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[Verse 1]
Whoa-oh, smokestack lightning
Shining just like gold
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
[Verse 2]
Oh-whoa, stop your train
Let a poor boy ride
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Whoa-oh, fare you well
I never see you no more
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
[Verse 4]
Whoa-oh, who bit your baby sister?
I been gone
A little bitty boy
Turn me on, ooh-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
[Bridge]
Whoa, stop your train
Let a poor boy ride
Why can't you hear me callin'
Stop your train
Let a poor boy ride
Call it woo, yes, I do
Ooh, mmm, let a poor boy ride
Let a poor boy ride
Make a smokestack go on
Let a poor boy ride
Ain't no other way
Keep on, no way
Whoa, let's get on, where somewhere
Ah-ooh
Woo-ooh
Woo-ooh
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 4]
Whoa-oh, who bit your baby sister?
I been gone
A little bitty boy
Turn me on, ooh-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
[Verse 3]
Whoa, fare you well
I never see you no more
Why don't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Woo-ooh
Ah-ooh
Mmm
Woo-ooh
Ah-ooh
[Bridge]
Oh, don't you hear me cryin' one time
Ooh-ooh, uh
Yes, it do, yeah, yeah
Once in a while
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh-ooh
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Whoa-oh, fare you well
I never see you no more
Why don't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
[Outro]
Oh Lord, ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Please, ah-ooh
Ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Thank you
Smokestack Lightnin’ (Live at the Fillmore East, New York City, February 13, 1970) was written by Howlin’ Wolf.
Smokestack Lightnin’ (Live at the Fillmore East, New York City, February 13, 1970) was produced by The Grateful Dead & Owsley Stanley.
The Grateful Dead released Smokestack Lightnin’ (Live at the Fillmore East, New York City, February 13, 1970) on Fri Jul 13 1973.