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Lightnin Strikes

Lou Christie

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:48:25 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers 
Subject: ./c/christie_lou/lightnin_strikes.crd

                          "Lightnin' Strikes"
                     (Lou Christie - Twyla Herbert)

Intro [2X; piano plays Eb5]

	Eb                     Db/Eb Fm/Eb
	/   /   /   /     /   /   /   /

	                        11           11
	(guitar voicings: Db: xx1099   Fm: xx0098   Eb: xx8886)

Verse 1:

	Eb                                  Db/Eb Fm/Eb
	Listen to me, baby, you got to understand
	Eb                                        Db/Eb Fm/Eb
	You're old enough to know the makings of a man
	Eb                                      Db/Eb Fm/Eb
	Listen to me, baby, it's hard to settle down
	Eb                                      Db/Eb Fm/Eb
	Am I asking too much for you to stick around

Refrain 1:

	 C                 Dm
	Every boy wants a girl
	        G7           C
	He can trust to the very end
	(C)          Dm
	Baby, that's you
	           G7     C
	Won't you wait   but 'til then

	     C
	When I see lips beggin' to be kissed (Stop!)
	                      C7
	I can't stop (Stop!)  I can't stop myself
	                             (Stop!  Stop!)

Chorus 1:

	Fm7                  Gm7     C7
	Lightnin's striking again
	Fm7                  Gm7     C7
	Lightnin's striking again

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:


	Eb                     Db/Eb Fm/Eb   [3X]
	/   /   /   /     /   /   /   /

	Eb                       Gm7  C7
	/   /   /   /     /   /   /   /

[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):

	Fm7                   Gm7                 C7
	Lightnin's striking again and again and again and again


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers