Intro: (keep strumming the "G" bar's)
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Verse 1:
CF* CC* GG*
I'm here with lola, I'm talking too much, cheap cigars and shooting stoli straight
CF* CC* GG*
shes got them sad eyes, I'm making no sense, she knows my story and how its all to late
Pre-chorus 1:
F* F* AmCGG*
since her heart got, broke to pieces, she hates herself and every man
F* F* AmCGG*
she stays with me cuz I'm, weak and wasted, she tells me nothing that's why I don't understand
Chorus:
F* C
Me and lola
F* C
In the midnight hour
GAmGG*
Crowded Barroom, feeling all alone
Verse 2:
CF* CC* GG*
She says I'm tricky, I think its funny, how my mind keeps wandering back in time
CF* CC* GG*
she thinks I'm lying about that money, and how I spent it all on peace of mind
Pre-chorus 2:
F* F* AmCGG*
I know it s stupid, and plenty useless its done me nothing but to drink some more
F* F* AmCGG*
I filled my life with, bad excuses, peace at heart, is what I'm looking, that's what I'm looking for
Chorus:
F* C
Me and Lola
F* C
In the midnight hour
GAmGG*
Crowded Barroom, feeling all alone
[repeat the intro]
Verse 3:
CF* CC* GG*
I cant help thinkin, maybe someday, we'd leave this dark place for a better life
CF* CC* GG*
I'd be your lover, sons and daughters, but Lola's happy just being someone's wife
Pre-chorus 2:
F* F* AmCGG*
I'll go visit her up in the mountains, in the dead of winter when the cold wind blows
F* F* AmCGG*
I would still live down in the bayous so when I die Ill float to Mexico oh down to Mexico
Chorus:
F* C
Me and Lola
F* C
In the midnight hour
G Am G (play this longer)G* C(start outro here)
Crowded Barroom, feeling all alone
Outro: