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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 (x43121@3)                   Db/Eb Fm/Eb
	/   /   /   /     /   /   /   /

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

Verse 1:

	Eb (x43121@3)                                Db/Eb Fm/Eb
	Listen to me, baby, you got to understand
	Eb (x43121@3)                                      Db/Eb Fm/Eb
	You're old enough to know the makings of aman (x02210@1)	Eb (x43121@3)                                    Db/Eb Fm/Eb
	Listen to me, baby, it's hard to settle down
	Eb (x43121@3)                                    Db/Eb Fm/Eb
	AmI (x02210@1)asking too much for you to stick around

Refrain 1:

	 C (x32010@1)               Dm (xx0231@1)Every boy wants agirl (x02210@1)	        G7 (320001@1)         C (x32010@1)He can trust to the very end
	(C)          Dm (xx0231@1)Baby, that's you
	           G7 (320001@1)   C (x32010@1)Won't you wait   but 'til then

	     C (x32010@1)When I see lips beggin' to be kissed (Stop!)
	                      C7 (x32310@1)I can't stop (Stop!)  I can't stop myself
	                             (Stop!  Stop!)

Chorus 1:

	Fm7 (131141@1)                Gm7     C7 (x32310@1)Lightnin's striking again
	Fm7 (131141@1)                Gm7     C7 (x32310@1)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 afool (x02210@1)	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 (x43121@3)                   Db/Eb Fm/Eb   [3X]
	/   /   /   /     /   /   /   /

	Eb (x43121@3)                     Gm7  C7 (x32310@1)/   /   /   /     /   /   /   /

[repeat chorus 1]

Refrain 3:

	There's achapel (x02210@1)in the pines
	Waiting for us around the bend
	Picture in your mind
	Love forever, but 'til then

	If she gives me asign (x02210@1)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 (131141@1)                 Gm7                 C7 (x32310@1)Lightnin's striking again and again and again and again


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers