From maxjerome@1800collect.com Sun Oct 11 10:52:44 1998 Path: news.gate.net!news.corpcomm.net!newsin.pe.net!news.pe.net!news-xfer.geo.net!news-stk-2.sprintlink.net!news-west.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-peer-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!wesley.videotron.net!Pollux.Teleglobe.net!server-b.cs.interbusiness.it!beatles.cselt.it!beatles.cselt.it!not-for-mail From: "Carl Franklin" Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab,rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Subject: TAB: Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress - Hollies Followup-To: poster Date: 5 Oct 1998 09:13:13 +0200 Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Lines: 149 Approved: Matthew Stryker Message-ID: <6v9bdd$qm@enews4.newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: beatles.cselt.stet.it X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Code: rmmgt 981005.5079 Xref: news.gate.net alt.guitar.tab:159537 rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature:77796 "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 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] -- Carl Franklin carlf@dustdevil.com http://www.dustdevil.com/ppl/carlf