Tabs
Intro/Bridge:
E MajorE + + + + + + + +
E MajorE|---------------------------------|-----------------------------0---|
BB|---------------------------------|-----------------0--h2-----------|
G+G|---------------------------------|-----1-------1-------------------| 2x
D MajorD|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|---------2---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|---------2---------------2-------|-2---------------2---------------|
E MajorE|-0---------------0---------------|---------------------------------|
Well in
Verse: (2x)
E MajorE + + + + + + + +
E MajorE|--------------------------|-----------------------0--|--------------------------|-----------------------0--|
BB|-0------------------------|-----------0--h2----------|-0------------------------|-----------0--h2----------|
G+G|------1-------------------|--------------------------|------1-------------------|--------------------------|
D MajorD|----------2-------2-------|-2-----------------2------|----------2-------2-------|-2-----------------2------|
A augmentedA|------2---------------2---|------2-------------------|------2---------------2---|------2-------------------|
E MajorE|-0------------0-----------|-0---------0--------------|-0------------0-----------|-0---------0--------------|
North Carolina, way back in the hills, there lived my old pappy and he had him a still. He
brewed white lightnin' till the sun went down. Then he filled him a jug and he passed it around.
Pre-Chorus:
B7B7 + + A augmentedA + + E MajorE + +
E MajorE|-2----2----2---2-----------|-0----0----0---0-----------|-0-------------------------|-0----0--------------|
BB|-0----0----0---0-----------|-2----2----2---2-----------|-0-------------------------|-0----0--------------|
G+G|-----------------------2---|-----------------------2---|------1--------------------|-1----1--------------|
D MajorD|------1------------1-------|------2------------2-------|----------2-------2--------|------2---------2----|
A augmentedA|-2---------2---------------|-0---------0---------------|------2---------------2----|-----------2---------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|---------------------------|-0------------0------------|-0-------------------|
Mighty,mighty pleasin,my pappy’s corn squeezings, and it's called, white lightnin'! Well the
Chorus:
A augmentedA + + + E MajorE + + +
E MajorE|----------0-------2--------|----------0-------------|/4----0-------------------|/4----0-------------------|
BB|------2--------------------|------2-----------------|----------0---------------|----------0---------------|
G+G|-2-------------------------|-2----------------------|------------------1-------|------------------1-------|
D MajorD|------2---------------2----|------2------------2----|------2---------------2---|------2---------------2---|
A augmentedA|-0------------0------------|-0------------0---------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|------------------------|-0------------0-----------|-0------------0-----------|
G-men, T-men, revenuers, too, searching for the place where he made his brew. They were
B7B7 + + A augmentedA + + E MajorE + +
E MajorE|-2----2----2---2-----------|-0----0----0---0-----------|-0-------------------------|/12v-----------------|
BB|-0----0----0---0-----------|-2----2----2---2-----------|-0-------------------------|---------------------|
G+G|-----------------------2---|-----------------------2---|----------1-------1--------|---------------------|
D MajorD|------1------------1-------|------2------------2-------|------2---------------2----|---------------------|
A augmentedA|-2---------2---------------|-0---------0---------------|--------------2------------|---------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|---------------------------|-0-------------------------|-0----0----0----0----|
looking tryin to book him but my pappy kept on cooking, ooh white lighnin’!