Lou Christie - Lightning Strikes Again

      Lightning Strikes Again:Lou Christie.
#11 in UK, #1 in Canada and #1 on BB Hot 100
on MGM Records in 1966.

INTRO: Eb Db Fm (x2)

#1.
Eb                                 Db   Fm
Listen to me, baby, you gotta understand.
Eb                                         Db Fm
You're old enough to know the makings of a man.
Eb                                      Db   Fm
Listen to me, baby, it's hard to settle down.
Eb                                     Db   Fm
Am I asking too much for you to stick around?

CHORUS:#1.
C                 Dm           G7           C
Every boy wants a girl, he can trust to the very end.
C            Dm             G7    C
Baby, that's you..won't you wait? But til then..
     C      
when I see lips beggin' to be kissed,
                  C7
I can't stop, no, I can't stop myself..

BRIDGE:
Fm7                    Gm7  C7  Fm7                      
Lightning is striking again.....lightning is 
          Gm7  C7
striking again.

#2.
Eb                                Db   Fm
Nature's takin' over my one-track mind.
Eb                                            Db  Fm
Believe it or not, you're in my heart all the time.
Eb                                            Db  Fm
All the girls are sayin' that you'll end up a fool.
Eb                                   Db   Fm
For the time being, baby, live by my rules.

CHORUS:#2.
C             Dm           G7       C
When I settle down, I want one baby on my mind.
C              Dm            G7          C
Forgive and forget, and I'll make up for all lost time.
C   
If she's put together fine, and she's readin' my mind..
                  C7
I can't stop, no, I can't stop myself..

BRIDGE:
Fm7                    Gm7  C7                 
Lightning is striking again.. 
Fm7                    Gm7       C7                       
Lightning is striking again and again and again 

and again..


(INTERLUDE:) Eb Db Fm (x3) Eb Gm7 C7


BRIDGE:
Fm7                    Gm7  C7                 
Lightning is striking again.. 
Fm7                    Gm7   C7                       
Lightning is striking again..


#3.
C                       Dm             G7       C                   
There's a chapel in the pines, waiting for us, around the

bend.
C               Dm            G7    C
Picture in your mind, love forever, but til then..
C
If she gives me a sign, that she wants to make time,
                  C7
I can't stop, no, I can't stop myself..

OUTRO:
Fm7                    Gm7  C7                        
Lightning is striking again...
Fm7                    Gm7       C7                       
Lightning is striking again and again and again 

and again..
Fm7                    Gm7       C7                       
Lightning is striking again and again and again 

and again..(Fade.)


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.