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Slow Dancer

Boz Scaggs

RockMedium for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D××○
C×○○
Am×○○
F#mDiagram coming soon
Bm×
A#Diagram coming soon
Em○○○○
A×○○
G○○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro 
D C Am D 
D C Am D 
 
Verse 1:
D      F#m   Bm      A# 
I have never loved a lady 
D      F#m    Bm        A# 
Never touched no silken knee 
D     F#m   Bm           A# 
Macon baby, you drove me crazy 
Em       A          D       F#m   Bm    A# 
You were so easy to me 
 
Verse 2:
D      F#m     Bm      A# 
Lay me down in Georgia pine cones 
D       F#m   Bm          A# 
Whisper to me through the trees 
D          F#m   Bm     A# 
You're the one I always dream of 
Em         A          D 
You're the only one I see 
 
 
G          A       F#m   Bm 
Whoa, slow dancer, sweet romancer 
G          A        D 
Shine your light on me 
G    A      F#m       Bm 
Slow dancer holds the answer 
G    A              D       F#m   Bm    A# 
Only you can set me free 
 
Verse 3: 
D     F#m      Bm      A# 
Never see your face in sunlight 
D         F#m       Bm          A# 
Moonlight sends you straight to me 
D         F#m      Bm      A# 
You never even got my name right 
Em       A          D 
You were so easy to me 
 
 
G          A       F#m   Bm 
Whoa, slow dancer, sweet romancer 
G          A        D 
Shine your light on me 
G    A      F#m       Bm 
Slow dancer holds the answer 
G    A              D 
Only you can set me free 
 
(For live version repeat verse chords for solo and another full Chorus) 
 
Outro 
G          A       F#m   Bm 
Slow dancer, sweet romancer 
G          A        D 
Shine your light on me 
G    A      F#m       Bm 
Slow dancer give me the answer 
(Fade)

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Chord set

D · C · Am · F#m · Bm · A# · Em · A · G

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.