Big Bopper – White Lightning chords

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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.
EIn North Carolina, way back in the hills,
there lived my Pappy and he had him a still.
AHe brewed white lightning till the sun was down,
Eand then he'd fill him a jug, and pass it around.
B AMighty, mighty pleasin', my Pappy's corn squeezin'..
E called, white Lightning.
CHORUS:AG-men, T-men, Revenurers too,
Esearchin' for the place where he made his brew.
BThey were lookin', tryin' to book him,
A E BBut my Pappy kept on cookin'..white Lightning.
#2.
EI asked my Pappy why he called his brew..
white lightning, instead of mountain dew.
AI took one sip and then I knew,
Eas my eyes bugged out and my face turned blue.
B AMighty, mighty pleasin', my Pappy's corn squeezin'..
E called..white Lightning.
CHORUS:AG-men, T-men, Revenurers too,
Esearchin' for the place where he made his brew.
BThey were lookin', tryin' to book him,
A E But my Pappy kept on cookin'..white Lightning.
#3.
EA city slicker came, and said, "I'm mighty tough..
I think I wanna taste that powerful stuff.'
AHe took one slug and he drank it right down,
Eand I heard him a-moanin' as he hit the ground..
B A'Mighty, mighty, pleasin', your Pappy's corn squeezin'..
E It's called..White Lightning.
CHORUS:AG-men, T-men, Revenurers too,
Esearchin' for the place where he made his brew.
BThey were lookin', tryin' to book him,
A E But my Pappy kept on cookin'..yeah, white Lightning.
CHORUS:AG-men, T-men, Revenurers too,
Esearchin' for the place where he made his brew.
BThey were lookin', tryin' to book him,
A E But my Pappy kept on cookin'..white Lightning.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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