{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1519693,"song":"Grandpa Was A Carpenter","artist":"John Prine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1519693-grandpa-was-a-carpenter-chords-by-john-prine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1519693?type=chord","rating":4.91788,"votes":409,"content":"Capo 4 for the version on Sweet Revenge\r\nCapo 2 for the version on Souvenirs\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every day[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo particular reason, he just dressed that way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBrown necktie with a matching vest and both his wingtip shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe built a closet on our back porch and put a penny in a burned-out fuse[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGrandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nChain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe would level on the level, he shaved even every door[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd voted for Eisenhower, 'cause Lincoln won the war[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Link]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, he used to sing me \"Blood on the Saddle\" and rock me on his knee[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd let me listen to the radio before we got TV[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, he'd drive to church on Sunday and he'd take me with him too[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStained glass in every window, hearing aids in every pew[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGrandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nChain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe would level on the level, he shaved even every door[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd voted for Eisenhower, 'cause Lincoln won the war[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Link]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow my Grandma was a teacher, she went to school in Bowling Green[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTraded in a milking cow for a Singer sewing machine[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, she called her husband \"Mister,\" and she walked real tall in pride[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe used to buy me comic books after grandpa died[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGrandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nChain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe would level on the level, he shaved even every door[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd voted for Eisenhower, 'cause Lincoln won the war[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 4 for the version on Sweet Revenge\nCapo 2 for the version on Souvenirs\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Link]\nC  G  D  G  G\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Link]\nC  G  D  G  G\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}