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Long Cool Woman by The Hollies

Long Cool Woman chords by The Hollies

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"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:
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  [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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