Black Lightning chords by Those Poor Bastards

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Verse 1
C 
Em 
Eb 
C 
Em 
E 
Eb 
F# 
Eb 
C 
 (C major)  (E minor) I  (E flat major)  (C major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (E flat major)  (F sharp major)  (E flat major)  (C major) 
Em 
 (E minor) 
Eb 
C 
Em 
Eb 
 (E flat major)  (C major) woke to hear  (E minor) you calling  (E flat major) 
F# 
Eb 
C 
Black  (F sharp major)  (E flat major) light (C major) ning
Oh Momma you'd be
Em 
Eb 
 (E minor) st  quit talking  (E flat major) 
C 
Black lightning  (C major) 
Em 
You say it's  (E minor) gonna take me?
Eb 
F# 
Eb 
C 
 (E flat major) You say  (F sharp major)  (E flat major) it's gonna  (C major) take me right?
Em 
Eb 
C 
You  (E minor)  (E flat major) say it's  (C major) gonna take me
Em 
Eb 
But Momma  (E minor) I feel like I'm already  (E flat major) 
F# 
Eb 
C 
G 
G5 
 (F sharp major)  (E flat major)  (C major) gone  (G major)  (G5) 

Verse 2
Ab 
C 
 (A flat major) There ain't no thunder  (C major) 
Ab 
There ain't no  (A flat major) rain
Eb 
D5 
The wicked  (E flat major)  (D5) moon is
Ab 
Bb 
C 
G5 
hid (A flat major) ing  (B flat major)  (C major)  (G5) 
Ab 
C 
Outside the  (A flat major) birds are flocking  (C major) 
Ab 
Outside the beast (A flat major) s are talking
Eb 
D5 
Dm 
Ab 
Bb 
C 
Something  (E flat major)  (D5)  (D minor) is  chan (A flat major) ging  (B flat major)  (C major) 
Em 
E5 
Black lightning  (E minor)  (E5) 
Eb 
C 
 (E flat major) Great God Almighty  (C major) 
Em 
 (E minor) Black lightning
Eb 
C 
 (E flat major) Lord Jesus save  (C major) me
Em 
The broken  (E minor) clock is tick
E5 
Eb 
C 
 (E5) ing  (E flat major) over  (C major) the bed
Em 
E5 
You  (E minor) can not kill what is  (E5) not
Eb 
C 
 (E flat major) already dead  (C major) 
Em 
E5 
Eb 
C 
Smash!  (E minor)  (E5) Smash!  (E flat major) Burn!  (C major) Smash!
Em 
E 
Eb 
 (E minor)  (E major) Smash!  (E flat major) Burn!

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Verse 3

There ain't no thunder

There ain't no rain

The wicked moon

is hiding

Outside the birds are flocking

Outside the beasts are talking

Something is changing

Yeah I look at

Verse 4
C 
 (C major) the dirt and
Db 
Eb 
see the  (D flat major) past  (E flat major) rising up
C 
Lord forgive us  (C major) the trees were
Db 
Bb 
 (D flat major) bare when the river  (B flat major) flooded
C 
We  (C major) were trapped for six weeks
Db 
Eb 
with  (D flat major)  (E flat major) no food or water
C 
Db 
And I lost  (C major) my faith that night brother  (D flat major) dug up
Bb 
C 
 (B flat major) Father's bones and lit  (C major) 'em on fire
Db 
"Praise Je (D flat major) sus!" He shouted
C 
But I could  (C major) not
Db 
My mouth was stitched shut  (D flat major) 
C 
by cold talons of flame  (C major) 
Db 
Yeah I know it was  (D flat major) wrong but I went ahead
C 
and inhaled  (C major) the sulfur anyway
Db 
You see  (D flat major) when you're born in the country
C 
Your  (C major) path is lit by black lightning
G 
G5 
Ab 
C 
There ain't no  (G major)  (G5)  (A flat major) thunder  (C major) 
Ab 
Eb 
There ain't  (A flat major) no  (E flat major) rain
D5 
Ab 
Bb 
C 
G 
The wicked moon  (D5) is  (A flat major)  (B flat major) hiding  (C major)  (G major) 
G5 
Ab 
C 
 (G5) Outside the  (A flat major) birds  (C major) are flocking
Ab 
Outside  (A flat major) the beasts are talking
Eb 
D5 
Ab 
Bb 
Something  (E flat major)  (D5) is  (A flat major) chan (B flat major) ging
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 5
Em 
Black  (E minor) lightning
Eb 
C 
Great  (E flat major) God Almighty  (C major) 
Em 
Eb 
 (E minor) Black  (E flat major) lightning
C 
Lord Jesus  (C major) save me
Em 
I need you to  (E minor) destroy these
Eb 
C 
 (E flat major) thoughts in my head  (C major) 
Em 
E 
Feed my a  (E minor) poisoned slice  (E major) of
Eb 
C 
spiritual  (E flat major) bread  (C major) 
Em 
Eb 
C 
Smash!  (E minor) Smash!  (E flat major) Burn!  (C major) 
Em 
Smash! Smash! Burn!  (E minor) 

Verse 6
Eb 
C 
G 
Ab 
There  (E flat major) ain't  (C major)  (G major) no thunder  (A flat major) 
C 
Ab 
Eb 
D 
There  (C major)  (A flat major)  (E flat major) ain't no  (D major) rain
Dm 
Ab 
Bb 
C 
G 
The wicked moon  (D minor) is   (A flat major)  (B flat major) hiding  (C major)  (G major) 
G5 
Ab 
C 
 (G5) Outside  (A flat major) the birds are flock (C major) ing
Ab 
Outside  (A flat major) the beasts are talking
Eb 
D 
Dm 
Ab 
Bb 
C 
Something  (E flat major)  (D major)  (D minor) is   (A flat major) changing  (B flat major)  (C major) 
C 
Black lightning  (C major) 