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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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[Intro]
Cmaj9  C6  Cmaj9  C6
Cmaj9  C6  Cmaj9  C6
[Verse 1]
  Cmaj9My grandmother beC6lieved it
 Cmaj9That's why I can seFe it,F/G  
Despite the stFrength I knoC/Ew she hadDm7  
She still prayCed for thGose whose Fjob C/Eit waD7s
To F/Gtake care of Cus
GShe still Fprayed to C/Ethose whose D7job it was
To F/Gtake care of Cus
[Verse 2]
Cmaj9To her, the mystery was the C6kind of thing
     Cmaj9You could see if you Fjust F/Gbelieved
And that it Fdid C/Emake it tDm7rue
CPray for Gthose she Floved, yes she didC/E  
D7She prayed for us,F/G  
Coh-o, Gyes she didF  
C/EPray for D7those
F/Gshe Cloved
[Refrain]
But in Am/G#this dAm7/Gay that tradD/F#ition Fmmade
E7Each geneAmration doing the D/F#same Fmthing over and ovEmer
     EmOver and over aAm/G#gain      Amyeah
EmUnderstand, 'til I Gmthink of herC7  
Doing the things that a F#m7b5young boy can't F/GunderCstand
Like Gspeaking YidFdishC/E  D7  
Seeing my F/GgrandmaC  
GWalking outFside with her C/Eright foot D7first   F/G(o-o-o-Co-o-o-o)
GSeeing my graFndma doing C/Ethings a D7young boy can't F/GunderCstand
[Refrain]
But in Am/G#this daAm7/Gy that traditD/F#ion maFmde
E7Each geneAmration doing the D/F#same Fmthing over and ovEmer
     EmOver and over agEm/G#ain      Amyeah
EmUnderstand, 'til I Gmthink of herC7  
Doing the things that a F#m7b5young boy can't F/GunderCstand
Like Gspeaking YidFdishC/E  D7  
Seeing my F/GgrandmaC  
GWalking outFside with her C/Eright foot D7first   F/G(o-o-o-Co-o-o-o)
GSeeing my graFndma doing C/Ethings a D7young boy can't F/GunderCstand
[Outro]
  Cmaj9My grandmother beC6lieved it
 Cmaj9That's why I can seC6e it
  Cmaj9My grandmother beC6lieved it
 Cmaj9That's why I can seC6e it
[Riff]
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A|--------------3-----------------------------------|
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A|--------------3-----------------3-----------------|
E|--5--0--3--5--------5--0--3--5--------------------|
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B|--------------------------------------------------------|
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D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------5-----3--4-----5-----3--4-----5-----3--4--------|
E|-----5-----5--------5-----5--------5-----5--------5-----|

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Grandma

by Vulfpeck

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj9

F/G

C/E

Dm7

Am/G#

Am7/G

D/F#

F#m7b5

Em/G#

[Intro]

Cmaj9 C6 Cmaj9 C6

[Verse 1]

Cmaj9 C6

My grandmother believed it

Cmaj9 F F/G

That's why I can see it,

F C/E Dm7

Despite the strength I know she had

C G F C/E D7

She still prayed for those whose job it was

F/G C

To take care of us

G F C/E D7

She still prayed to those whose job it was

F/G C

To take care of us

[Verse 2]

Cmaj9 C6

To her, the mystery was the kind of thing

Cmaj9 F F/G

You could see if you just believed

F C/E Dm7

And that it did make it true

C G F C/E

Pray for those she loved, yes she did

D7 F/G

She prayed for us,

C G F

oh-o, yes she did

C/E D7

Pray for those

F/G C

she loved

[Refrain]

Am/G# Am7/G D/F# Fm

But in this day that tradition made

E7 Am D/F# Fm Em

Each generation doing the same thing over and over

Em Am/G# Am

Over and over again yeah

Em Gm C7

Understand, 'til I think of her

F#m7b5 F/G C

Doing the things that a young boy can't understand

G F C/E D7

Like speaking Yiddish

F/G C

Seeing my grandma

G F C/E D7 F/G C

Walking outside with her right foot first (o-o-o-o-o-o-o)

G F C/E D7 F/G C

Seeing my grandma doing things a young boy can't understand

[Refrain]

Am/G# Am7/G D/F# Fm

But in this day that tradition made

E7 Am D/F# Fm Em

Each generation doing the same thing over and over

Em Em/G# Am

Over and over again yeah

Em Gm C7

Understand, 'til I think of her

F#m7b5 F/G C

Doing the things that a young boy can't understand

G F C/E D7

Like speaking Yiddish

F/G C

Seeing my grandma

G F C/E D7 F/G C

Walking outside with her right foot first (o-o-o-o-o-o-o)

G F C/E D7 F/G C

Seeing my grandma doing things a young boy can't understand

[Outro]

Cmaj9 C6

My grandmother believed it

Cmaj9 C6

That's why I can see it

Cmaj9 C6

My grandmother believed it

Cmaj9 C6

That's why I can see it

[Riff]

e|--------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------------------|

A|--------------3-----------------3-----------------|

E|--5--0--3--5--------5--0--3--5--------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------------------|

A|--------------3-----------------------------------|

E|--5--0--3--5--------5--0--3--5--------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------------------|

A|--------------3-----------------3-----------------|

E|--5--0--3--5--------5--0--3--5--------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------------------------|

A|--------5-----3--4-----5-----3--4-----5-----3--4--------|

E|-----5-----5--------5-----5--------5-----5--------5-----|

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