Chords for Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands
Tempo:
136.8 bpm
Chords used:
B
Em
A
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Most of us at some point in our lives have somebody that means more to us than anybody else has ever meant before or will ever mean again.
Sometimes it's a long-legged lady if you're a man or some tall, very smooth man if you're a woman.
And in some odd cases they get kind of crossed up.
We won't talk about those.
But in my case, I learned how to really love somebody from not a very pretty lady, not at that point in their life, not sexy at all,
but just a nice old lady who used some very nice old gnarled hands to make life kind of nice for me at that time when I really needed somebody.
And it wasn't after I got older and started to look around for things.
It was before I even knew what I was looking for.
And probably since I consider myself somebody who writes primarily, out of all the things that I might have written,
my favorite thing that I've written has to be about this favorite old lady of [Em] mine.
Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm, grandma's hands, clapped in church on Sunday morning.
Grandma's hands played [B] the tambourine so [Em] well.
Grandma's hands used to issue out a warning.
[B] She'd say, Billy, [A] don't you run so [B] fast.
Might fall [A] on a piece of glass.
[B] Might [A] be snakes there in [Em] that grass.
Grandma's [Gbm] hands, [Em] eyes in grandma's hands, sued the local unwed mother.
[D] [Em] Grandma's hands used [B] to ink sometimes and swell.
[G] Whoa,
[Em] grandma's hands used to [A] lift a [Em] vase and tell her, [B] she'd say, baby, [A] grandma, understand [B] that you're [A] real in love that [B] pain.
Put yourself [A] in Jesus' [G] [Em] hands, grandma's hands,
[G] eyes in grandma's hands.
Used to [Em] hand me a piece of [G] candy.
[Em] Grandma's hands [B] picked me up each [Abm] time I fell.
Whoa, [Em] grandma's hands, boy, they [A] really [Em] came in handy.
[B] She'd say, Matty, don't [A] you whip that boy.
[D] [B] What you [A] want to spank him [B] for?
He didn't drop [A] no apple [F] core, but [B] I don't have grandma [A] anymore.
[Eb]
If [B] I get to [A] heaven, I'll look [G] for [Em] grandma's hands.
[N]
Sometimes it's a long-legged lady if you're a man or some tall, very smooth man if you're a woman.
And in some odd cases they get kind of crossed up.
We won't talk about those.
But in my case, I learned how to really love somebody from not a very pretty lady, not at that point in their life, not sexy at all,
but just a nice old lady who used some very nice old gnarled hands to make life kind of nice for me at that time when I really needed somebody.
And it wasn't after I got older and started to look around for things.
It was before I even knew what I was looking for.
And probably since I consider myself somebody who writes primarily, out of all the things that I might have written,
my favorite thing that I've written has to be about this favorite old lady of [Em] mine.
Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm, grandma's hands, clapped in church on Sunday morning.
Grandma's hands played [B] the tambourine so [Em] well.
Grandma's hands used to issue out a warning.
[B] She'd say, Billy, [A] don't you run so [B] fast.
Might fall [A] on a piece of glass.
[B] Might [A] be snakes there in [Em] that grass.
Grandma's [Gbm] hands, [Em] eyes in grandma's hands, sued the local unwed mother.
[D] [Em] Grandma's hands used [B] to ink sometimes and swell.
[G] Whoa,
[Em] grandma's hands used to [A] lift a [Em] vase and tell her, [B] she'd say, baby, [A] grandma, understand [B] that you're [A] real in love that [B] pain.
Put yourself [A] in Jesus' [G] [Em] hands, grandma's hands,
[G] eyes in grandma's hands.
Used to [Em] hand me a piece of [G] candy.
[Em] Grandma's hands [B] picked me up each [Abm] time I fell.
Whoa, [Em] grandma's hands, boy, they [A] really [Em] came in handy.
[B] She'd say, Matty, don't [A] you whip that boy.
[D] [B] What you [A] want to spank him [B] for?
He didn't drop [A] no apple [F] core, but [B] I don't have grandma [A] anymore.
[Eb]
If [B] I get to [A] heaven, I'll look [G] for [Em] grandma's hands.
[N]
Key:
B
Em
A
G
D
B
Em
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Most of us at some point in our lives _ have _ somebody that means _ more _ to us than anybody else has ever meant before or will ever mean again.
