lightning man

music and lyrics by j. baugher

capo 2nd chord formations:    

C' Bb7

lightning strikes without a cloud in sight

not one time but two or three

the 4th grade history books that i'd rewrite

if such a thing could come to be

PRECHORUS I

Em A

it'll take the world 2 hundred years

to think of all the great ideas

C D

that you've been advocating all along

    CHORUS

    G B7 Em C

    and lightning man ignite the sky

    with your questions how

    and your questions why

    the world

    should spin as it does

    and is it because

    it's made up of

    D

    electricity

a 1000 tries to make a lightbulb glow

your engine spun with only one

the world's unfair, but fairs are worlds you know

where your lights shined to blind the sun

PRECHORUS II

currents alternate in every home

and will until the fall of Rome

your death rays could've helped to speed along

    CHORUS

engineers aren't quite your peers, it's true

at least the good ones know your name

you knew the words to split the world in 2

2 million volts were yours to tame

PRECHORUS I

    CHORUS (arpeggio with G substituted for final D)

    CHORUS (normal strumming, but still final G)