White Lightening:J.P. Richardson (The Big
Bopper.) ( He wrote and recorded the song in 1958.
George Jones had a #1 Country hit with it in 1959.)

#1.
EIn (022100@1)North Carolina, way back in the hills,

there lived my Pappy and he had him a still.
   AHe (x02220@1)brewed white lightning till the sun was down,
              Eand (022100@1)then he'd fill him a jug, and pass it around.
B (x2444x@1)                         AMighty, (x02220@1)mighty pleasin', my Pappy's corn squeezin'..
        E (022100@1)             
called, white Lightning.

CHORUS:
AG-men, (x02220@1)T-men, Revenurers too,
Esearchin' (022100@1)for the place where he made his brew.
          BThey (x2444x@1)were lookin', tryin' to book him,
       A (x02220@1)                    E (022100@1)             BBut (x2444x@1)my Pappy kept on cookin'..white Lightning.

#2.
  EI (022100@1)asked my Pappy why he called his brew..

white lightning, instead of mountain dew.
  AI (x02220@1)took one sip and then I knew,
      Eas (022100@1)my eyes bugged out and my face turned blue.
B (x2444x@1)                         AMighty, (x02220@1)mighty pleasin', my Pappy's corn squeezin'..
        E (022100@1)             
called..white Lightning.

CHORUS:
AG-men, (x02220@1)T-men, Revenurers too,
Esearchin' (022100@1)for the place where he made his brew.
          BThey (x2444x@1)were lookin', tryin' to book him,
       A (x02220@1)                    E (022100@1)             
But my Pappy kept on cookin'..white Lightning.

#3.
  EA (022100@1)city slicker came, and said, "I'm mighty tough..
  
I think I wanna taste that powerful stuff.'
   AHe (x02220@1)took one slug and he drank it right down,
      Eand (022100@1)I heard him a-moanin' as he hit the ground..
 B (x2444x@1)                            A'Mighty, (x02220@1)mighty, pleasin', your Pappy's corn squeezin'..
             E (022100@1)             
It's called..White Lightning.

CHORUS:
AG-men, (x02220@1)T-men, Revenurers too,
Esearchin' (022100@1)for the place where he made his brew.
          BThey (x2444x@1)were lookin', tryin' to book him,
       A (x02220@1)                          E (022100@1)             
But my Pappy kept on cookin'..yeah, white Lightning.

CHORUS:
AG-men, (x02220@1)T-men, Revenurers too,
Esearchin' (022100@1)for the place where he made his brew.
          BThey (x2444x@1)were lookin', tryin' to book him,
       A (x02220@1)                    E (022100@1)             
But my Pappy kept on cookin'..white Lightning.


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.