Capo: 5 Tuning: E A D G B E

[Intro] Am [Verse 1]

^AmBilly and John Gibson were ^Gfriends of mine ^Amtwin brothers and the ^Gclosest you'd find ^Amwe would run through the ^Gcorn field all day and we'd ^Fhave no ^Gother ^Amway

[Chorus 1]

^AmOne night it rained so hard ^Gwe ran like hell, ^Am"Toward the open field" I ^Gheard my mother yell ^Amin a blinding flash ^Git was done and the ^FGibsons ^Glost a ^Amson

[Chorus 2]

^DmI chased the twins into an ^Amopen field ^Dmgazed in wonder as the ^Cthunder ^Gpeeled ^Dmthere for a moment- the ^Amnext one gone there were ^Ftwo then ^Gthere was ^Amone

[Verse 2]

^AmSearched and never found ^Gwhere John went ^Amlife of thirteen years so ^Gquickly spent and the ^Amwhole town grieved him '^Gtil they learned next year's ^Fsummer ^Ghe ^Amreturned.

[Chorus 3]

^DmThey found him lyin' in the ^Amopen field ^Dmwet and burned but in two ^Cdays he ^Ghealed ^Dmasked him to explain they ^Amcould not say how he ^Amhad not a^Gged a d^Amay

[Violin Solo] Am G Am C G Am G Am C G F G F E F G F E F G Am [Verse 3]

^AmSo it was that for ^Gall I knew ^Amevery year that John lived, ^GBill lived for two and ^Amthe summer storm returned to ^Gclaim it's prize right ^Fbefore Bill's ^Gvery ^Ameyes

[Chorus 4]

^DmThey'd find John lyin' by his ^Ambrother's gate ^Dmgone for a year and not a ^Cmoment ^Glate ^DmBill was older when his ^Amtime had come but ^FJohn still ^Glooked so ^Amyoung

[Instrumental] Am G Am C F G F E F C G [Last Verse]

^AmBilly and John Gibson were ^Gfriends of mine ^Amtwin brothers and the ^Gclosest you'd find.

[Outro] F G E Am

Nathan Rogers - The ballad of william and john gibson