The Hollies — Long Cool Woman

Verse 1:  
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Saturday night I was downtown  
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Working for the F.B.I.  
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Sitting in a nest of bad men  
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Whiskey bottles piling high  
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Bootlegging boozer on the West Side  
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Full of people who are doing wrong  
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Just about to call up the D.A. man  
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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  
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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  
 
Verse 2:   
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I saw her head up the table  
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Well, a tall walking big black cat  
       E 
When Charlie said I hope that you're able boy  
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Well, I'm telling you she knows where it's at  
     E 
Then suddenly we heard the sirens  
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And everybody started to run  
    E 
A-jumping out of doors and tables  
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When I heard somebody shooting a gun  
  
           E 
Well, the D.А. was pumping my left hand  
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And a-she was a-holding my right  
       E 
Well I told her don't get scared  
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'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  
  
       E 
Had it all...  {repeat to fade}