Hank Williams Jr. - Gibbonsville gold

My name is Bill ^BmHarlan. I'm a God fearin' ^Dman From the lost rebel ^Bmarmy, a Tennessee Calvary man ^A From Shilo to ^GNashville we made our last ^Dstand When the battles were ^Bmover, everythin' ^Awe had was gone with the ^Dwind

But I still had my ^Bmfamily and a hope and a ^Ddream And I heard of gold ^Bmfever and the Rocky Mountain ^Astreams So we took what we ^Ghad and some gold diggin' ^Dgear And we headed for a ^Bmnew life ^Aon the Northwest fron- ^Dtier

Montana Terri- ^Bmtory where the winters are ^Dcold The lands full of ^Bmgame and the creeks are full of ^Agold Just west of the ^Gmountains is a town they call Gibbons- ^Dville You can sure get gold ^Bmfever, you can damn sure get ^Akilled But I staked my ^Gclaims, I was rarin' to ^Dgo I've made up my ^Bmmind and I set out to ^Afind the Gibbonsville ^Dgold

Oh, you find just a ^Glittle, just enough to get ^Dby Aww, you dig and you ^Adig, and you start wonderin' ^Dwhy There's a whole lot more ^Gdown there, I don't have to be ^Dtold I've made up my ^Bmmind and I'm gonna ^Afind that Gibbonsville ^Dgold

Every morning at ^Bmdaylight with a pick and a ^Dpan Keep an eye out for the ^Bmblackfeet. Keep a rifle near ^Ahand Back shooters and ^Ggrizzlies, better stay alert all the ^Dtime 'Cause the only law ^Bmhere in this wild ^Acountry is the gun and the ^Dknife

In the year of our ^BmLord, eighteen sixty- ^Dnine I lost my dear ^Bmson to a cave-in at the ^Amine Yes I know he's ^Ggone please God rest his ^Dsoul So many have ^Bmdied trying to ^Afind this damned Gibbonsville ^Dgold

Yeah, you find just a ^Glittle, just enough to get ^Dby Aww, you dig and you ^Adig, and you start wonderin' ^Dwhy Then someone finds a ^Gnugget, just as big as your ^Dthumb And we all go hard ^Aat it from sun until ^Dsun Yeah I got to ^Gfind it, that main mother ^Dload I've made up my ^Bmmind and I swear to ^Afind that Gibbonsville ^Dgold

There's a whole lot more ^Gdown there, my share of that main mother ^Dload I've made up my ^Bmmind and I swear to ^Afind the Gibbonsville ^Dgold --- fade