Jayton And Jill by Zane Williams
Key: DD | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Intro: D 
Verse:
D
Jayton had a job for seven bucks an hour'?' 
At the fillin' station by the water tower
'?'       A
Just checkin' oil and fixin' flats'?'
 G                                       D
The kind of kid most folks just look past
'?'
D
Jill was the local preacher's kid gone wild'?'
Most the time her daddy couldn't stand his own child'?' 
 A
He'd quote the scripture with an angry shout'?'
     G                                              D                      
And list her all the reasons she would never turn out'?'
Chorus:
          G                     D
She was drunk one night on the fourth of July'?' 
 A                          Bm  
Parked in a pasture with an out-of-town guy'?' 
G                 D
He got mad when she said no'?'
        Em               G
And he tore her Sunday dress'?'
         G                    D
She was wanderin' alone on a county road'?'
          A                    Bm
When the lights came over the hill'?'
  G                       A          D
That was the moment when Jayton met Jill
Verse:
 D
He said hey, do you need a ride home'?'
She said go away, leave me alone'?'
     A
But he noticed the bruise and the frightened tears'?' 
           G                                         D                         
Said there ain't no way in Hell I'm leavin' you out here
        D
It was rainin' a little and fixin' to storm'?'
And his mustang jacket looked dry and warm
         A
So she let him wrap it 'round her and she climbed inside'?' 
  G                                  D 
Sayin' OK I guess thanks for the ride
Chorus:
      G                     D
At an all-night diner they waited out the storm'?'
A                      Bm
Ended up talking right up 'til dawn'?'
 G                              D
By the time he dropped her off safe at home'?'
       Em             G
Neither one felt so alone
  G             D
Two lost souls found a connection 
         A                    Bm
that's blessin' both of them still'?' 
G                   A          D
On that night when Jayton met Jill
G D A Bm G D Em G
Chorus:
     G                           D
And what Jayton never told her about that night
 '?'           A                   Bm
Is how he'd taken his dad's old 45'?'
             G                       D 
He'd been drivin' 'round thinkin' how no one would miss him 
    Em              G
If he just ended it all'?'
G                     D
He couldn't see past his own pain'?'
         A                        Bm
'Til he saw a pretty girl walkin' in the rain'?'
  G
Thank God he made it over that hill
'?'  G                       A          D
That was the moment when Jayton met Jill'?'
Ending: G A D