{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1968585,"song":"Black Lightning","artist":"Jim Henry","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11440255-black-lightning-chords-by-jim-henry/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1968585?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Jim Henry - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSays Red Molly to James, \"That's a fine motorbike[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, a girl could feel special on any suchlike\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaid James to Red Molly, \"Well my hat's off to you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seems[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRed hair and black leather, my favourite colour scheme\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he pulled her on behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd down to Box Hill they did ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaid James to Red Molly, \"Well here's a ring for your right hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough I'll tell you in earnest, I'm a dangerous man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor I've fought with the law since I was seventeen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I robbed many a man to get my Vincent machine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd now I'm twenty-one years, I might make twenty-two[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't mind dying, but for the love of you[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd if fate should break my stride\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"I'll leave you my Vincent to ride\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Come down, come down, Red Molly\", called Sergeant McRae[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"For they've taken young James Adie for armed robbery[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, come down, Red Molly, to his dying bedside\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen she came to the hospital, there wasn't much left[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was running out of road, he was running out of breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut he smiled to see her cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"I'll leave you my Vincent to ride\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaid James, \"In my opinion, there's nothing in this world[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeats a '52 Vincent and a red-headed girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow Nortons and Indians and Greeveses won't do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, they don't have a soul like a Vincent '52\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe reached for her hand and he slipped her the keys[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe says, \"I've got no further use for these[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI see angels on Ariels with leather and chrome[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSwooping down from heaven to carry me home\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he gave her one last kiss and died[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he gave her his Vincent to ride[/tab]","plain_text":"Jim Henry - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["G","C","D","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}