Chords for LONG COOL WOMAN (INTRO)

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[G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[F#] _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [A#] Okay, this is my attempt of [N] a simplified, paint-by-numbers kind of way of learning the
intro to the Hollies' 1972 hit, Long Cool Woman.
You know, I'm really not qualified to even call this a lesson because I'm far from being
an expert, so please bear with the little goofs here and there.
Anyways, I've tried several times in the past to figure it out on my own, but I never could,
so I kind of left it alone.
But I heard it the other day on the radio and decided to look it up on YouTube.
So I found several other YouTubers' versions with some very different interpretations of
the intro, and I took a little bit from some and a little bit from others to figure this
out, so thanks for your help. _
Then I listened over and over again to the original to kind of fine-tune it, and this
is what I came up with.
Oh, and at the end I'm going to show you a little trick I learned to make it sound very
much like the original, so here it goes.
_ So just start by strumming down on the open sixth, fifth, fourth, and third strings, and
when you get to the third, strum it twice, like this.
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _
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Okay, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] now at first this isn't going to sound much like the original tune, but bear with
me, in a moment it'll all come together.
So anyways, now strum the same pattern, but this time, just after you strum the fifth
string, hammer down on the fifth string, second fret, before you strum the fourth
string, and just continue down the pattern, like this.
[A] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ We'll do it again. _ _
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Now starting to sound [N] familiar?
Good.
Okay, now you're going to move down to the fourth string, fourth fret, and strum down
on the open second, excuse me, third and second strings, like this.
_ [F#] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ Got it?
_ [F#] _ _ [G] _
_ _ Okay, and then you do [G#] that, just move down two frets and do the same thing, starting
on the fourth [D#] string, second fret, like this.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Okay, so from the beginning it's going to sound like this.
[A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [Em] _
_ _ Let's try that again.
_ [A] _ [Em] _
_ _ [F#] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Em] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Okay, then you're going to want to play the two middle strings in the open position, the
[N] fourth and third strings, like this.
[Dm] _ [G] _ _
_ _ Okay, very simple. _ _
_ _ So again from the top, it's [Em] this.
[A] _
[G] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ Okay, [Dm] two middle strings open.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [B] Okay, now you're going to want to put your pointer finger on the fifth string, second
fret, _ and strum that in the open fourth string, like this.
[Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
We'll do it up here.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ Okay, now let's [G] take it from here. _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ Okay, so now what you want to do [N] is leave your pointer finger on the fifth string, second
fret, _ _ and what you're going to do is put your middle finger on [G] the sixth string, third
fret, okay, and strum the sixth, fifth and [D] fourth strings.
_ Okay, _ so going from, _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] okay, _ [Bm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ okay, let's take it from the [F#] middle here.
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
Take it [F#] from the middle here.
_ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Okay, so then you're going to want to take [N] your pointer finger and put it on the sixth
string, second fret, and strum down on the open fifth and fourth [F#m] strings.
_ [D] _ _ _
_ _ Okay, so you're [G] going, _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ okay, the next step is you're going to go right back to where
we were, [G] back with the sixth string, third fret, and the fifth string, second fret. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Okay, so it's going like [Bm] this.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] Okay, and then what you're going to do is move it up two [G#] frets [Bm]
to the sixth string,
fifth fret, and then play again the open fifth and fourth [A] strings. _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Okay, _ so it goes.
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
Okay, and now you just play the sixth [G] string, third fret, _ slight pause down to the [F#] second
fret, _ [Em] and then the sixth string open.
_ _ _ _ And that's pretty much it.
[N] Go through it slowly one more time.
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F#] _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ There you have it. _
Okay, oh, now here's a little trick I mentioned at the beginning of this to really make it
sound like the Hollies version.
_ Okay, on [A] the original song, the Hollies lead guitarist and lead singer, Alan Clark, played
it with a Fender Telecaster with its very familiar twangy tone. _
So for those of us [G] like myself who aren't fortunate enough to own a [N] classic Fender Tele,
all you have to do to recreate the original sound, if you're playing an electric guitar,
is to turn up the treble on your guitar a little bit and then strum the strings close
to the bridge of the guitar.
Okay, and even if you're not playing with an electric guitar, it still works.
Now, I'm playing with a sort of crossbreed, an _ acoustic guitar.
So now listen to the difference, okay?
Listen to how it sounds.
Now, this is how it was playing before.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [F#] _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ [F#] Okay, don't sound too bad.
[N] Now, this is playing it _ right next to the bridge, okay?
Now, listen to the difference.
It doesn't quite sound the same as an electric guitar, but it still has the same effect.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [F#] _
[E] _ _ _ So there you have it.
Hear the difference?
[C] Well, I hope you enjoyed my little version here, and [F#] I hope it helps you out a little bit.
Peace. _ _ _