Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes
Tabbed by Hansgilstein
Chords:
F Am G Gm7 C E D Dm7
e:1 e:5 e:3 e:3 e:3 e:7 e:5 e:5
B:1 B:5 B:3 B:3 B:5 B:9 B:7 B:6
G:2 G:5 G:4 G:3 G:5 G:9 G:7 G:5
D:3 D:7 D:5 D:3 D:5 D:9 D:7 D:7
A:3 A:7 A:5 A:5 A:3 A:7 A:5 A:5
E:1 E:5 E:3 E:3 E:x E:x E:x E:x
I find, that this is the most simple way to play the song. To me it sounds almost exactly like the original.
One of the other tab version of this song, which i found to be useful but not fully correct, switched the Gm7
and Dm7 chords, but when i listen to the song i'm quite sure this is the correct way.
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 E D C
We'd been together too long.
Dm7 F Am G F
Like a worn out recording,
Gm7 C E D C
of a favorite song.
Dm7 F Am G F
So while she lay there sleepin'
Gm7 C E D C
I read the paper in bed
Dm7 F Am G F
And in the personal columns
Gm7 C E D 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 E D C
if you have half a brain
Dm7 F Am G F
if you like makin' love at midnight
Gm7 C E D C
in the dunes of a cape
Dm7 F Am G F
then I'm the love that you've looked for
Gm7 C E 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 E D C
I know that sounds kind of mean
Dm7 F Am G F
But me and my old lady
Gm7 C E D C
had fallen into the same old dull routine
Dm7 F Am G F
So I wrote to the paper,
Gm7 C E D C
took out a personal ad
Dm7 F Am G F
And though I'm nobody's poet,
Gm7 C E D C
I thought it wasn't half bad.
F Am G F
Yes, I like piña coladas
Gm7 C E D C
and getting caught in the rain
Dm7 F Am G F
I'm not much into health food,
Gm7 C E D C
I am into champagne
Dm7 F Am G F
I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon
Gm7 C E D C
and cut through all this red tape
Dm7 F Am G F
At a bar called O'Malley's
Gm7 C E D 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 E D C
and she walked in the place
Dm7 F Am G F
I knew her smile in an instant,
Gm7 C E D C
I knew the curve of her face
Dm7 F Am G F
It was my own lovely lady
Gm7 C E D C
and she said,