Lightning chords by Eric Church (Official Version)
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Intro 1
[Drone and guitar]
(B flat major) (B flat/A) (E flat/G)
(B flat major) (B flat/A) (E flat/G)
Verse 1
(B flat major) These four (B flat/A) walls of Farnworth (E flat/G)
(B flat major) Are (B flat/A) closin' in on me (E flat/G)
(B flat major) My fi (B flat/A) nal meal's over (E flat/G)
(B flat major) They're gon (B flat/A) na set me free (E flat/G)
I can feel (E flat major) the fire's a burnin' (B flat major)
As the devil (E flat major) guards my door (B flat major)
I hit my knees (E flat major) in search of (B flat/D) Jesus (C minor7)
On a cold (E flat major) (F major) jailhouse floor (B flat major)
Lord, now I'm (B flatsus4) sing
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Chorus 1
(B flat major) in' (B flat minoraj7)
(E flat/Bb) "Get me out of here" (B flat major) (B flat minoraj7) (E flat/Bb)
I see the preacher's (E flat major) eyes
As my daughter (B flat/D) cries
When they strap (C minor7) me in this chair (F7)
Lord, I hope she forgives (B flat major) me (B flat minoraj7) (E flat major)
For livin' (B flat major) my life this way (B flat/D) (E flat major)
To (B flat major) night I ride the lightning
To my final (F7) judgment day (B flat major) (B flat minoraj7) (E flat major)
Verse 2
(B flat major) (B flat minoraj7) Every life owes (E flat major) a death
(B flat major) That's what the (B flat minoraj7) Bible says (E flat major)
(B flat major) I (B flat minoraj7) owe mine to (E flat major) this state
For shootin' (B flat major) that (B flat minoraj7) boy to death (E flat major)
A liquor store attendant (B flat major)
He was reachin' (E flat major) for his gun (B flat major)
Now his Momma (E flat major) sits there (B flat/D) smilin' (C minor7)
As the boss (E flat/Bb) yells (F7) "Roll on, one" (B flat major) (B flatsus4)
Chorus 2
Now I'm singin' (B flat major) (B flat minoraj7)
(E flat major) "Get me out of here" (B flat major) (B flat minoraj7)
(E flat major) I see the preacher's eyes
As my daughter (B flat/D) cries
And they strap (C minor7) me in this chair (F7)
Lord, I hope she forgives (B flat major) me (B flat minoraj7)
(E flat major) For leavin' (B flat major) her this way (B flat/D) (E flat major)
To (B flat major) night I ride the lightning
To my final (F7) restin' place (E flat major)
Bridge 1
(D minor) A hungry blue eyed baby (E flat minoraj7) cryin'
Made me rob (B flat major) that store
(D minor) An' as that boy lay (E flat minoraj7) there dyin'
I dropped my (B flat major) pistol on the floor
Yeah, I'd take it (E flat major) all back
but there's nothin' I (B flat/D) can do
They've covered (C minor7) my face
An' the order's (B flat/D) gone through
As the (E flat major) boss yells "Roll on, two"
Verse 3
Now I'm flyin' (B flat major) (B flat minoraj7)
(E flat/Bb) Up an' out of here (B flat major) (B flat minoraj7)
(E flat/Bb) I close (E flat major) my eyes an' slowly (B flat/D) rise
Let my (C minor7) body leave this chair
(F major) Lord, I hope you for (B flat major) give me (B flat minoraj7)
(E flat major) For livin' (B flat major) my life (B flat minoraj7) this way (B flat/D)
(E flat major) Yeah, tonight (B flat major) I ride the lightning
To my final (F major) restin' place (E flatadd9)
Outro 1
(B flat major) These four (B flat minoraj7) walls of Farnworth (E flat/G)
(B flat major) Are clo (B flat minoraj7) sin' in on me (E flat/G)
Lightning
Eric Church
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