{"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":955159,"song":"White Lightning","artist":"The Big Bopper","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11617397-white-lightning-chords-by-the-big-bopper/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/955159?type=chord","rating":4.97919,"votes":23,"content":"White Lightening:J.P. Richardson (The Big\r\nBopper.) ( He wrote and recorded the song in 1958.\r\nGeorge Jones had a #1 Country hit with it in 1959.)\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn North Carolina, way back in the hills,[/tab]\r\n\r\nthere lived my Pappy and he had him a still.\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe brewed white lightning till the sun was down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand then he'd fill him a jug, and pass it around.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMighty, mighty pleasin', my Pappy's corn squeezin'..[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               \r\ncalled, white Lightning.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]CHORUS:\r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\nG-men, T-men, Revenurers too,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nsearchin' for the place where he made his brew.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThey were lookin', tryin' to book him,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBut my Pappy kept on cookin'..white Lightning.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI asked my Pappy why he called his brew..[/tab]\r\n\r\nwhite lightning, instead of mountain dew.\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI took one sip and then I knew,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nas my eyes bugged out and my face turned blue.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMighty, mighty pleasin', my Pappy's corn squeezin'..[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               \r\ncalled..white Lightning.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]CHORUS:\r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\nG-men, T-men, Revenurers too,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nsearchin' for the place where he made his brew.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThey were lookin', tryin' to book him,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]               \r\nBut my Pappy kept on cookin'..white Lightning.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#3.\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA city slicker came, and said, \"I'm mighty tough..[/tab]\r\n  \r\nI think I wanna taste that powerful stuff.'\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe took one slug and he drank it right down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand I heard him a-moanin' as he hit the ground..[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Mighty, mighty, pleasin', your Pappy's corn squeezin'..[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]               \r\nIt's called..White Lightning.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]CHORUS:\r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\nG-men, T-men, Revenurers too,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nsearchin' for the place where he made his brew.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThey were lookin', tryin' to book him,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]               \r\nBut my Pappy kept on cookin'..yeah, white Lightning.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]CHORUS:\r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\nG-men, T-men, Revenurers too,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nsearchin' for the place where he made his brew.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThey were lookin', tryin' to book him,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]               \r\nBut my Pappy kept on cookin'..white Lightning.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"White Lightening:J.P. Richardson (The Big\nBopper.) ( He wrote and recorded the song in 1958.\nGeorge Jones had a #1 Country hit with it in 1959.)\n\n#1.\n\n\nthere lived my Pappy and he had him a still.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#2.\n\n\nwhite lightning, instead of mountain dew.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#3.\n\n  \nI think I wanna taste that powerful stuff.'\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["E","A","B","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}