Granny chords by Ted Egan
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Verse 1
(C major) (A minor) (D minor) (C major) (A minor) (C major) (A minor) She was a
(C major) sprightly little (F major) cricket,
the thickness (G major) of a (D minor) stick it seemed.
She (C major) never ever (G major) stopped,
(A minor) she scurried (C major) daily into Dar (A minor) win.
(F major) Where (C major) all the (A minor) people knew her,
(C major) everybody loved (G major) her.
Every (C major) one just (F major) called her (C major) Granny
Watch her walking down Kavanagh (A minor) Street
Silk (F major) py (C major) jamas, slippered (G major) feet
Selling (F major) (C major) mangoes, (F major) veggies, (C major) eggs
And she'll run you off your (F major) legs
(C major) That's the way it (F major) is with (C major) Granny
She was the cutest little but (F major) terfly
and every (C major) day as (D minor) she passed by
I'd (C major) wave and call Ni (A minor) hao ma,
she'd (C major) ho -ho her reply (D minor)
(F major) The (C major) oldest Darwin (A minor) people said
(C major) when they (G major) were young children
(C major) Even then they'd (F major) called her (C major) Granny
Watch her walking down
Kavanagh (A minor) Street,
(F major) silk py (C major) jamas, slippered (G major) feet.
(F major) Watch her (C major) go every (F major) (C major) day to
the Joss House,
time to (F major) pray,
(C major) that's the way it (F major) is with (C major) Granny.
She was a funny little kit (F major) ten,
hard (C major) work had made her (D minor) fit,
She'd (C major) come down (G major) to Australi (A minor) a
from (C major) China as a (D minor) child
(F major) She (C major) lived to 97,
(A minor) surroun (C major) ded by her (G major) family
And (C major) everyone just (F major) called her (C major) Granny
Watch her walking down Cabana Street,
(F major) silk pyjamas, (C major) slippered (G major) feet
Bam (F major) boo (C major) pole, (F major) baskets (C major) full,
waving to the kids at (F major) school
That's (C major) the way it (F major) is with (C major) Granny
And when Granny died in (F major) Darwin,
we (C major) took her (G major) for a (D minor) ride
To every (C major) single place she'd (A minor) lived
in her (C major) long and active (D minor) life
(F major) The (G major) Darwin (C major) traffic hal (A minor) ted,
the po (C major) licemen (G major) all saluted,
and (C major) everybody waved (F major) to (C major) Granny.
Watch her driving down Kavanagh (A minor) Street,
(F major) suit, pyjamas, (C major) slippered (G major) feet.
(F major) Siu Wa (C major) Chin, (F major) Albert Chan,
(C major) Eddie Kwong, the baker (F major) man,
Queenie (C major) Chin, (F major) Mary Chan,
(C major) Henry Lee,
White Chinaman,
(F major) (C major) everybody waved (F major) to (C major) Granny
Hai Gin Kwee Hang Do Hong Ngan (A minor) Gai,
(F major) Jack King (C major) Gao Chu, Sam To (G major) Hai
Harry (F major) Chan, (C major) (F major) Old Chin (C major) Gong,
Lorna Lim and Dalek
(F major) Fong Lee Hang (C major) Gong, (F major) Yod Chong (C major) Lung,
there's her grandson Chin Shu (F major) Hung (C major)
(F major) Yes, (C major) everybody waved (F major) to (C major) Granny.
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