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