The Ballad Of William And John Gibson chords

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[VERSE 1]

[Am]Billy and John Gibson were [G]friends of mine
[Am]twin brothers and the [G]closest you'd find
[Am]we would run through the [G]corn field all day
and we'd [F]have no [G]other [Am]way

[CHORUS 1]
[Am]One night it rained so hard
[G]we ran like hell,
[Am]"Toward the open field" I [G]heard my mother yell
[Am]in a blinding flash [G]it was done
and the [F]Gibsons [G]lost a [Am]son

[CHORUS 2]
[Dm]I chased the twins into an [Am]open field
[Dm]gazed in wonder as the [C]thunder [G]peeled
[Dm]there for a moment- the [Am]next one gone
there were [F]two then [G]there was [Am]one

[VERSE 2]
[Am]Searched and never found [G]where John went
[Am]life of thirteen years so [G]quickly spent and
the [Am]whole town grieved him '[G]til they learned
next year's [F]summer [G]he [Am]returned.

[CHORUS 3]
[Dm]They found him lyin' in the [Am]open field
[Dm]wet and burned but in two [C]days he [G]healed
[Dm]asked him to explain they [Am]could not say
how he [Am]had not a[G]ged a d[Am]ay

[Violin Solo]

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[VERSE 3]

[Am]So it was that for [G]all I knew
[Am]every year that John lived, [G]Bill lived for two and
[Am]the summer storm returned to [G]claim it's prize
right [F]before Bill's [G]very [Am]eyes

[CHORUS 4]
[Dm]They'd find John lyin' by his [Am]brother's gate
[Dm]gone for a year and not a [C]moment [G]late
[Dm]Bill was older when his [Am]time had come
but [F]John still [G]looked so [Am]young

[INSTRUMENTAL]

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[Last Verse]
[Am]Billy and John Gibson were [G]friends of mine
[Am]twin brothers and the [G]closest you'd find.

[OUTRO]

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