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Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress

The Hollies
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

e|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-------------------|-0-----0---------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------0---0---0-|-----0-----0---0-|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------0-------4---|---2-----0-------|-----0-----0-----|-0-----0---------| x2
A|---0h2-------------|-------------2---|---2-----0-----0-|-----0-----0---0-|
E|-0-----------------|-----------------|-3-----2-----3---|---5-----3---2---|

Now play a simple E major chord, periodically putting your pinky on the A string,

4th fret, and lifting your ring finger (This is a great way to build up your pinky):

INTRO Guitar 1

e|-----------------|--------------|
B|-----------------|--------------|
G|-----------------|--------------|
D|--2------------2-|--2-----------|
A|--2---4---5--4-2-|--2-4--5--4---| x8 (Until singing, better to strum while you sing
E|--0---0---0--0-0-|--0-0--0--0---|
e||---||--------------|
B||---||--------------|
G||---||--------------|
D||---||----0-----2-2-| )
A||-2-||-4--2--4--2-2-|
E||-0-||-0-----0------|

INTRO Guitar 2 (enter 3rd time)

V V V V V V V V

e||-----------------|--------------|
B||--0---2---3--2-0-|--0-2--3--2---|
G||0h1---2---4--2-1-|--1-2--4--2---|
D||-----------------|--------------|
A||-----------------|--------------|
E||-----------------|--------------| x5

VERSE 1

E

Saturday night I was downtown

G A E

Working for the FBI

E

Sitting in a nest of bad men

G A E

Whisky 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 singing a song

PRE-CHORUS 1

A

A pair of 45's made me open my eyes

B

My temperature started to rise

CHORUS 1

B A

She was a long cool woman in a black dress

A G E

Just a 5'9, beautiful tall

A

With just one look I was a bad mess

A G E

'cos that long cool woman had it all

SOLO

e|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| |----------------------------------0---|
G|-1-1-1---------------------0h1-| |----------------------------------0h1-|
D|--------0-----0--------0-------| |-2--2--2--2-------0-----------0-------| x3
A|-----------2-------0h2---------| |-------------0h2--2-------0h2-2-------|
E|-0--------------0--------0-0---| |----0--0--0----------0----------0-0---|
e|---||--------------|
B|---||--------------|
G|---||--------------|
D|---||----0-----2-2-| x8 again (Yell out "wooo" after x4)
A|-2-||-4--2--4--2-2-|
E|-0-||-0-----0------|

VERSE 2

E

I saw her heading to the table

G A E

Well, a tall walking big black cat

E

Charlie said, "I hope that you're able, boy

G A E

'Cause I'm telling you she knows where it's at"

E

Suddenly we hear the sirens

G A E

And everybody started to run

E

Jumping under doors and tables

G A E

Well, I heard somebody shooting a gun

PRE-CHORUS 2

E

Well, the DA was pumping my left hand

G A E

She was holding my right

E

Well, I told her, "Don't get scared

G

'Cause you're gonna be spared

A

I'm gonna be forgiven if I wanna spend my living"

CHORUS 2

A

With a long cool woman in a black dress

G E

Just a 5'9" beautiful 'n' tall

A

Yeah, with just one look I was a bad mess

G E E

'Cause that long cool woman had it all Had it all

OUTRO

E (riff)

She had it all, she had it all, she had it all

E

She had it all

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| h Hammer-on

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