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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:48:25 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers <
[email protected]>
Subject: ./c/christie_lou/lightnin_strikes.crd
"Lightnin Strikes"
(Lou Christie - Twyla Herbert)
Intro [2X; piano plays Eb5]
[tab] / /
/ / / / / / / /[/tab]
11 11
(guitar voicings: : xx1099 : xx0098 : xx8886)
Verse 1:
[tab] / /
Listen to me, baby, you got to understand[/tab]
[tab] / /
You re old enough to know the makings of a man[/tab]
[tab] / /
Listen to me, baby, it s hard to settle down[/tab]
[tab] / /
Am I asking too much for you to stick around[/tab]
Refrain 1:
[tab]
Every boy wants a girl[/tab]
[tab]
He can trust to the very end[/tab]
[tab] ()
Baby, that s you[/tab]
[tab]
Won t you wait but til then[/tab]
[tab]
When I see lips beggin to be kissed (Stop!)[/tab]
[tab]
I can t stop (Stop!) I can t stop myself[/tab]
(Stop! Stop!)
Chorus 1:
[tab]
Lightnin s striking again[/tab]
[tab]
Lightnin s striking again[/tab]
Verse 2:
Nature s takin over my one-track mind
Believe it or not, you re in my heart all the time
All the girls are sayin that you ll end up a fool
For the time being, baby, live by the rules
Refrain 2:
When I settle down
I want one baby on my mind
Forgive and forget
And I ll make up for all lost time
If she s put together fine and she s readin my mind (Stop!)
I can t stop (Stop!) I can t stop myself
(Stop! Stop!)
Chorus 2:
Lightnin s striking again
Lightnin s striking again and again and again and again
Guitar solo:
[tab] / / [3X]
/ / / / / / / /[/tab]
[tab]
/ / / / / / / /[/tab]
[repeat chorus 1]
Refrain 3:
There s a chapel in the pines
Waiting for us around the bend
Picture in your mind
Love forever, but til then
If she gives me a sign that she wants to make time (Stop!)
I can t stop (Stop!) I can t stop myself
(Stop! Stop!)
[repeat chorus 2]
Coda (repeat to fade):
[tab]
Lightnin s striking again and again and again and again[/tab]
-- another ace 60 s tab from Andrew Rogers