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drum accents ^ ^
main riff {4X; bass enters midway through 2nd time}; basically played
wherever an E chord appears in the verses:
{guitar 1:}
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{guitar 2 (enters 3rd time):}
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Verse 1:
E
Saturday night I was downtown
GAE
Working for the F.B.I.
(E)
Sitting in a nest of bad men
GAE
Whiskey bottles piling high
(E)
Bootlegging boozer on the West Side
GAE
Full of people who are doing wrong
(E)
Just about to call up the D.A. man
GAE
When I heard this woman sing a song
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
GE
Just-a 5'9, beautiful, tall
A
With just one look I was a bad mess
GE
'Cause that long cool woman had it all
Break between verses {4X}:
1)
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2,3,4)
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{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
GAE
Well, a tall walking big black cat
(E)
When Charlie said I hope that you're able boy
GAE
Well, I'm telling you she knows where it's at
(E)
Then suddenly we heard the sirens
GAE
And everybody started to run
(E)
A-jumping out of doors and tables
GAE
When I heard somebody shooting a gun
(E)
Well, the D.A. was pumping my left hand
GAE
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
GE
Just a 5'9 beautiful tall
A
Yeah, with just one look I was a bad mess
GE
'Cause that long cool woman had it all