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Long Cool Woman

Intro {2X}: 
 
 
  v     v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v 
                                                      drum accents ^   ^ 
 
main riff {4X; bass enters midway through 2nd time}; basically played 
wherever an E chord appears in the verses: 
 
    {guitar 1:} 
 
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v 
 
    {guitar 2 (enters 3rd time):} 
 
	  v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v 
 
Verse 1: 
 
	E 
	Saturday night I was downtown 
	G               A   E 
	Working for the F.B.I. 
	 (E) 
	Sitting in a nest of bad men 
	G                A      E 
	Whiskey bottles piling high 
	(E) 
	Bootlegging boozer on the West Side 
	          G             A      E 
	Full of people who are doing wrong 
	(E) 
	Just about to call up the D.A. man 
	        G                A      E 
	When I heard this woman sing a song 
 
	   A 
	A pair of 45s made me open my eyes 
	    B 
	My temperature started to rise 
	           A 
	She was a long cool woman in a black dress 
	       G                E 
	Just-a 5'9, beautiful, tall 
	      A 
	With just one look I was a bad mess 
	             G                      E 
	'Cause that long cool woman had it all 
 
Break between verses {4X}: 
 
   
 1) 
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v 
 
    2,3,4) 
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v 
 
    {Guitar 2 plays mostly muted quarter-notes on low E 
 
{repeat main riff, 4X, as before}  
 
Verse 2: 
 
	E 
	I saw her head up the table 
	         G            A         E 
	Well, a tall walking big black cat 
	      (E) 
	When Charlie said I hope that you're able boy 
	           G               A               E 
	Well, I'm telling you she knows where it's at 
	      (E) 
	Then suddenly we heard the sirens 
	     G          A        E 
	And everybody started to run 
	   (E) 
	A-jumping out of doors and tables 
	         G             A          E 
	When I heard somebody shooting a gun 
 
	          (E) 
	Well, the D.A. was pumping my left hand 
	       G          A          E 
	And a-she was a-holding my right 
	       (E) 
	Well I told her don't get scared 
	                G 
	'Cause you're gonna be spared 
	      A 
	I've gotta be forgiving if I wanna spend my living 
	       (A) 
	With a long cool woman in a black dress 
	       G              E 
	Just a 5'9 beautiful tall 
	            A 
	Yeah, with just one look I was a bad mess 
	             G                      E 
	'Cause that long cool woman had it all 
 
 
Coda (over main riff): 
 
	       (E) 
	Had it all...		{repeat to fade} 
 
. 
 
ambChile 
 
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