Tim Mcgraw - Book Of John Ukulele

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)
F   C,  F   C   G,  F   C   Dm   G down 


(verse)
F               C                              F           C     G
We were sittin' round the supper table and the buzz of the frigidaire
        F    C                             Dm             G
Was the only sound 'til momma laid down, a book she found upstairs
F                 C
It was covered in dust in the back of the closet,
F        C                           F  C
Goodwill box we almost tossed it out
                   Dm                 G    
We could have lost all those memories


(chorus)
            C
There was a picture of mama in the pouring rain
Dm
   Ticket stubs to a Braves game
Dm                                      F      G
   Silver star and a baggage claim from Hanoi, Vietnam
            C 
There was a picture of him callin' on grandpa
Dm
   Leather skin from a baseball
   Dm                                        G         
We laughed and cried, told stories all night long
G                     F C,F C G,F C Dm G down


(verse)
        F      C                           F    C           G 
Now the pot of coffee's almost gone, as we turn another page
      F           C                      Dm                     G
We're climbing on him like a Jungle Jim, watching his hair turn gray
        F             C 
All the Polaroids are just reminders,
    F                    C      
You can't hold life in a three ring binder
   F          C                  G
We flipped on through 'em anyway



(chorus)
          C
There's a picture at his sister taken in July
       Dm
On the steps of the church pulling out his tie
Dm                                          F                   G 
Hair's still wet from gettin' baptized, the brand new blue suit on
   C
An old set of keys to his Chevrolet
  Dm
A crumpled up receipt for a wedding ring
   Dm                                     G
We watched ourselves grow up there in his arms
G
In the book of John


(instrumental)
F   C,  F   C,  F   C   F

(out)
     G
That sun came up, we were wide awake
F
Head to toe in black and gray
C                                   G
Long black Lincoln waiting down the drive
G
He was father, son, husband and friend
  F
I still flip through it every now and then
     C                             G down
When I need just a few words of advice
     F      C             Dm     G
It's almost like he's not really gone
    F      C               Dm      G  
And I know one day I'll be passin' on
                 F C,F C G,F C Dm    D/C
The book of John