Grandmother's Song chords by
Pierce Pettis

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Key: G major•

Verse 1

G

G

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D

D

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Em

Em

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C

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G

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My

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D

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G

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grandmother wrote poetry

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C

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Em

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That she rarely let other people read

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A

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D

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An d the words were sweet

Bm

Bm

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Though they never did meet

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D

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C

C

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Of critical acclaim

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D

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G

G

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D

D

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But the ones who read it

Em

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Well, they often said,

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C

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Em

Em

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this ought to be published,

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A

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D

D

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this ought to be read.

Bm

Bm

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She would not agree.

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D

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C

C

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An d they said it was a shame

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G

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Bm

Bm

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C

C

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that the world could continue to turn,

A

A

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unaware and unconcerned,

Em

Em

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G

G

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and never even knowing

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C

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she was a poet,

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D

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G

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D

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Em

Em

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G

G

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C

C

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Em

Em

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a poet in her own time.

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G

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Bm

Bm

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Em

Em

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G

G

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From the time she was a gangly girl,

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C

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Em

Em

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her books took her off to

another world.

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D

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Bm

Bm

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D

D

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Ivanhoe, Henry David Thoreau,

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C

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D

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G

G

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and Edgar Allan Poe.

D

D

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Yeah, but the Mississippi people

Em

Em

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G

G

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don't gen erally read,

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C

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Em

Em

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they just look at pictures in magazines.

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A

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D

D

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So it's not a surprise

Bm

Bm

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that she kept herself

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D

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C

C

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G

G

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and spent her time alone.

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C

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And she did pretty well in school.

G

G

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A

A

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She went to teacher's college too.

Em

Em

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G

G

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But the teachers didn't know it.

C

C

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Oh, she was a poet.

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D

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G

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D

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Em

Em

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G

G

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C

C

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Em

Em

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A poet in her own time.

G

G

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D

D

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But she met and she married

Em

Em

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G

G

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a railroad man

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C

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Em

Em

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D

D

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G

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C

C

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She didn't do so much riding then

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D

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But his work made him travel about

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C

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D

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Southern serves the South

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G

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D

D

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Em

Em

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Oh, and the Great Depression swept on in

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D

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C

C

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G

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like a cold unexpected northern wind.

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D

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Bm

Bm

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He forgot to come home one day.

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D

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C

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G

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She was left with three kids to raise.

Bm

Bm

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C

C

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Yeah, and there was nothing

else a woman could do

A

A

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except to draw her paycheck,

teach her in school.

Em

Em

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G

G

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And the pupils didn't know it.

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C

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The teacher was a poet,

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D

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G

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a poet in her own right.

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D

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C

C

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La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

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Em

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Bm

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C

C

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La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

D

D

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C

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La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

D

D

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Em

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Am

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Bm

Bm

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D

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C

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G

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La, la, la, la, la.

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D

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Em

Em

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G

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C

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D

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Bm

Bm

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D

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C

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D

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D

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Now my grandmother lies

Em

Em

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in a crumpled bed

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D

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C

C

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Em

Em

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And at night she hears voices in her head

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D

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And the family worries

Bm

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and the whispering dark

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D

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C

C

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D

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She's got her religion right

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G

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Em

Em

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Oh, it's a hardening of the arteries

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D

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C

C

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Em

Em

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It's a softening of the mind

Am

Am

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Em

Em

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A

A

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D

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An d I mean to go and see her

Bm

Bm

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D

D

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But I cannot ever seem

C

C

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G

G

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to find the time

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C

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And at the nurse's station at night

A

A

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They were crossword puzzles

by the switchboard light

Em

Em

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And the nurses don't know

G

G

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C

C

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Grandma was a poet,

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D

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G

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a poet in her own time

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D

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Em

Em

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D

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The nurses don't know

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C

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Grandma is a poet,

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D

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G

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a poet in her own time

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D

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Em

Em

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D

D

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C

C

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La la la la la la la la

Bm

Bm

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C

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D

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La la la la la la la la ba la la la la la

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C

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C

C

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A

A

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La la la la la la, ooh

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Em

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D

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D

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G

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La la la la la la, La la la la la,

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Em

Em

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G

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oh guitar solo

Thank you, thank you very much,

and thank you

Fast Folks for letting me play with you.

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Chords

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Grandmother's Song by Pierce Pettis is G major.

The primary chords used in Grandmother's Song are G, D, Em, C, A, Bm.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like G, D, Em, C, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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