Chords for Amos Lee, Grandma's Hands (Bill Withers Tribute at Carnegie Hall)
Tempo:
71.45 bpm
Chords used:
Em
B
E
Bm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
Hey [E] y'all.
[Bm] They asked me to say a couple words [C] about Bill and uh, [D#m] pardon me y'all.
I don't even really know what to say about him [Gm] other than it changed my life.
[C] And uh, the songs, like he's so generous.
[B] I spent an afternoon with him in [F#] Los Angeles and he's just such a generous [Cm] dude.
He [D#] sends love out [E] to me and just, for 10 [A#] hours we hung out and even talked a lot.
And uh, [D] [F] shed a lot of light on a lot of things for [F#] me personally.
And uh, these songs like, talking about his grandma.
[C]
[E] I was raised by my mom and my grandma was a big part of [Gm] my life.
And uh, this song.
[E]
[Em] I send this out to any mothers, [F#] grandmothers, single mothers, single [Em] grandmothers, any [C]
women
in the crowd that's giving [F] their life to their children, thank you.
Thank you.
[Em]
[E]
[Em] Grandma's name, clap your church hands some more.
Grandma's name, let the [B] tambourine soar.
[Em] Grandma's, you're the issue out the morning.
[B] She'd say, [B] baby, I thought it'd be today.
[A] Might be six hundred and [Bm] twenty.
[Em] Grandma's name, [Bm] [Em]
clap your church hands.
To the local nun with mother.
[D] [Bm] Grandma's name, use the lyrics on [B] caroling and swear.
[Em] Grandma's name, use the lip-pop bass and tell her, [B] she'd say, [A] baby, grandma's [B] name.
Let [E] your willy die, [B] put yourself in Jesus' [Em] hands.
[Bm] [Em] [Bm] Grandma's name, use the hand made pieces and hands.
Grandma's name, [B] in the early time of day.
[Bm]
Oh, and when they came in and they [B] should say,
[A] I said, don't you look at that [B] boy.
[A] Once upon a strange [B] resort.
He had got a bad report, but I don't have [A] a [B] [Em]
record.
[E] [Em] Grandma's name.
[Bm] [E]
[N]
Hey [E] y'all.
[Bm] They asked me to say a couple words [C] about Bill and uh, [D#m] pardon me y'all.
I don't even really know what to say about him [Gm] other than it changed my life.
[C] And uh, the songs, like he's so generous.
[B] I spent an afternoon with him in [F#] Los Angeles and he's just such a generous [Cm] dude.
He [D#] sends love out [E] to me and just, for 10 [A#] hours we hung out and even talked a lot.
And uh, [D] [F] shed a lot of light on a lot of things for [F#] me personally.
And uh, these songs like, talking about his grandma.
[C]
[E] I was raised by my mom and my grandma was a big part of [Gm] my life.
And uh, this song.
[E]
[Em] I send this out to any mothers, [F#] grandmothers, single mothers, single [Em] grandmothers, any [C]
women
in the crowd that's giving [F] their life to their children, thank you.
Thank you.
[Em]
[E]
[Em] Grandma's name, clap your church hands some more.
Grandma's name, let the [B] tambourine soar.
[Em] Grandma's, you're the issue out the morning.
[B] She'd say, [B] baby, I thought it'd be today.
[A] Might be six hundred and [Bm] twenty.
[Em] Grandma's name, [Bm] [Em]
clap your church hands.
To the local nun with mother.
[D] [Bm] Grandma's name, use the lyrics on [B] caroling and swear.
[Em] Grandma's name, use the lip-pop bass and tell her, [B] she'd say, [A] baby, grandma's [B] name.
Let [E] your willy die, [B] put yourself in Jesus' [Em] hands.
[Bm] [Em] [Bm] Grandma's name, use the hand made pieces and hands.
Grandma's name, [B] in the early time of day.
[Bm]
Oh, and when they came in and they [B] should say,
[A] I said, don't you look at that [B] boy.
[A] Once upon a strange [B] resort.
He had got a bad report, but I don't have [A] a [B] [Em]
record.
