
of the

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        Em7  F    C        Gm
        ocean,               & the taste of Champagne,  if you like makin'
love

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        G    Dm7  C        Gm
    at midnight,        in the dunes of the cape       you're the love that
I've

     F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        Em7  F    C
       looked for          come with me and escape.            [end]
            
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