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