Great Balls Of Fire Chords

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Great Balls Of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C7 and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Words and Music of OTIS BLACKWELL and JACK HAMMER 
Performed by Jerry Lee Lewis 
   
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               G guitar tacet                                      C7 gt 
   You shake my nerves and yo rattle my brain_ Too much love drives a 
                    D7 gt 
   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! 
 
   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! 
                                            repeat last verse and enjoy! 

    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante