The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead
[Intro: Bill Graham]
Stars of stage, screen and radio
Direct from a command performance in New Orleans
These are The Grateful Dead
[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]
Whoa-oh, 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, you no more
Why don't you hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
[Verse 4]
Whoa-oh, who got your baby sister?
I been gone
A little bitty boy
Turn me on, ooh-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh-ooh
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
Whoa, stop your train
Let a poor boy ride
Why can't you hear me callin'
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ooh
[Bridge]
Invite your baby sister
Ah-ooh
Got to ride that train
Ah-ooh
Take the first thing smoking
Get her out of town, alright
Ah-ooh
Ooh-ooh
Ah-ooh
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Whoa-oh, fare you well
I never see you, you no more
Why can't you hear me cryin'
Ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
[Outro]
Uh, ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh
Ooh-ooh
Hear me cryin'
Hear me cryin'
Ah-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh
Ah-ooh
Ah-ooh, hear me cryin'
Hey, let that smokestack burn
Let that smokestack burn
Ah-ooh, oh Lord
Thank you
Smokestack Lightnin’ (Version 2; Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, February 8, 1970) was written by Howlin’ Wolf.
Smokestack Lightnin’ (Version 2; Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, February 8, 1970) was produced by The Grateful Dead & Owsley Stanley.
The Grateful Dead released Smokestack Lightnin’ (Version 2; Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, February 8, 1970) on Fri Jul 13 1973.