Chords for BILL WITHERS GRANDMA'S HAND
Tempo:
147.65 bpm
Chords used:
A
Em
G
B
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
[F#] [Em] Grandma's hand
Clapped in church on Sunday morning Grandma's hand
Played the [B] tambourine so well [Em] Grandma's hand
Used to issue out a warning
She'd say, [B] [G] Billy, [A] don't you run so [B] fast
Might fall [A] on a piece of glass
[B] Might [D] be snakes there in [Em] that grass Grandma's hand
[F#m] [Em]
As in Grandma's hand
Sue the local unwed mother
[G] [F#m] [Em] Grandma's hand
Used [B] to ache sometimes and swell
[G] Oh, [Em]
Grandma's hand
Used [A] to lift her [Em] face and tell her she's [B] safe
[A] Baby, Grandma understands
[B]
That you [C] really [A] love that [G] pain
[B]
Put [F#m] yourself in Jesus' [G]
[Em] hands [D] Grandma's [Em] hand
As in
[D] [G] Grandma's hand
Used to [Em] hand me a piece of [G] candy [Em] Grandma's hand
Pick [B] me up each [G#m] time I fell
[Em] Oh, Grandma's hand
Boy, that [A] really [Em] came in handy
[B] She'd say, Matty, don't you [A] whip that boy
[B] What you wanna [A] spank him [B] for
He didn't drop [A] no apple [F] core
But [B] I don't have [A] Grandma anymore
[B] If I get to [A] heaven, I'll look [Em] for Grandma's hand Mm -hmm
Thank
[N]
you.
[Em] Usually after that point in your life,
the ladies that you meet have a whole
other kind of use for you.
My
[A] [G]
[Em]
[A] [G#]
[Em]
[A] [G]
[G]
[A] [Em]
friend here's
[A] [G] Is there a point that you [Em] take
[A] [G]
When you [Bm] keep trying to [G] tell me here
All [A] [D] you [Em] want to do is use me
[A] [G]
But [Em] my answer
[A] Turn [G] the wall and use me still
[A] [G]
I [Em] wanna [N] spread the news
That if it feels it's a good getting used
Boy, you [A] just keep on using me
Till you [Em] use me up
[A] [G]
Till you use me up
[A] [D] [A]
I [D] might be [Em] forever
[A] [Em] You sent me right down in the room
And talked to me
[A] [Am]
You know [Em] you taught me here
[A] [B] [G] I'd never let you just walk on me
[A] [G] And [F#m] I'm [D] sure he [Em] meant well
[A] But [G] when I talk with you
[A] [G] I had to say, brother
[C#] [D#] If you only knew
You'd wish that you were in my shoes
You just keep on using me like you wanna
Until you [Em] use me up
[A] [D] [Em] Till you use [G] me up
[A] Honey, [Em] you know sometimes
[A] That's [G#m] true, [Am] you really do [Em] abuse me
Like
[A] [G] you get [F#] me among [Em] your high class friends
[A] And [G] [Am] then you act real rude [Em] to me
[A] [G]
Baby, baby, [A] baby, [Em] baby
When you love me, I can't get enough
[A]
[B] [Em]
I [G] wanna spread the news
That if it feels it's a good [C] getting used
[G#] Boy, you just keep on [Em] using me
[A]
Till you use [Em] me up
[A]
[G#] Till [A] you use me [G]
up
[A]
Now [Em] you're talking about you using me, brother
It only depends on what you do
It ain't too bad the way you using me
But I sure am used to letting you do that thing you do
[A] [G]
Letting you [F#] do that [Em] thing you do
[A] [N]
[B] [Em]
[N]
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
[F#] [Em] Grandma's hand
Clapped in church on Sunday morning Grandma's hand
Played the [B] tambourine so well [Em] Grandma's hand
Used to issue out a warning
She'd say, [B] [G] Billy, [A] don't you run so [B] fast
Might fall [A] on a piece of glass
[B] Might [D] be snakes there in [Em] that grass Grandma's hand
[F#m] [Em]
As in Grandma's hand
Sue the local unwed mother
[G] [F#m] [Em] Grandma's hand
Used [B] to ache sometimes and swell
[G] Oh, [Em]
Grandma's hand
Used [A] to lift her [Em] face and tell her she's [B] safe
[A] Baby, Grandma understands
[B]
That you [C] really [A] love that [G] pain
[B]
Put [F#m] yourself in Jesus' [G]
[Em] hands [D] Grandma's [Em] hand
As in
[D] [G] Grandma's hand
Used to [Em] hand me a piece of [G] candy [Em] Grandma's hand
Pick [B] me up each [G#m] time I fell
[Em] Oh, Grandma's hand
Boy, that [A] really [Em] came in handy
[B] She'd say, Matty, don't you [A] whip that boy
[B] What you wanna [A] spank him [B] for
He didn't drop [A] no apple [F] core
But [B] I don't have [A] Grandma anymore
[B] If I get to [A] heaven, I'll look [Em] for Grandma's hand Mm -hmm
Thank
[N]
you.
[Em] Usually after that point in your life,
the ladies that you meet have a whole
other kind of use for you.
My
[A] [G]
[Em]
[A] [G#]
[Em]
[A] [G]
[G]
[A] [Em]
friend here's
[A] [G] Is there a point that you [Em] take
[A] [G]
When you [Bm] keep trying to [G] tell me here
All [A] [D] you [Em] want to do is use me
[A] [G]
But [Em] my answer
[A] Turn [G] the wall and use me still
[A] [G]
I [Em] wanna [N] spread the news
That if it feels it's a good getting used
Boy, you [A] just keep on using me
Till you [Em] use me up
[A] [G]
Till you use me up
[A] [D] [A]
I [D] might be [Em] forever
[A] [Em] You sent me right down in the room
And talked to me
[A] [Am]
You know [Em] you taught me here
[A] [B] [G] I'd never let you just walk on me
[A] [G] And [F#m] I'm [D] sure he [Em] meant well
[A] But [G] when I talk with you
[A] [G] I had to say, brother
[C#] [D#] If you only knew
You'd wish that you were in my shoes
You just keep on using me like you wanna
Until you [Em] use me up
[A] [D] [Em] Till you use [G] me up
[A] Honey, [Em] you know sometimes
[A] That's [G#m] true, [Am] you really do [Em] abuse me
Like
[A] [G] you get [F#] me among [Em] your high class friends
[A] And [G] [Am] then you act real rude [Em] to me
[A] [G]
Baby, baby, [A] baby, [Em] baby
When you love me, I can't get enough
[A]
[B] [Em]
I [G] wanna spread the news
That if it feels it's a good [C] getting used
[G#] Boy, you just keep on [Em] using me
[A]
Till you use [Em] me up
[A]
[G#] Till [A] you use me [G]
up
[A]
Now [Em] you're talking about you using me, brother
It only depends on what you do
It ain't too bad the way you using me
But I sure am used to letting you do that thing you do
[A] [G]
Letting you [F#] do that [Em] thing you do
[A] [N]
[B] [Em]
[N]
Key:
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Mm-hmm. _ _ _ _ _
_ Mm-hmm. _ _ _ _ _
Mm-hmm. _ _ _ _
Mm-hmm.
_ _ [F#] [Em] Grandma's hand
_ Clapped in church on Sunday morning _ _ _ _ Grandma's hand
Played the [B] _ tambourine so _ well _ [Em] _ _ Grandma's hand
Used to issue out a warning
She'd say, [B] _ [G] Billy, [A] don't you run so [B] fast
Might fall [A] on a piece of glass
[B] _ _ Might [D] be snakes there in [Em] that grass _ _ _ _ Grandma's hand
[F#m] _ _ [Em] _
_ As in _ _ Grandma's hand
Sue the local _ unwed mother
[G] _ _ _ [F#m] [Em] Grandma's hand
Used [B] to ache sometimes and swell
[G] Oh, [Em] _ _
Grandma's hand
_ _ Used [A] to lift her [Em] face and tell her she's [B] safe _
[A] Baby, Grandma _ understands
[B] _ _
That you [C] really [A] love that [G] pain
[B] _
Put [F#m] yourself in Jesus' _ [G] _
[Em] hands _ _ [D] Grandma's _ [Em] hand
_ _ As _ in _
[D] _ [G] Grandma's hand
_ Used to [Em] hand me a piece of [G] candy _ _ _ [Em] Grandma's hand
Pick [B] me up each _ [G#m] time I fell
[Em] Oh, _ _ Grandma's hand
_ Boy, that [A] really [Em] came in handy
[B] She'd say, _ Matty, don't you [A] whip that boy
[B] _ _ What you wanna [A] _ spank him [B] for
He didn't drop [A] no apple [F] core
But [B] I don't have [A] Grandma _ anymore
[B] _ If I get to [A] heaven, I'll look [Em] for _ _ _ _ Grandma's hand _ _ Mm _ _ -hmm
_ _ _ Thank
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
you. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Usually after that point in your life,
the ladies that you meet have a whole
other kind of use for you.
