#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## 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 Disclaimer: standard It's *always* September, *somewhere* on the Net.