Lightning's Girl
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Lightning's Girl:Nancy Sinatra.
#24 in 1967.
INTRO: C A# D
#1.
D C A# D
I've told you that I'm Lightning's girl,
D C A# D
But you keep hanging 'round.
D C A# D
If Lightning ever catches you,
D C A# D
He's got to put you down.
(ad lib)..About six feet!
Chorus:
D
Stay away from Lightning's girl
G D
and this part of town.
D
Stay away from Lightning's girl,
G A# D
or he'll put you down...yeah.
#2.
D C A# D
Better stop your grooving 'round,
D C A# D
another rooster's hen.
D C A# D
If Lightning ever catches you,
D C A# D
He's got to do you in..(ad lib) In about
two minutes!
Chorus:
#3.
D C A# D
Here comes Lightning down the street,
D C A# D
while you just stand there talking.
D C A# D
If I were you I'd start to move,
D C A# D
and tell my story, walking.
(ad lib) About a hundred miles an hour!
Chorus:
D C A# D
Stay away from Lightning's girl..(x4)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
How to play Lightning's Girl
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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