Grandpa Was A Carpenter

Artist: John Prine (English)
User: David Gratta
Duration: 130 seconds
Delay: 20 seconds
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 G                                                C 
Oh, grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every day

              G                            D 
No particular reason, he just dressed that way

 G                                                       C 
Brown necktie with a matching vest and both his wingtip shoes

                     G                        D                     G 
He built a closet on our back porch and put a penny in a burned-out fuse


Chorus:

 C                                                    G 
Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks

 C                  G                                D 
Chain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks

         G                                        C 
He would level on the level, he shaved even every door

                   G             D               G 
And voted for Eisenhower, 'cause Lincoln won the war



 G                                                                 C 
Well, he used to sing me "Blood on the Saddle" and rock me on his knee

                         G                    D 
And let me listen to the radio before we got TV

           G                                                   C 
Well, he'd drive to church on Sunday and he'd take me with him too

                       G               D             G 
Stained glass in every window, hearing aids in every pew



Chorus:

 C                                                    G 
Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks

 C                  G                                D 
Chain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks

         G                                        C 
He would level on the level, he shaved even every door

                   G             D               G 
And voted for Eisenhower, 'cause Lincoln won the war



 G                                                             C 
Well, my Grandma was a teacher, she went to school in Bowling Green

            G                                 D 
Traded in a milking cow for a Singer sewing machine

          G                                                        C 
Well, she called her husband "Mister," and she walked real tall in pride

                   G           D             G 
She used to buy me comic books after grandpa died



Chorus:

 C                                                    G 
Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks

 C                  G                                D 
Chain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks

         G                                        C 
He would level on the level, he shaved even every door

                    G            D               G 
And voted for Eisenhower, 'cause Lincoln won the war

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