Escape Chords - Rupert Holmes

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Escape chords by Rupert Holmes

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The strumming pattern is Gm F


approximate, so you have to hear it then I'm the love that you've
out. Also, if you get really lazy, Am G F
looked for
you can just play the F and C chord Dm C Em7 F C
and it doesn't sound half bad. write to me and escape.

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

F Am G F F Am G F
I was tired of my lady, I didn't think about my lady,
Dm C G Dm7 C Dm C G
we'd been together too long I know that sounds kind of mean
G F Am G F Dm7 C
like a worn out recording Gm F Am G F
Dm C Em7 F C But me and my old lady
of a favorite song. Dm C
had fallen into the same old dull
Gm F Am G Em7 F C
So while she lay there sleepin' routine
F
Dm C G Dm7 C Gm F Am G F
I read the paper in bed So I wrote to the paper,
Gm F Am G F Dm C G Dm7 C
and in the personal columns took out a personal ad
Dm C Em7 F Gm F Am G
there was this letter I read. And though I'm nobody's poet,
C F
Dm C Em7 F
I thought it wasn't half bad.
F Am G F C
If you like piña coladas
Dm C G
and gettin' caught in the rain F Am G F
Dm7 C Yes, I like piña coladas
Gm F Am G F Dm C G
if you're not into yoga and getting caught in the rain
Dm C Em7 F C Dm7 C
if you have half a brain Gm F Am G
I'm not much into health food,
Gm F F
if you like makin' love at midnight Dm C Em7 F C
Am G F I am into champagne

Dm C G Dm7 C Gm F Am
in the dunes of a cape I've got to meet you by tomorrow
G F
noon

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Dm C G
and cut through all this red tape F | Am G F | Dm | C | G Dm7 C | Gm
Dm7 C F | Am G F | Dm | C | Em7 F C |
Gm F Am G F
At a bar called O'Malley's
Dm C Em7 F C F Am G F
where we'll plan our escape. If you like piña coladas
Dm C G
and gettin' caught in the rain
F | Am G F | Dm | C | G Dm7 C | Gm Dm7 C
F | Am G F | Dm | C | Em7 F C | Gm F Am G F
if you're not into yoga
Dm C Em7 F C
F Am G F if you have half a brain
So I waited with high hopes
Dm C G Dm7 C Gm F
and she walked in the place if you like makin' love at midnight
Gm F Am G Am G F
I knew her smile in an instant,
F Dm C G Dm7 C
Dm C Em7 F in the dunes of a cape
I knew the curve of her face Gm F
C then I'm the love that you've
Am G F
Gm F Am G F looked for
It was my own lovely lady Dm C Em7 F C
Dm C G Dm7 C write to me and escape.
and she said, "Aw, it's you."
Gm F Am G F
Then we laughed for a moment F Am G F
Dm C Em7 F C Yes, I like piña coladas
and I said, "I never knew." Dm C G
and getting caught in the rain
Dm7 C
F Am G F Gm F Am G
That you like piña coladas I'm not much into health food,
Dm C G Dm7 F
and gettin' caught in the rain Dm C Em7 F C
C I am into champagne
Gm F Am G F
And the feel of the ocean [Fade Out]
Dm C Em7 F C
and the taste of champagne

Gm F
If you like making love at midnight
Am G F

Dm C G Dm7 C
in the dunes on the cape
Gm F Am G
You're the lady I've looked for,
F
Dm C Em7 F C
come with me and escape

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