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