Long Cool Woman chords by The Hollies

"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