White Lightnin' — The Big Bopper
Chords and lyrics for White Lightnin' by The Big Bopper (key of E).
Verse 1
White Lightening:J.P. Richardson (The Big
Bopper.) ( He wrote and recorded the song in 1958.
George Jones had a #1 Country hit with it in 1959.)
#1.
[E]In North Carolina, way back in the hills,
there lived my Pappy and he had him a still.
He [A]brewed white lightning till the sun was down,
and then he'd [E]fill him a jug, and pass it around.
[B]Mighty, mighty pleasin', my [A]Pappy's corn squeezin'..
called, [E]white Lightning.
Chorus
[A]G-men, T-men, Revenurers too,
[E]searchin' for the place where he made his brew.
They were [B]lookin', tryin' to book him,
But my [A]Pappy kept on [E]cookin'..white Lightning.[B]
#2.
I [E]asked my Pappy why he called his brew..
white lightning, instead of mountain dew.
I [A]took one sip and then I knew,
as my [E]eyes bugged out and my face turned blue.
[B]Mighty, mighty pleasin', my [A]Pappy's corn squeezin'..
[E]called..white Lightning.
Chorus
[A]G-men, T-men, Revenurers too,
[E]searchin' for the place where he made his brew.
They were [B]lookin', tryin' to book him,
But my [A]Pappy kept on [E]cookin'..white Lightning.
#3.
A [E]city slicker came, and said, "I'm mighty tough..
I think I wanna taste that powerful stuff.'
He [A]took one slug and he drank it right down,
and I [E]heard him a-moanin' as he hit the ground..
[B]'Mighty, mighty, pleasin', your [A]Pappy's corn squeezin'..
It's [E]called..White Lightning.
Chorus
[A]G-men, T-men, Revenurers too,
[E]searchin' for the place where he made his brew.
They were [B]lookin', tryin' to book him,
But my [A]Pappy kept on cookin'..yeah, [E]white Lightning.
Chorus
[A]G-men, T-men, Revenurers too,
[E]searchin' for the place where he made his brew.
They were [B]lookin', tryin' to book him,
But my [A]Pappy kept on [E]cookin'..white Lightning.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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