Sons of Bill - Metaphysical Gingham Gown 

Capo 5 

Intro: Cadd9 G/B G G/B Cadd9 G/B G/F# G


G                           Cadd9      G
Some call me a sinner, some say I was lost 

G                             D
I paid the debts, boy, but I couldn't pay the cost 

        G                       Cadd9     G
But the good Lord, he works in mysterious ways 
                              
      G                        D        G
Like burnin bushes and little girls in braids

Yeah she was only 19 years old

Too young for barrooms, too old to stay home

I'd take her out dancin, I'd spin her around

In that metaphysical Gingham gown

Chorus:
           
          Cadd9          G            D              G
She says "boy don't the sunshine just call for some rain

Cadd9         G          D
someday we'll understand why"

      G                       Cadd9       G
So I don't need to wonder why she hangs around 

         G            D       G
In that metaphysical Gingham gown

Back to intro

I aint much of a singer, I'm less of a man

I'd turn tail and run but she wouldn't understand 

She says "boy God forgives you for all that you are

but it's forgivin yourself that's the hardest of all"

I'd go lookin for answers on a Tuesday night

Too drunk to walk and lookin for a fight 

But she still picks me up and lays my throbbin head down 

On that metaphysical Gingham gown

(Chorus and intro)

And in that lonely space between dust and your soul

You cry like a baby while your mind's growin old 

And your heart begs the question but you never ask why

You just love while you can and you learn how to die 

But sometimes a girl takes the ache from your bones 

And makes you forget that we all die alone 

So I'll hold her hand until Jesus comes 'round

Trades her dress in for winds and he wears the crown 

(Chorus, song ends with intro) 

In the video, you can hear me singing almost as loud as James. Sorry about that.