[E] [Em] Grandma's name.
[Bm] [E]
[N]
Key:
Em
B
E
Bm
A
Em
B
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
Hey [E] y'all.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ They asked me to say a couple words [C] about Bill and uh, [D#m] pardon me y'all.
I don't even really know what to say about him [Gm] other than it changed my life.
[C] And uh, the songs, like he's so generous.
[B] I spent an afternoon with him in [F#] Los Angeles and he's just such a generous [Cm] dude.
He [D#] sends love out [E] to me and just, for 10 [A#] hours we hung out and even talked a lot.
And uh, [D] _ _ [F] shed a lot of light on a lot of things for [F#] me personally.
And uh, these songs like, talking about his grandma.
[C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ I was raised by my mom and my grandma was a big part of [Gm] my life.
And uh, this song.
_ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ I send this out to any mothers, [F#] grandmothers, single mothers, single [Em] grandmothers, any [C]
women
in the crowd that's giving [F] their life to their children, thank you.
Thank you.
[Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ Grandma's name, clap your church hands some more.
_ _ Grandma's name, let the [B] tambourine soar.
[Em] _ Grandma's, you're the issue out the morning.
[B] She'd say, [B] baby, _ _ I thought it'd be today.
_ [A] Might be six hundred and [Bm] twenty.
[Em] Grandma's name, [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ clap your church hands.
To the local nun with mother.
[D] _ [Bm] Grandma's name, use the lyrics on [B] caroling and swear.
_ [Em] Grandma's name, use the lip-pop bass and tell her, [B] she'd say, [A] baby, grandma's [B] name.
Let [E] your willy die, [B] put yourself in Jesus' [Em] hands. _
_ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ Grandma's name, use the hand made pieces and hands.
_ Grandma's name, [B] in the early time of day.
[Bm] _ _ _
Oh, and when they came in and they [B] should say,
[A] I said, don't you look at that [B] boy.
[A] Once upon a strange [B] resort.
He had got a bad report, but I don't have [A] a _ [B] _ _ [Em]
record.
[E] _ [Em] Grandma's name.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
Hey [E] y'all.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ They asked me to say a couple words [C] about Bill and uh, [D#m] pardon me y'all.
I don't even really know what to say about him [Gm] other than it changed my life.
[C] And uh, the songs, like he's so generous.
[B] I spent an afternoon with him in [F#] Los Angeles and he's just such a generous [Cm] dude.
He [D#] sends love out [E] to me and just, for 10 [A#] hours we hung out and even talked a lot.
And uh, [D] _ _ [F] shed a lot of light on a lot of things for [F#] me personally.
And uh, these songs like, talking about his grandma.
[C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ I was raised by my mom and my grandma was a big part of [Gm] my life.
And uh, this song.
_ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ I send this out to any mothers, [F#] grandmothers, single mothers, single [Em] grandmothers, any [C]
women
in the crowd that's giving [F] their life to their children, thank you.
Thank you.
[Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ Grandma's name, clap your church hands some more.
_ _ Grandma's name, let the [B] tambourine soar.
[Em] _ Grandma's, you're the issue out the morning.
[B] She'd say, [B] baby, _ _ I thought it'd be today.
_ [A] Might be six hundred and [Bm] twenty.
[Em] Grandma's name, [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ clap your church hands.
To the local nun with mother.
[D] _ [Bm] Grandma's name, use the lyrics on [B] caroling and swear.
_ [Em] Grandma's name, use the lip-pop bass and tell her, [B] she'd say, [A] baby, grandma's [B] name.
Let [E] your willy die, [B] put yourself in Jesus' [Em] hands. _
_ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ Grandma's name, use the hand made pieces and hands.
_ Grandma's name, [B] in the early time of day.
[Bm] _ _ _
Oh, and when they came in and they [B] should say,
[A] I said, don't you look at that [B] boy.
[A] Once upon a strange [B] resort.
He had got a bad report, but I don't have [A] a _ [B] _ _ [Em]
record.
[E] _ [Em] Grandma's name.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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