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