John Travolta, Grease Lightnin' (1978)
Key: :[B] (w: Warren Casey, Jim Jacobs) (OST: Grease, 1978)
INTRO:
Why, this car is automatic
[B7 open]
It's systematic
[E7 open], it's hydromatic
[G7 open]
Why, it's greased Lightnin'
(Grease [F#] Lightnin')
VERSE 1:
We'll get some
[B] overhead lifters and some four barrel quads, oh yeah
(Keep talking, whoa, keep talking)
[E] Fuel injection cutoffs and chrome plated rods, oh
[B] yeah
(I'll get the money, I'll kill to get the money)
With a
[F#] four-speed on the floor, they'll be
[E] waiting at the door
You know that
[F#] ain't no shit, we'll be
[E] getting lots of tit
In Grease
[B] Lightnin'
(Go, go, go, [F#] go, go, go, go, go, go, go)
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
[F#], the chicks'll cream
[E], for grease
[B] Lightnin'
(go, go, go, [F#] go-go-go-go-go-go-go)
VERSE 2:
We'll get some
[B] purple fringe tail lights and thirty inch fins, oh yeah
A
[E] Palomino dashboard and duel muffler twins, oh
[B] yeah
With new
[F#] pistons, plugs and shocks I can
[E] get off my rocks
You
[F#] know that I ain't bragging, she's a
[E] real pussy wagon
Grease
[B] Lightnin'
(go, go, go, [F#] go-go-go-go-go-go-go)
REPEAT CHORUS:
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+3] [D]
INSTRUMENTAL:
OUTRO CHORUS:
[D] Go grease Lightnin', you're burning up the quarter mile
(Grease Lightnin', go grease Lightnin')
[G] Go grease Lightnin', you're coasting through the heat lap
[D] trial
(Grease Lightnin', go grease Lightnin')
You are supreme
[A], the chicks'll cream
[G], for grease
[D] Lightnin'
Lightnin', Lightnin',
[G] Lightnin',
Lightnin', Lightnin', Lightnin',
[D open] Lightnin'