_ _ My _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ friend here's _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] Is there a point that you [Em] take _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _
When you [Bm] keep trying to [G] tell me here
All [A] _ _ _ _ [D] you [Em] want to do is use _ me _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ But [Em] my answer _ _
_ _ [A] Turn _ [G] _ the wall and use me still _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _
I _ _ [Em] wanna [N] spread the news
That if it feels it's a good getting used
Boy, you [A] just keep on using _ me _ _ _ _ _
Till you [Em] use me up _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
Till you use me _ up _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
I [D] might be [Em] forever _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] You sent me right down in the room
And talked to me _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
You know [Em] you taught me here _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ [G] I'd never let you just walk on me _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ And [F#m] I'm [D] sure he [Em] meant well _ _
_ [A] _ But [G] _ _ when I talk with you _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ I had to say, brother
[C#] _ [D#] If you only knew
You'd wish that you were in my shoes _
You just keep on using me like you wanna
_ _ _ _ _ Until you [Em] use me up _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] Till you use [G] me up _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ Honey, [Em] you know _ sometimes _ _ _ _ _
[A] That's _ _ [G#m] true, [Am] you really do [Em] abuse me
_ Like _
[A] _ _ _ [G] you get [F#] me among [Em] your high class friends _ _ _
[A] And [G] _ _ [Am] then you act real rude [Em] to me _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Baby, _ _ _ baby, [A] baby, [Em] baby
When you love me, I can't get enough
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
I [G] wanna spread the news
That if it feels it's a good [C] getting used
[G#] Boy, you just keep on [Em] using _ _ me
[A] _ _
_ _ Till you use [Em] me up
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G#] Till [A] you use me [G] _
up
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ Now [Em] you're talking about you using me, brother
It only depends on what you do
It ain't too bad the way you using me
But I sure am used to letting you do that thing you do _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
Letting you [F#] do that [Em] thing you do _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
Mm-hmm. _ _ _ _ _
_ Mm-hmm. _ _ _ _ _
Mm-hmm. _ _ _ _
Mm-hmm.
_ _ [F#] [Em] Grandma's hand
_ Clapped in church on Sunday morning _ _ _ _ Grandma's hand
Played the [B] _ tambourine so _ well _ [Em] _ _ Grandma's hand
Used to issue out a warning
She'd say, [B] _ [G] Billy, [A] don't you run so [B] fast
Might fall [A] on a piece of glass
[B] _ _ Might [D] be snakes there in [Em] that grass _ _ _ _ Grandma's hand
[F#m] _ _ [Em] _
_ As in _ _ Grandma's hand
Sue the local _ unwed mother
[G] _ _ _ [F#m] [Em] Grandma's hand
Used [B] to ache sometimes and swell
[G] Oh, [Em] _ _
Grandma's hand
_ _ Used [A] to lift her [Em] face and tell her she's [B] safe _
[A] Baby, Grandma _ understands
[B] _ _
That you [C] really [A] love that [G] pain
[B] _
Put [F#m] yourself in Jesus' _ [G] _
[Em] hands _ _ [D] Grandma's _ [Em] hand
_ _ As _ in _
[D] _ [G] Grandma's hand
_ Used to [Em] hand me a piece of [G] candy _ _ _ [Em] Grandma's hand
Pick [B] me up each _ [G#m] time I fell
[Em] Oh, _ _ Grandma's hand
_ Boy, that [A] really [Em] came in handy
[B] She'd say, _ Matty, don't you [A] whip that boy
[B] _ _ What you wanna [A] _ spank him [B] for
He didn't drop [A] no apple [F] core
But [B] I don't have [A] Grandma _ anymore
[B] _ If I get to [A] heaven, I'll look [Em] for _ _ _ _ Grandma's hand _ _ Mm _ _ -hmm
_ _ _ Thank
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
you. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Usually after that point in your life,
the ladies that you meet have a whole
other kind of use for you.
_ _ My _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ friend here's _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] Is there a point that you [Em] take _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _
When you [Bm] keep trying to [G] tell me here
All [A] _ _ _ _ [D] you [Em] want to do is use _ me _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ But [Em] my answer _ _
_ _ [A] Turn _ [G] _ the wall and use me still _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _
I _ _ [Em] wanna [N] spread the news
That if it feels it's a good getting used
Boy, you [A] just keep on using _ me _ _ _ _ _
Till you [Em] use me up _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
Till you use me _ up _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
I [D] might be [Em] forever _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] You sent me right down in the room
And talked to me _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
You know [Em] you taught me here _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ [G] I'd never let you just walk on me _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ And [F#m] I'm [D] sure he [Em] meant well _ _
_ [A] _ But [G] _ _ when I talk with you _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ I had to say, brother
[C#] _ [D#] If you only knew
You'd wish that you were in my shoes _
You just keep on using me like you wanna
_ _ _ _ _ Until you [Em] use me up _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] Till you use [G] me up _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ Honey, [Em] you know _ sometimes _ _ _ _ _
[A] That's _ _ [G#m] true, [Am] you really do [Em] abuse me
_ Like _
[A] _ _ _ [G] you get [F#] me among [Em] your high class friends _ _ _
[A] And [G] _ _ [Am] then you act real rude [Em] to me _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Baby, _ _ _ baby, [A] baby, [Em] baby
When you love me, I can't get enough
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
I [G] wanna spread the news
That if it feels it's a good [C] getting used
[G#] Boy, you just keep on [Em] using _ _ me
[A] _ _
_ _ Till you use [Em] me up
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G#] Till [A] you use me [G] _
up
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ Now [Em] you're talking about you using me, brother
It only depends on what you do
It ain't too bad the way you using me
But I sure am used to letting you do that thing you do _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
Letting you [F#] do that [Em] thing you do _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _