Lightning Strikes Again Chords

by Lou Christie
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Author Kraziekhat [pro] 64,755. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014

Chords

Eb
Db
Fm
C
Dm
G7
C7
Fm7
Gm7

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Lightning Strikes Again:Lou Christie.
#11 in UK, #1 in Canada and #1 on BB Hot 100
on MGM Records in 1966.
 
INTRO: Eb Db Fm (x2)
 
#1.
Eb                                 Db   Fm
Listen to me, baby, you gotta understand.
Eb                                         Db Fm
You're old enough to know the makings of a man.
Eb                                      Db   Fm
Listen to me, baby, it's hard to settle down.
Eb                                     Db   Fm
Am I asking too much for you to stick around?
 
CHORUS:#1.
C                 Dm           G7           C
Every boy wants a girl, he can trust to the very end.
C            Dm             G7    C
Baby, that's you..won't you wait? But til then..
     C
when I see lips beggin' to be kissed,
                  C7
I can't stop, no, I can't stop myself..
 
BRIDGE:
Fm7                    Gm7  C7  Fm7
Lightning is striking again.....lightning is 
          Gm7  C7
striking again.
 
#2.
Eb                                Db   Fm
Nature's takin' over my one-track mind.
Eb                                            Db  Fm
Believe it or not, you're in my heart all the time.
Eb                                            Db  Fm
All the girls are sayin' that you'll end up a fool.
Eb                                   Db   Fm
For the time being, baby, live by my rules.
 
CHORUS:#2.
C             Dm           G7       C
When I settle down, I want one baby on my mind.
C              Dm            G7          C
Forgive and forget, and I'll make up for all lost time.
C
If she's put together fine, and she's readin' my mind..
                  C7
I can't stop, no, I can't stop myself..
 
BRIDGE:
Fm7                    Gm7  C7
Lightning is striking again.. 
Fm7                    Gm7       C7
Lightning is striking again and again and again 
 
and again..
 
 
(INTERLUDE:) Eb Db Fm (x3) Eb Gm7 C7
 
 
BRIDGE:
Fm7                    Gm7  C7
Lightning is striking again.. 
Fm7                    Gm7   C7
Lightning is striking again..
 
 
#3.
C                       Dm             G7       C
There's a chapel in the pines, waiting for us, around the
 
bend.
C               Dm            G7    C
Picture in your mind, love forever, but til then..
C
If she gives me a sign, that she wants to make time,
                  C7
I can't stop, no, I can't stop myself..
 
OUTRO:
Fm7                    Gm7  C7
Lightning is striking again...
Fm7                    Gm7       C7
Lightning is striking again and again and again 
 
and again..
Fm7                    Gm7       C7
Lightning is striking again and again and again 
 
and again..(Fade.)
 
 
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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4 comments
holt.mody
Looks very correct. Five stars
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Kraziekhat
I just checked this tab against A.R.'s. Looks to me to be pretty much the same. Very petty to give it 1 star after you liked it sooooo much. KK.
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