George Jones - White lighting
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White Lightning:George Jones.
#1 on BB Hot 100 and BB Hot Country
on MERCURY Records in 1959. Jones'
first #1 hit.
(The song was written and recorded by
JP Richardson AKA 'The Big Bopper' who
was killed in a plane crash along with
Richie Valens and Buddy Holly.
INTRO: Bb ***(Jones also did song in Key
of B..just capo first fret.)***
#1.
BbIn North Carolina, way back in the hills,
there lived my Pappy and he had him a still.
He Ebbrewed white lightning till the sun was down,
and then he'd Bbfill him a jug, and pass it around.
FMighty, mighty pleasin', my EbPappy's corn squeezin'..
whew, Bbwhite Lightning.
CHORUS:
EbG-men, T-men, Revenurers too,
Bbsearchin' for the place where he made his brew.
They were Flookin', tryin' to book him,
But my EbPappy kept on cookin'..Bbwhite Lightning.
INTERLUDE: Bb Eb Bb F Eb Bb
#2.
I Bbasked my Pappy why he called his brew..
white lightning, instead of mountain dew.
I Ebtook one sip and then I knew,
as my Bbeyes bugged out and my face turned blue.
FLightnin' started flashin', Ebthunder started clashin'
wsssshhhh..Bbwhite Lightning.
CHORUS:
EbG-men, T-men, Revenurers too,
Bbsearchin' for the place where he made his brew.
They were Flookin', tryin' to book him,
But my EbPappy kept on cookin'..wsssshhh..Bbwhite Lightning.
INTERLUDE: Bb Eb Bb F Eb Bb
#3.
A Bbcity slicker came, and said, "I'm tough..
I think I wanna taste that powerful stuff.'
He Ebtook one slug and he drank it right down,
and I Bbheard him a-moanin' as he hit the ground..
'FMighty, mighty, pleasin', your EbPappy's corn squeezin'..
wssssshhhh..BbWhite Lightning.
CHORUS:
EbG-men, T-men, Revenurers too,
Bbsearchin' for the place where he made his brew.
They were Flookin', tryin' to book him,
But my EbPappy kept on cookin'..wsssshh.Bb.white Lightning.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.