Great Balls Of Fire Chords

by Jerry Lee Lewis
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
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Chords

D7
C
G
C7

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Begin the strumming pattern with a three strum UDU pickup.
 
 
Great Balls Of Fire
 
TEMPO: Bright Rock
 
Words and Music of OTIS BLACKWELL and JACK HAMMER
Performed by Jerry Lee Lewis
 
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   [Verse]
 
               G guitar tacet                                      C7 gt
   You shake my nerves and yo rattle my brain_ Too much love drives a
                    D7 gt                  C
   man insane.___   You broke my will, but what a thrill.
   G gt                                                   G
   Good - ness gra - cious, great____ balls of fire!  I laughed at love 
                                       C7
    'cause I thought it was fun - ny. You came along and moved me, 
              D7                 C7
    hon - ey. I changed my mind; this love is fine.
   G gt
   Good - ness gracious, great___ balls of fire!
 
 
   [Chorus]
 
   C7                G
   Kiss me ba-by, Oh, yo! It feels good.
   C7              D7
   Hold me ba-by.  I want to love you like a lov-er should._ You're fine,_
 
   so kind._ I'm gon-na tell this world that you're
   D7                        G
   mine, mine, mine,   mine. I chew my nails and I twid-le my thumbs._
   C7                                      D7
   I'm real ner-vous but it sure is fun!__  Oh, ba-by, you're driv-in' me
   C7
   cra-zy. Good-ness gracious, great___balls of fi-re! 
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4 comments
bduck1
Quite probably, without a doubt, one of the WORST charts on this site.......
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byroncjohnsto
I think your's is a good rendition. The chords fit the melody as Jerry Lee Lewis sings it. I think some of the so-called pro-song renditions are pretty poor.
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tompelczar
I miss "G D(7) G" at the end ... Earlier some chords are sometimes also missed, but within the same <template> ... Acceptable, joy and fun in case of the "Freemason Remix" ...
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