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Grandpa Was A Carpenter

Recorded Key of B - Capo on 4 
 
      G                                           C  
Oh, Grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every day 
                G                           D 
No particular reason, he just dressed that way 
  G                                                       C                  
Brown necktie with a matching vest and both his wingtip shoes 
                      G                         D                    G 
He built a closet on our back porch and put a penny in a burned-out fuse 

  C                                                     G 
Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks 
  C                    G                              D   
Chain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in panks 
         G                                       C     
He was level on the level, he shaved even every door 
                    G              D              G 
And voted for Eisenhower, 'cause Lincoln won the war 
 
(Instrumental} 
C       D       G 
 G                                                                 C 
Well, he used to sing me "Blood on the Saddle" and rock me on his knee 
                           G                 D 
And let me listen to the radio before we got TV 
             G                                                 C  
Well, he'd drive to church on Sunday and he'd take me with him too 
                         G              D            G   
Stained glass in every window, hearing aids in every pew 
(Repeat Chorus} 
 
  G                                                             C 
Well, my Grandma was a teacher, she went to school in Bowling Green 
              G                               D    
Traded in a milking cow for a Singer sewing machine 
            G                                                        C 
Well, she called her husband "Mister," and she walked real tall in pride 
                     G          D              G 
She used to buy me comic books after Grandpa died 
(Repeat Chorus}  
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