"Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress" (A. Clarke - R. Cook - R. Greenaway) Intro [2X]: v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v -------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- -------------------|-0-----0---------|-----------------|----------------- -------------0---0-|-----0-----0-----|-----------------|----------------- -------0-5-----4---|---2-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----|-0-----0---0---0- ---0h2-------------|-------------2---|---2-----0-----2-|-----0----------- -0-----------------|-----------------|-3-----2-----3---|---5-----3---2--- 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 -----------------|---------------- -----------------|---------------- -----------------|---------------- -2-------------2-|---2------------ -2---4---5---4-2-|---2-4---5---4-- -0---0---0---0-0-|---0-0---0---0-- [guitar 2 (enters 3rd time):] v v v v v v v v ------------------|---------------- --0---2---3---2-0-|---0-2---3---2-- 0h1---2---4---2-1-|---1-2---4---2-- ------------------|---------------- ------------------|---------------- ------------------|---------------- Verse 1: E Saturday night I .... G A E Working for ... (E) Sitting in a nest.... G A E Whiskey bottles ... (E) Bootlegging boozer ... G A E Full of people who are ... (E) Just about to ... G A E When I heard this .. A A pair of 45s made me ... B My ... A She was a long cool .... G E Just-a 5'9, .... A With just one ... G E 'Cause that long cool ..... Break between verses [4X]: 1) v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -----1---1---1---|---------------0- -----2---2---2---|---0-------0----- ---------------0-|-2-----0-2------- -0---------------|----------------- 2,3,4) v v v v v v v v -----------------|----------------- -----------------|----------------- -----------------|---------------0- -2-2-----2---2---|---0-------0----- ---------------0-|-2-----0-2------- -----------------|----------------- [Guitar 2 plays mostly muted quarter-notes on low E] [repeat main riff, 4X, as before] Verse 2: E I saw her head ... G A E Well, a tall .... (E) When Charlie said I ... G A E Well, I'm telling you ... (E) Then suddenly we heard .... G A E And everybody ... (E) A-jumping out of ... G A E When I heard somebody .... (E) Well, the D.A. was ... G A E And a-she was a-.... (E) Well I told her .... G 'Cause you're ... A I've gotta be forgiving if .... (A) With a long cool woman .... G E Just a 5'9 beautiful .... A Yeah, with just one look .... G E 'Cause that long .... Coda (over main riff): (E) Had it all... [repeat to fade] -- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers
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