Biography:
Sons of Bill are a country rock band from Charlottesville, Virginia, that formed in the fall of 2005. At its core are brothers James, Sam, and Abe Wilson, the sons of Bill Wilson, the source of the band's name. The brothers returned to Virginia from very different paths in life to form a band based in the country music they grew up learning from their father while bringing along their interests in rock and jazz to influence their sound.
James Wilson plays acoustic guitar and is the band's lead vocalist.
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Charleston by Sons of Bill
Capo 2
G Cadd9
I'm standin here in Richmond in the rain
G
Yeah she threw me out again
D
'Cause I spent all my pay on booze
G Cadd9
I can't believe she had the nerve
G
I guess I got what I deserve
D
She was all that I had left to lose
Em Cadd9 G
But it's cold here in Richmond tonight
Em Cadd9 D
And my car is pointed south on I95
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G
I think I'll go down to Charleston and get drunk on the battery
D Cadd9 G
And stroll up and down King street and find myself a queen
Cadd9 G
And take her down to the ocean and watch as the waves roll in
D
And build a castle in the sand
Cadd9 G
And never come home to you
G Cadd9
I'll put on the radio and find some rock n roll
G
where the night is all my own
D
No one to wonder where I've been
G Cadd9
about the time I make north of Cheraw
G
She'll be expectin me to call
D
And beggin' to let her man back in
Em Cadd9 G
But tonight, girl, you can sit there by the phone
Em Cadd9 D
'Cause tonight you know that I don't think he's comin home
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G
I think I'll go down to Charleston and get drunk on the battery
D Cadd9 G
And stroll up and down King street and find myself a queen
Cadd9 G
And take her down to the ocean and watch as the waves roll in
D
And build a castle in the sand
Cadd9 G
And never come home to you
[Solo is played over the chorus chords]
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G
I think I'll go down to Charleston and get drunk on the battery
D Cadd9 G
And stroll up and down King street and find myself a queen
Cadd9 G
And take her down to the ocean and watch as the waves roll in
D
And build a castle in the sand
Cadd9 G
And never come home to you
[Verse]
G Cadd9
I'm standin here in Richmond in the rain
G
Yeah she threw me out again
D
'Cause I spent all my pay on booze
Em might be Em7, but it's from a live recording and I can't tell.
Capo 2
G Cadd9
I'm standin here in Richmond in the rain
G
Yeah she threw me out again
D
'Cause I spent all my pay on booze
G Cadd9
I can't believe she had the nerve
G
I guess I got what I deserve
D
She was all that I had left to lose
Em Cadd9 G
But it's cold here in Richmond tonight
Em Cadd9 D
And my car is pointed south on I95
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G
I think I'll go down to Charleston and get drunk on the battery
D Cadd9 G
And stroll up and down King street and find myself a queen
Cadd9 G
And take her down to the ocean and watch as the waves roll in
D
And build a castle in the sand
Cadd9 G
And never come home to you
G Cadd9
I'll put on the radio and find some rock n roll
G
where the night is all my own
D
No one to wonder where I've been
G Cadd9
about the time I make north of Cheraw
G
She'll be expectin me to call
D
And beggin' to let her man back in
Em Cadd9 G
But tonight, girl, you can sit there by the phone
Em Cadd9 D
'Cause tonight you know that I don't think he's comin home
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G
I think I'll go down to Charleston and get drunk on the battery
D Cadd9 G
And stroll up and down King street and find myself a queen
Cadd9 G
And take her down to the ocean and watch as the waves roll in
D
And build a castle in the sand
Cadd9 G
And never come home to you
[Solo is played over the chorus chords]
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G
I think I'll go down to Charleston and get drunk on the battery
D Cadd9 G
And stroll up and down King street and find myself a queen
Cadd9 G
And take her down to the ocean and watch as the waves roll in
D
And build a castle in the sand
Cadd9 G
And never come home to you
[Verse]
G Cadd9
I'm standin here in Richmond in the rain
G
Yeah she threw me out again
D
'Cause I spent all my pay on booze
Em might be Em7, but it's from a live recording and I can't tell.
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