Rupert  Holmes

Escape The Pina Colada Song

Rupert Holmes


Tom: C

F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        G    Dm7  C        Gm
 [Band only]
F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        Em7  F   C


[Intro]

      F            Am  G  F  Dm
I was tired of my lady,
          C             G  Dm7  C  Gm
We'd been together too long
        F          Am  G  F  Dm
Like a worn out recording
     C         Em7  F  C  Gm
Of a favourite song
             F         Am  G  F  Dm
So while she lay there sleepin'
           C        G  Dm7  C  Gm
I read the paper in bed
           F        Am  G  F  Dm
And in the personal columns
               C        Em7  F  C
There was this letter I read.

            F      Am  G  F  Dm
If you like Pina Colada
            C                G  Dm7  C Gm
And gettin' caught in the rain
         F         Am   G  F  Dm
If you're not into yoga
       C           Em7  F  C  Gm
If you have half a brain
         F              Am   G   F   Dm
If you like makin' love at midnight
       C        G    Dm7  C Gm
in the dunes of the cape
         F           Am   G    F        Dm
I'm the lady you've looked for
          C       Em7  F    C
Write to me & escape!

F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        G    Dm7  C        Gm
F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        Em7  F   C

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[Hook]

         F                Am  G  F  Dm
I didn't think about my lady,
             C      G  Dm7  C  Gm
I know that sounds kind of mean
            F      Am   G    F   Dm
But me and my old lady
            C        Em7  F     C Gm
Had fallen into the same old dull routine
      F           Am   G    F        Dm
So I wrote to the paper
           C          G    Dm7  C            Gm
Took out a personal ad
               F        Am   G    F        Dm
And though I'm nobody's poet
             C           Em7  F    C
I thought it wasn't half bad

            F              Am  G  F  Dm
Yes, I like Pina Coladas,
            C                 G  Dm7  C  Gm
And getting caught in the rain
           F      Am  G  F  Dm
I'm not much into health food,
      C        Em7  F   C  Gm
I am into Champagne
             F             Am  G  F  Dm
I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon
             C              G  Dm7  C  Gm
And cut thru all this red tape
     F             Am  G  F  Dm
At a bar called O'Malley's
             C        Em7  F  C
Where we'll plan our escape

F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        G    Dm7  C        Gm
F         Am   G    F        Dm        C        Em7  F   C

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[Hook]

     F            Am  G  F  Dm
So I waited with high hopes,
         C             G  Dm7  C  Gm
Yhen she walked in the place.
           F           Am  G  F  Dm
I knew her smile in an instant,
           C        Em7  F  C  Gm
I knew the curve of her face.
          F         Am  G  F  Dm
It was my own lovely lady,
        C        G  Dm7  C  Gm
And she said, "Oh, it's you!"
       F             Am  G  F  Dm
And we laughed for a moment,
    C        Em7  F  C
And I said, "I never knew,

               F       Am  G  F  Dm
That you liked Pina Coladas
            C             G  Dm7  C  Gm
And getting caught in the rain.
        F         Am  G  F  Dm
And the feel of the ocean,
        C        Em7  F  C  Gm
And the taste of Champagne.
            F              Am  G  F  Dm
If you like makin' love at midnight,
       C            G  Dm7  C  Gm
In the dunes of the cape,
           F              Am  G  F  Dm
You're the love t

            F      Am  G  F  Dm
If you like Pina Colada 
            C                G  Dm7  C Gm
And gettin' caught in the rain 
    F            Am  G  F  Dm
The feel of the ocean,               
        C            Em7  F  C  Gm
And the taste of Champagne,  
            F              Am  G  F  Dm 
If you like makin' love at midnight,         
       C            G  Dm7  C  Gm
In the dunes of the cape,     
           F              Am  G  F  Dm        
You're the love that I've looked for,           
          C        Em7  F  C
Come with me and escape."