Hollies - Long Cool Woman Chords & Tabs

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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:

    [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 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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/hollies/long_cool_woman_crd.html ]
	   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
	-----------------|-----------------
	-----------------|-----------------
	-----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 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]


-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers