Tim McGraw, "Book Of John" This is a "D down": e|--3--p2---2---0---0h2--| B|--3-------3---3---3----| G|--2-------2---2---2----| D|--0-------0---0---0----| A|--0-------0---0---0----| E|--x-------x---x---x----| There are also several other hammer-ons and pull-offs withing the chords that are played at times, and not at other times. Doing all of them takes some practice. I suggest starting with the D down, and adding the others one at a time. (intro) C G, C G D, C G Em D down (verse)

^CWe were sittin' ^Ground the supper table and the ^Cbuzz of the ^Gfrigid^Daire Was the ^Conly ^Gsound 'til momma laid down, a ^Embook she found ^Dupstairs ^CIt was covered in ^Gdust in the back of the closet, ^CGoodwill ^Gbox we almost tossed it out ^C ^G We could have lost ^Emall those memories ^D

(chorus)

There was a ^Gpicture of mama in the pouring rain ^Em Ticket stubs to a Braves game ^Am Silver star and a baggage claim from ^CHanoi, ^DVietnam There was a ^Gpicture of him callin' on grandpa ^Em Leather skin from a baseball We ^Amlaughed and cried, told stories all night ^Dlong D C G,C G D,C G Em D down From the book of John

(verse)

Now the ^Cpot of ^Gcoffee's almost gone, as we ^Cturn ^Ganother page^D We're ^Cclimbing on ^Ghim like a Jungle Jim, ^Emwatching his hair turn ^Dgray All the ^CPolaroids are ^Gjust reminders, You ^Ccan't hold life in a ^Gthree ring binder We ^Cflipped on ^Gthrough 'em anyway ^D

(chorus)

There's a ^Gpicture at his sister taken in July On the ^Emsteps of the church pulling out his tie ^AmHair's still wet from gettin' baptized, the ^Cbrand new blue suit ^Don An ^Gold set of keys to his Chevrolet A ^Emcrumpled up receipt for a wedding ring We ^Amwatched ourselves grow up there in his ^Darms ^DIn the book of John

(instrumental) C G, C G, C G C (out)

That ^Dsun came up, we were wide awake ^CHead to toe in black and gray ^GLong black Lincoln waiting down the ^Ddrive ^DHe was father, son, husband and friend I ^Cstill flip through it every now and then G D down When I need just a few words of advice It's ^Calmost ^Glike he's not ^Emreally ^Dgone And ^CI know ^Gone day I'll be ^Empassin' ^Don C G,C G D,C G Em D/G The book of John

Tim McGraw - Book of john