Chords for WHITE LIGHTNING The Big Bopper 1959 (Originalversion of the famous George Jones song !) Rockabilly
Tempo:
76.9 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
Bm
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and they had him [A] still.
He threw white lightning till the sun went [E] down, and he'd fill him a jug of acid around.
[B] Marty, Marty, [A] please, my pappy's for his [E] reasons.
Call white lightning, [A] a team and a team, they're ever-newest [E] too.
Searching for a place for a mighty [B] crew, they were looking for the [A] bookings,
and my pappy kept them [E] cooking white [Bm] lightning.
I asked my pappy why he called me bru, white lightning stood among them new.
[A] I took one sip, and then I knew [E] as my eyes bowed down and my face turned blue.
[B] Marty, Marty, [A] please, my pappy's for his [E] reasons.
Call white lightning, a [A] team and a team, they're ever-newest too.
[E] Searching for a place for a mighty crew, [B] they were looking for the bookings,
[A] and my pappy kept them cooking [E] white lightning.
A city snicker came and he said, I'm mighty tough, I think I want to taste that powerful stuff.
[A] Took one slug, drank it right down, [E] and I heard him moaning as he hit the ground.
[B] Marty, Marty, please, [A] my pappy's for his reasons.
[E] Call white lightning, [A] a team and a team, they're ever-newest too.
[E] Searching for a place for a mighty crew, [B] they were looking for the bookings,
and my pappy kept them cooking [Eb] white [C]
lightning.
[B] [A] [E]
[A] A team and a team, they're ever-newest too.
[E] Searching for a place for a mighty crew, they [B] were looking for the bookings,
and [A] my pappy kept them cooking [E] white [N] lightning.
In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and they had him [A] still.
He threw white lightning till the sun went [E] down, and he'd fill him a jug of acid around.
[B] Marty, Marty, [A] please, my pappy's for his [E] reasons.
Call white lightning, [A] a team and a team, they're ever-newest [E] too.
Searching for a place for a mighty [B] crew, they were looking for the [A] bookings,
and my pappy kept them [E] cooking white [Bm] lightning.
I asked my pappy why he called me bru, white lightning stood among them new.
[A] I took one sip, and then I knew [E] as my eyes bowed down and my face turned blue.
[B] Marty, Marty, [A] please, my pappy's for his [E] reasons.
Call white lightning, a [A] team and a team, they're ever-newest too.
[E] Searching for a place for a mighty crew, [B] they were looking for the bookings,
[A] and my pappy kept them cooking [E] white lightning.
A city snicker came and he said, I'm mighty tough, I think I want to taste that powerful stuff.
[A] Took one slug, drank it right down, [E] and I heard him moaning as he hit the ground.
[B] Marty, Marty, please, [A] my pappy's for his reasons.
[E] Call white lightning, [A] a team and a team, they're ever-newest too.
[E] Searching for a place for a mighty crew, [B] they were looking for the bookings,
and my pappy kept them cooking [Eb] white [C]
lightning.
[B] [A] [E]
[A] A team and a team, they're ever-newest too.
[E] Searching for a place for a mighty crew, they [B] were looking for the bookings,
and [A] my pappy kept them cooking [E] white [N] lightning.
Key:
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A
B
Bm
Eb
E
A
B
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and they had him [A] still.
He threw white lightning till the sun went [E] down, and he'd fill him a jug of acid around.
[B] Marty, Marty, [A] please, my pappy's for his [E] reasons.
Call white lightning, [A] a team and a team, they're ever-newest [E] too.
Searching for a place for a mighty [B] crew, they were looking for the [A] bookings,
and my pappy kept them [E] cooking white [Bm] lightning.
I _ _ _ asked my pappy why he called me bru, white lightning stood among them new.
[A] I took one sip, and then I knew [E] as my eyes bowed down and my face turned blue.
[B] Marty, Marty, [A] please, my pappy's for his [E] reasons.
Call white lightning, a [A] team and a team, they're ever-newest too.
[E] Searching for a place for a mighty crew, [B] they were looking for the bookings,
[A] and my pappy kept them cooking [E] _ white lightning. _ _ _
A city snicker came and he said, I'm mighty tough, I think I want to taste that powerful stuff.
[A] Took one slug, drank it right down, [E] and I heard him moaning as he hit the ground.
[B] Marty, Marty, please, [A] my pappy's for his reasons.
[E] Call white lightning, [A] a team and a team, they're ever-newest too.
[E] Searching for a place for a mighty crew, [B] they were looking for the bookings,
and my pappy kept them cooking [Eb] white [C]
lightning.
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] A team and a team, they're ever-newest too.
[E] Searching for a place for a mighty crew, they [B] were looking for the bookings,
and [A] my pappy kept them cooking [E] _ white [N] lightning. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and they had him [A] still.
He threw white lightning till the sun went [E] down, and he'd fill him a jug of acid around.
[B] Marty, Marty, [A] please, my pappy's for his [E] reasons.
Call white lightning, [A] a team and a team, they're ever-newest [E] too.
Searching for a place for a mighty [B] crew, they were looking for the [A] bookings,
and my pappy kept them [E] cooking white [Bm] lightning.
I _ _ _ asked my pappy why he called me bru, white lightning stood among them new.
[A] I took one sip, and then I knew [E] as my eyes bowed down and my face turned blue.
[B] Marty, Marty, [A] please, my pappy's for his [E] reasons.
Call white lightning, a [A] team and a team, they're ever-newest too.
[E] Searching for a place for a mighty crew, [B] they were looking for the bookings,
[A] and my pappy kept them cooking [E] _ white lightning. _ _ _
A city snicker came and he said, I'm mighty tough, I think I want to taste that powerful stuff.
[A] Took one slug, drank it right down, [E] and I heard him moaning as he hit the ground.
[B] Marty, Marty, please, [A] my pappy's for his reasons.
[E] Call white lightning, [A] a team and a team, they're ever-newest too.
[E] Searching for a place for a mighty crew, [B] they were looking for the bookings,
and my pappy kept them cooking [Eb] white [C]
lightning.
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] A team and a team, they're ever-newest too.
[E] Searching for a place for a mighty crew, they [B] were looking for the bookings,
and [A] my pappy kept them cooking [E] _ white [N] lightning. _ _ _ _ _ _ _