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White Lightning

By George Jones

Capo 1st Fret

Intro ((A) A (A) A)

Verse 1

(A)

Well in Northa Carolina, way back in the hills

lived my old pappy and he had him a still.

He brewed White Lightnin' till the sun went down.

and then he filled him a jug and he’d pass it around.

(E7) (D)

Mighty, mighty pleasin’, pappy's, corn squeezings

(A) (A) (A)

Wissssssssh White Lightnin’

Chorus

(D)

Well the "G" men "T" men revenuers too

(A)

Searching for a place where he made his brew.

(E7)

They were looking tryin’ to book him but my

(D) (A)

Pappy kept on cooking, Wissssssssh ooh White Lightnin’

Solo ((A) A (A) A (D) (A) A (E) (D) (A) A)

Verse 2

(A)

Well I asked my old pappy why he called his brew

White Lightnin ‘stead of mountain dew

I took a little sip and right away I knew

my eyes bugged out and my face turned blue

(E7) (D)

Lightnin' started flashin thunder started clashing,

(A) (A) A

Wissssssssh White Lightnin’

Chorus

Solo ((A) A (A) A (D) (A) A (E) (D) (A) A)

Verse 3

(A)

Well a city slicker came and he said "I'm tough"

I think I wanna taste that powerful stuff.

He took one s-slug and drank it right down.

And I heard him a moaning as he hit the ground

(E7) (D)

Mighty, mighty pleasin’, your pappy's, corn squeezings

(A)

Wissssssssh ooh White Lightnin’

Chorus