Grandma's Feather Bed original guitar chords by 
John Denver 
Key: D major•
Intro 1
D
G
A
D
Verse 1
D
G
When I was a little bitty boy
D
A
just up off the floor
D
G
We used to go down to grandma's house
Asus4
A
D
e very month end or so
D
G
We'd have chicken pie, country ham
D
A
Homemade butter on the bread
Asus4
A
D
Was the great big feather bed
Chorus 1
G
D
And soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of
forty 'leven geese
E
A7
Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
D
It could hold eight kids and four hound dogs
G
D
And a piggy we stole from the shed
We didn't get much sleep
A
D
On grandma's feather bed
Verse 2
D
G
After supper we'd sit around the fire,
D
A
the old folks'd spit and chew
D
G
Pa would talk about the farm and the war
Asus4
A
D
And granny'd sing a ballad or two
D
G
And I'd sit and listen and watch the fire
D
A
till the cobwebs filled my head
Asus4
A
D
In the middle of the old feather bed
Chorus 2
G
D
And soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of
forty 'leven geese
E
A7
Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
D
It could hold eight kids and four hound dogs
G
D
And a piggy we stole from the shed
We didn't get much sleep
A
D
On grandma's feather bed
D
G
A
D
Verse 3
D
A
I love granny and grandpa too
Asus4
A
D
I even kissed Aunt Lou, ew!
D
G
But if I ever had to make a choice
D
A
I guess it oughta be said
Asus4
A
D
For grandma's feather bed
D
G
I'd trade them all plus the gal down the road
Chorus 3
G
D
And soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of
forty 'leven geese
E
A7
Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
D
It could hold eight kids and four hound dogs
G
D
And a piggy we stole from the shed
We didn't get much sleep
A
D
On grandma's feather bed
We didn't get much sleep
A
D
On grandma's feather bed
Outro 1
D
G
A
D
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