Grandpa Was A Carpenter chords by
John Prine

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Key: B major

Verse 1

G

Oh, grandpa wore his suit to dinner

C

Nearly every day

G

No particular reason

D

He just dressed that way

Verse 2
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Brown necktie and a matching vest
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Both his wingtip shoes
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He built a closet on our back porch
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And put a penny in a burned-out fuse
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fuse

Verse 3
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Grandpa was a carpenter
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He built houses, stores and banks
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Chain-smoked Camel Camel cigarettes
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And hammered nails in planks
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He was level on the level
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And shaved even every door
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And voted for Eisenhower 'cause
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Lincoln won the war

Interlude 1

G

C

G

D

G

Verse 4
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Well, he used to sing me
"Blood On The Saddle"
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And rock me on his knee
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And let me listen to the radio
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Before we got T.V.

Verse 5

G

Well, he'd drive to church on Sunday

C

And he'd take me with him too!

G

Stained glass in every window

D

G

Hearing aids in every pew

Verse 6
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Grandpa was a carpenter
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He built houses, stores and banks
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G G 
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Chain-smoked Camel Camel cigarettes
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And hammered nails in planks
G G 
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He was level on the level
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And shaved even every door
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He voted for Eisenhower 'cause
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Lincoln won the war

Interlude 2

G

C

G

D

G

Verse 7

G

Now my grandma was a teacher

C

Went to school in Bowling Green

G

Traded in a milking cow

Verse 8
For a Singer sewing machine
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Well,
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she called her husband "Mister"
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And walked real tall and proud
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And used to buy me comic books
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After grandpa died

Verse 9
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Grandpa was a carpenter
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He built houses, stores and banks
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G G 
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Chain-smoked Camel Camel cigarettes
D D 
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And hammered nails in planks
G G 
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He was level on the level
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And shaved even every door
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And voted for Eisenhower
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'cause Lincoln won the war
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