Tablature grandpa was a carpenter - John Prine

          



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  From: choover@usd.edu (Christopher J. Hoover)

  Subject: CHOPRO  John Prine:  Grandpa Was A Carpenter

  Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 21:59:41 GMT

  

  #transcribed by Christopher J. Hoover (choover@usd.edu)

  #based on version of song with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on 

  #_Will the Circle Be Unbroken II_

  {t:Grandpa Was A Carpenter}

  {st:John Prine}

  {c:Capo at 3rd fret (all chords relative)}

  

  [G]Oh, grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every [C]day

  No particular [G]reason, he just dressed that [D]way

  [G]Brown necktie with a matching vest and both his wingtip [C]shoes

  He built a closet on [G]our back porch and put a [D]penny in a burned-out [G]fuse

  

  {soc}

  [C]Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and [G]banks

  [C]Chain-smoked Camel [G]cigarettes and hammered nails in [D]planks

  He would [G]level on the level, he shaved even every [C]door

  And voted for Eisen[G]hower, 'cause [D]Lincoln won the [G]war

  {eoc}

  

  [G]Well, he used to sing me "Blood on the Saddle" and rock me on his [C]knee

  And let me listen to the [G]radio before we got T[D]V

  Well, he'd [G]drive to church on Sunday and he'd take me with him [C]too

  Stained glass in every [G]window, hearing [D]aids in every [G]pew

  

  {c:Chorus}

  

  [G]Well, my Grandma was a teacher, she went to school in Bowling [C]Green

  Traded in a [G]milking cow for a Singer sewing ma[D]chine

  Well, she [G]called her husband "Mister," and she walked real tall in [C]pride

  She used to buy me [G]comic books [D]after grandpa [G]died

  

  {c:Chorus}

  

  

  

  Christopher J. Hoover    choover@usd.edu       University of South Dakota

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