Grandma's Feather Bed chords by
John Denver (Official Version)

1974Folk3.2K views

Key: D majorDifficulty: Easy

Intro 1

D

G

A

D

Verse 1
D D 
 
G G 
 
When I was a little bitty boy
D D 
 
A A 
 
just up off the floor
D D 
 
G G 
 
We used to go down to grandma's house
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
e        very month end or so
D D 
 
G G 
 
We'd have chicken pie, country ham
D D 
 
A A 
 
Homemade butter on the bread
D D 
 
But the best darn thing
G G 
 
about grandma's house
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
Was the great    big feather bed

Chorus 1
D D 
 
It was nine feet high and six feet wide
G G 
 
D D 
 
And soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of
forty 'leven geese
E E 
 
A7 A7 
 
Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
D D 
 
It could hold eight kids and four hound dogs
G G 
 
D D 
 
And a piggy we stole from the shed
We didn't get much sleep
G G 
 
but we had a lot of fun
A A 
 
D D 
 
On grandma's feather bed

Verse 2
D D 
 
G G 
 
After supper we'd sit around the fire,
D D 
 
A A 
 
the old folks'd spit and chew
D D 
 
G G 
 
Pa would talk about the farm and the war
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
And granny'd sing a ballad or two
D D 
 
G G 
 
And I'd sit and listen and watch the fire
D D 
 
A A 
 
till the cobwebs filled my head
D D 
 
Next thing I'd know
G G 
 
I'd wake up in the morning
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
In the middle   of the old feather bed

Chorus 2
D D 
 
It was nine feet high and six feet wide
G G 
 
D D 
 
And soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of
forty 'leven geese
E E 
 
A7 A7 
 
Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
D D 
 
It could hold eight kids and four hound dogs
G G 
 
D D 
 
And a piggy we stole from the shed
We didn't get much sleep
G G 
 
but we had a lot of fun
A A 
 
D D 
 
On grandma's feather bed
D D 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 

Verse 3
D D 
 
Well, I love my ma
G G 
 
and I love my pa,
D D 
 
A A 
 
I love granny and grandpa too
D D 
 
I've been fishin' with my uncles,
G G 
 
I wrestled with my cousin
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
I even     kissed Aunt Lou, ew!
D D 
 
G G 
 
But if I ever had to make a choice
D D 
 
A A 
 
I guess it oughta be said
D D 
 
That I'd trade them all
G G 
 
plus the gal down the road
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
For grandma's feather bed
D D 
 
G G 
 
I'd trade them all plus the gal down the road

Chorus 3
D D 
 
It was nine feet high and six feet wide
G G 
 
D D 
 
And soft as a downy chick
It was made from the feathers of
forty 'leven geese
E E 
 
A7 A7 
 
Took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick
D D 
 
It could hold eight kids and four hound dogs
G G 
 
D D 
 
And a piggy we stole from the shed
We didn't get much sleep
G G 
 
but we had a lot of fun
A A 
 
D D 
 
On grandma's feather bed
We didn't get much sleep
G G 
 
but we had a lot of fun
A A 
 
D D 
 
On grandma's feather bed

Outro 1

D

G

A

D

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsD G A Asus4 E...

Chords

D
G
A
Asus4
E
A7

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

D: x-x-0-2-3-2
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
A: x-0-2-2-2-0
Asus4: x-0-2-2-3-0
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
A7: x-0-2-0-2-0

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

Sus2 and sus4 swap the third in a chord for a second or fourth. The sus course covers the shapes and how to drop them into a progression. Practice sus chords

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This is the definitive original version of Grandma's Feather Bed by John Denver, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of D major. It suits players who want to learn Grandma's Feather Bed the way John Denver intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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