John Travolta, Grease Lightnin' (1978)
Key: :[C#] (w: Warren Casey, Jim Jacobs) (OST: Grease, 1978)
INTRO:
Why, this car is automatic
[C#7 open]
It's systematic
[F#7 open], it's hydromatic
[A7 open]
Why, it's greased Lightnin'
(Grease [G#] Lightnin')
VERSE 1:
We'll get some
[C#] overhead lifters and some four barrel quads, oh yeah
(Keep talking, whoa, keep talking)
[F#] Fuel injection cutoffs and chrome plated rods, oh
[C#] yeah
(I'll get the money, I'll kill to get the money)
With a
[G#] four-speed on the floor, they'll be
[F#] waiting at the door
You know that
[G#] ain't no shit, we'll be
[F#] getting lots of tit
In Grease
[C#] Lightnin'
(Go, go, go, [G#] go, go, go, go, go, go, go)
CHORUS:
[C#] Go grease Lightnin', you're burning up the quarter mile
(Grease Lightnin', go grease Lightnin')
[F#] Go grease Lightnin', you're coasting through the heat lap
[C#] trial
(Grease Lightnin', go grease Lightnin')
You are supreme
[G#], the chicks'll cream
[F#], for grease
[C#] Lightnin'
(go, go, go, [G#] go-go-go-go-go-go-go)
VERSE 2:
We'll get some
[C#] purple fringe tail lights and thirty inch fins, oh yeah
A
[F#] Palomino dashboard and duel muffler twins, oh
[C#] yeah
With new
[G#] pistons, plugs and shocks I can
[F#] get off my rocks
You
[G#] know that I ain't bragging, she's a
[F#] real pussy wagon
Grease
[C#] Lightnin'
(go, go, go, [G#] go-go-go-go-go-go-go)
REPEAT CHORUS:
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+3] [E]
INSTRUMENTAL:
OUTRO CHORUS:
[E] Go grease Lightnin', you're burning up the quarter mile
(Grease Lightnin', go grease Lightnin')
[A] Go grease Lightnin', you're coasting through the heat lap
[E] trial
(Grease Lightnin', go grease Lightnin')
You are supreme
[B], the chicks'll cream
[A], for grease
[E] Lightnin'
Lightnin', Lightnin',
[A] Lightnin',
Lightnin', Lightnin', Lightnin',
[E open] Lightnin'
