E7 Saturday night I was downtown G A E7 Working for the F B I. E7 Sitting in a nest of bad men G A E7 Whiskey bottles piling high E7 Bootlegging boozer on the West Side G A E7 Full of people who are doing wrong E7 Just about to call up the D A man G A E7 When I heard this woman sing a song A A pair of 45s made me open my eyes B My temperature started to rise A She was a long cool woman in a black dress G E7 Just-a 5ʼ9, beautiful, tall A With just one look I was a bad mess G E7 ʼCause that long cool woman had it all E7 I saw her head up the table G A E7 Well, a tall walking big black cat E7 When Charlie said I hope that youʼre able boy G A E7 Well, Iʼm telling you she knows where itʼs at E7 Then suddenly we heard the sirens G A E7 And everybody started to run E7 A-jumping out of doors and tables G A E7 When I heard somebody shooting a gun E7 Well, the D A. was pumping my left hand G A E7 And a-she was a-holding my right E7 Well I told her donʼt get scared G ʼCause youʼre gonna be spared A Iʼve gotta be forgiving if I wanna spend my living A With a long cool woman in a black dress G E7 Just a 5ʼ9 beautiful tall A Yeah, with just one look I was a bad mess G E7 Cause that long cool woman had it all E7 Had it all...
