Eric Clapton, Slow Down Linda (1983)
Key: :[G] (w: Eric Clapton)
INTRO: [G x4]
VERSE 1:
Well if you're
[G] looking for a winner
Then you
[D] know you've got to go with
[G] me
[G]
I've got more
[G] ashes than Wednesday
You
[G] know I can brew my
[D] tea
[D]
PRE-CHORUS 1:
Well I'm
[C] fixing to teach you every-
[C]-thing I know
I'll
[G] take you with me baby every-
[G]-where I go
If I can
[G] catch you for a minute
I
[D] know you'll take a chance with
[G] me ^
[G]^
[D]
CHORUS
So slow
[G] down, slow
[G] down, slow down
[C] Linda
[C]
[D] Don't you think that you could
[D] save a little time with
[G] me
[G]
Slow
[G] down, slow
[G] down, slow down
[C] Linda
[C]
[D] Don't you know that I've been
[D] waiting for your compan-
[G]-y
[G]
VERSE 2:
I've seen you
[G] speeding down the highway
When you
[D] ought to dig the scener-
[G]-y
[G]
And you can
[G] wolf down your dinner
In the
[G] time it takes to drink my
[D] tea
[D]
PRE-CHORUS 2:
You're
[C] always rushin' 'round every-
[C]-where you go
You
[G] leave me eating dirt on the
[G] side of the road
I can't keep
[G] running much longer
You
[D] always go too fast for
[G] me ^
[G]^
[D]
REPEAT CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
[C] I think that you're
[C] getting to old to be
[G] running around
[G]
[C] I think it's
[A] time you thought about
[D] settling
[D] down
So slow
[G] down, slow
[G] down, slow down
[C] Linda
[C]
[D] Don't you know that I've been
[D] waiting for your compan-
[G]-y
[G]
INSTRUMENTAL:
[C] [C] [G] [G] //
[C] [A] [D] [D]
PRE-CHORUS 3:
You're
[C] always rushin' 'round every-
[C]-where you go
You
[G] leave me eating dirt on the
[G] side of the road
I can't keep
[G] running much longer
You
[D] always go too fast for
[G] me ^
[G]^
[E]
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+2] [A]
CHORUS 2:
So slow
[A] down, slow
[A] down, slow down
[D] Linda
[D]
[E] Don't you think that you could
[E] save a little time with
[A] me
[A]
Slow
[A] down, slow
[A] down, slow down
[D] Linda
[D]
[E] Don't you know that I've been
[E] waiting for your compan-
[A]-y
[A]
REPEAT CHORUS 2: