| Gm9 | Gbm9 | Fm9 | Gbm9 | Gm9 |
| → | → | → | → | |
| Ab/Bb | Ebmaj7 |
| She was a | showgirl |
| Am7b5 | D7 |
| With yellow | feathers in her | hair |
| Gm7 |
| And a | dress cut down to there |
| Ab/Bb | Ebmaj7 |
| And do the | cha-cha |
| Am7b5 | D7 |
| And while she | tried to be a | star |
| Gm7 |
| Tony | always tended bar |
| Cdim7 | D7 | Gm |
| Across the | crow- | ded | floor |
| Cdim7 | D7 | Gm |
| They worked from | eight | til | four |
| Cm7 | D7 |
| They were | young and they had each | other |
| Gm7 | F#m7 | Bb7/F |
| Who could | ask | for | more |
| Fm7 | Ab/Bb | Ebmaj7 |
| At the | Copa, | Copaca | bana |
| Fm7 | Ab/Bb | Ebmaj7 |
| The | hottest spot | north of H | avana |
| C9 | Fm7 | Ab/Bb | Bb/C | C7 |
| At the | Copa, | Copaca | baaaaa | na |
| Fm7 | Bb7 | Gm7 | C7 | Fm7 | D7 |
| Music and | passion were | always the | fashion at the | Copa | |
| Gm9 | Gbm9 | Fm9 | Gbm9 | Gm9 |
| → | → | → | → | |
| Ab/Bb | Ebmaj7 |
| He wore a | diamond |
| Am7b5 | D7 |
| He was es | corted to his | chair |
| Gm7 |
| He saw | Lola dancing there |
| Fm7 |
| And when she | finished |
| Ab/Bb | Ebmaj7 |
| He called her | over |
| Am7b5 | D7 |
| But Rico | went a bit too | far |
| Gm7 |
| Tony | sailed across the bar |
| Cdim7 | D7 | Gm |
| And then the | punc | hes f | lew |
| Cdim7 | D7 | Gm |
| And chairs were | smashed | in | two |
| Cm | D7 |
| There was | blood and a single | gunshot |
| Gm7 | F#m7 | Bb7/F |
| But just | who | shot | who? |
| Fm7 | Ab/Bb | Ebmaj7 |
| At the | Copa, | Copaca | bana |
| Fm7 | Ab/Bb | Ebmaj7 |
| The | hottest spot | north of H | avana |
| C9 | Fm7 | Ab/Bb | Bb/C | C7 |
| At the | Copa, | Copaca | baaaaa | na |
| Fm7 | Bb7 | Gm7 | C7 | Fm7 | D7 |
| Music and | passion were | always the | fashion at the | Copa | |
| Gm9 | Gbm9 | Fm9 | Gbm9 | Gm9 |
| → | → | → | → | |
| Ab/Bb | Ebmaj7 |
| She was a | showgirl |
| Am7b5 | D7 |
| But that was | thirty years a | go |
| Gm7 |
| When they | used to have a show |
| Ab/Bb | Ebmaj7 |
| But not for | Lola |
| Am7b5 | D7 |
| Still in the | dress she used to | wear |
| Gm7 |
| Faded | feathers in her hair |
| Cdim7 | D7 | Gm |
| She sits there | so | re | fined |
| Cdim7 | D7 | Gm |
| And drinks her | self | half- | blind |
| Cm | D7 |
| She lost her | youth and she lost her | Tony |
| Gm7 | F#m7 | Bb7/F |
| Now she’s | lost | her | mind |
| Fm7 | Ab/Bb | Ebmaj7 |
| At the | Copa, | Copaca | bana |
| Fm7 | Ab/Bb | Ebmaj7 |
| The | hottest spot | north of H | avana |
| C9 | Fm7 | Ab/Bb | Bb/C | C7 |
| At the | Copa, | Copaca | baaaaa | na |
| Fm7 | Bb7 | Gm7 | C7 | Fm7 | D7 |
| Music and | passion were | always the | fashion at the | Copa | |
| Gm9 | Gm9 | Gbm9 | Fm9 |
| | → | → | Don’t fall in love |
| Gm9 | Gbm9 | Fm9 | Gbm9 | Gm9 |
| → | → | → | → | |