John Travolta, Grease Lightnin' (1978)
Key: :[G#] (w: Warren Casey, Jim Jacobs) (OST: Grease, 1978)
INTRO:
Why, this car is automatic
[G#7 open]
It's systematic
[C#7 open], it's hydromatic
[E7 open]
Why, it's greased Lightnin'
(Grease [D#] Lightnin')
VERSE 1:
We'll get some
[G#] overhead lifters and some four barrel quads, oh yeah
(Keep talking, whoa, keep talking)
[C#] Fuel injection cutoffs and chrome plated rods, oh
[G#] yeah
(I'll get the money, I'll kill to get the money)
With a
[D#] four-speed on the floor, they'll be
[C#] waiting at the door
You know that
[D#] ain't no shit, we'll be
[C#] getting lots of tit
In Grease
[G#] Lightnin'
(Go, go, go, [D#] go, go, go, go, go, go, go)
CHORUS:
[G#] Go grease Lightnin', you're burning up the quarter mile
(Grease Lightnin', go grease Lightnin')
[C#] Go grease Lightnin', you're coasting through the heat lap
[G#] trial
(Grease Lightnin', go grease Lightnin')
You are supreme
[D#], the chicks'll cream
[C#], for grease
[G#] Lightnin'
(go, go, go, [D#] go-go-go-go-go-go-go)
VERSE 2:
We'll get some
[G#] purple fringe tail lights and thirty inch fins, oh yeah
A
[C#] Palomino dashboard and duel muffler twins, oh
[G#] yeah
With new
[D#] pistons, plugs and shocks I can
[C#] get off my rocks
You
[D#] know that I ain't bragging, she's a
[C#] real pussy wagon
Grease
[G#] Lightnin'
(go, go, go, [D#] go-go-go-go-go-go-go)
REPEAT CHORUS:
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+3] [B]
INSTRUMENTAL:
OUTRO CHORUS:
[B] Go grease Lightnin', you're burning up the quarter mile
(Grease Lightnin', go grease Lightnin')
[E] Go grease Lightnin', you're coasting through the heat lap
[B] trial
(Grease Lightnin', go grease Lightnin')
You are supreme
[Gb], the chicks'll cream
[E], for grease
[B] Lightnin'
Lightnin', Lightnin',
[E] Lightnin',
Lightnin', Lightnin', Lightnin',
[B open] Lightnin'