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Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes
Tabbed by Hansgilstein
F Am G Gm7 C Em Dm Dm7
e| 1 5 3 3 3 7 5 5
B| 1 5 3 3 5 8 6 6
G| 2 5 4 3 5 9 7 5
D| 3 7 5 3 5 9 7 7
A| 3 7 5 5 3 7 5 5
E| 1 5 3 3 x x x x
F | Am G F | Dm7 | C | G Dm7 C | Gm7
F | Am G F | Dm7 | C | Em F C |
F Am G F
I was tired of my lady,
Gm7 C Em Dm C
We'd been together too long.
Dm7 F Am G F
Like a worn out recording,
Gm7 C Em Dm C
of a favorite song.
Dm7 F Am G F
So while she lay there sleepin'
Gm7 C Em Dm C
I read the paper in bed
Dm7 F Am G F
And in the personal columns
Gm7 C Em Dm C
There was this letter I read
F Am G F
If you like piña coladas
Gm7 C E D C
and gettin' caught in the rain
Dm7 F Am G F
if you're not into yoga
Gm7 C Em Dm C
if you have half a brain
Dm7 F Am G F
if you like makin' love at midnight
Gm7 C Em Dm C
in the dunes of a cape
Dm7 F Am G F
then I'm the love that you've looked for
Gm7 C Em F C
write to me and escape.
F | Am G F | Dm7 | C | G Dm7 C | Gm7
F | Am G F | Dm7 | C | Em F C |
F Am G F
I didn't think about my lady,
Gm7 C Em Dm C
I know that sounds kind of mean
Dm7 F Am G F
But me and my old lady
Gm7 C Em Dm C
had fallen into the same old dull routine
Dm7 F Am G F
So I wrote to the paper,
Gm7 C Em Dm C
took out a personal ad
Dm7 F Am G F
And though I'm nobody's poet,
Gm7 C Em Dm C
I thought it wasn't half bad.
F Am G F
Yes, I like piña coladas
Gm7 C Em Dm C
and getting caught in the rain
Dm7 F Am G F
I'm not much into health food,
Gm7 C Em Dm C
I am into champagne
Dm7 F Am G F
I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon
Gm7 C Em Dm C
and cut through all this red tape
Dm7 F Am G F
At a bar called O'Malley's
Gm7 C Em Dm C
where we'll plan our escape.
F | Am G F | Dm7 | C | G Dm7 C | Gm7
F | Am G F | Dm7 | C | Em F C |
F Am G F
So I waited with high hopes
Gm7 C Em Dm C
and she walked in the place
Dm7 F Am G F
I knew her smile in an instant,
Gm7 C Em Dm C
I knew the curve of her face
Dm7 F Am G F
It was my own lovely lady
Gm7 C Em Dm C
and she said