_ Sometimes it's a long-legged lady if you're a man or some tall, very smooth _ man if you're a woman. _
_ _ _ And in some odd cases they get kind of crossed up.
We won't talk about those. _ _ _
But in my case, _ I learned how to really love somebody from not a very pretty lady, not at that point in their life, _ _ not _ _ _ _ sexy at all,
but just a nice old lady who used some very nice old _ _ _ gnarled hands _ to make life kind of nice for me at that time when I really needed somebody.
_ _ _ And it wasn't after I got older and started to look around for things.
It was before I even knew what I was looking for.
_ And probably since I consider myself somebody who writes primarily, out of all the _ things that I might have written,
my favorite thing that I've written has to be about this favorite old lady of [Em] mine. _ _ _
_ _ Mm-mm, _ _ _ _ mm-mm, _ _ _ _ mm-mm, _ _ _ _ mm-mm, _ _ grandma's hands, clapped in church on Sunday morning.
_ _ _ _ Grandma's hands played [B] the _ tambourine so _ [Em] well.
_ _ _ Grandma's hands _ used to issue out a warning.
[B] She'd say, Billy, [A] don't you run so [B] fast.
Might fall [A] on a piece of glass.
[B] _ _ Might [A] be snakes there in [Em] that grass.
_ _ _ Grandma's _ [Gbm] hands, _ [Em] _ _ _ eyes in _ grandma's hands, sued the local unwed mother. _ _ _
[D] [Em] Grandma's hands used [B] to ink _ sometimes and swell.
[G] Whoa, _ _
[Em] grandma's hands _ used to [A] lift a [Em] vase and tell her, [B] she'd say, baby, [A] grandma, _ understand [B] _ _ that you're [A] real in love that [B] pain.
Put yourself [A] in Jesus' [G] _ [Em] hands, _ _ grandma's hands, _ _ _ _
[G] _ eyes in _ _ grandma's hands.
Used to [Em] hand me a piece of [G] candy.
_ _ _ [Em] Grandma's hands [B] picked me up each [Abm] time I fell.
Whoa, [Em] _ _ grandma's hands, boy, they [A] really [Em] came in handy.
[B] She'd say, Matty, don't [A] you whip that boy.
[D] _ [B] _ What you [A] want to spank him [B] for?
He didn't drop [A] no apple [F] core, but [B] I don't have grandma [A] anymore.
_ [Eb]
If [B] I get to [A] heaven, I'll look [G] for [Em] _ _ _ grandma's _ hands.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Most of us at some point in our lives _ have _ somebody that means _ more _ to us than anybody else has ever meant before or will ever mean again.
_ Sometimes it's a long-legged lady if you're a man or some tall, very smooth _ man if you're a woman. _
_ _ _ And in some odd cases they get kind of crossed up.
We won't talk about those. _ _ _
But in my case, _ I learned how to really love somebody from not a very pretty lady, not at that point in their life, _ _ not _ _ _ _ sexy at all,
but just a nice old lady who used some very nice old _ _ _ gnarled hands _ to make life kind of nice for me at that time when I really needed somebody.
_ _ _ And it wasn't after I got older and started to look around for things.
It was before I even knew what I was looking for.
_ And probably since I consider myself somebody who writes primarily, out of all the _ things that I might have written,
my favorite thing that I've written has to be about this favorite old lady of [Em] mine. _ _ _
_ _ Mm-mm, _ _ _ _ mm-mm, _ _ _ _ mm-mm, _ _ _ _ mm-mm, _ _ grandma's hands, clapped in church on Sunday morning.
_ _ _ _ Grandma's hands played [B] the _ tambourine so _ [Em] well.
_ _ _ Grandma's hands _ used to issue out a warning.
[B] She'd say, Billy, [A] don't you run so [B] fast.
Might fall [A] on a piece of glass.
[B] _ _ Might [A] be snakes there in [Em] that grass.
_ _ _ Grandma's _ [Gbm] hands, _ [Em] _ _ _ eyes in _ grandma's hands, sued the local unwed mother. _ _ _
[D] [Em] Grandma's hands used [B] to ink _ sometimes and swell.
[G] Whoa, _ _
[Em] grandma's hands _ used to [A] lift a [Em] vase and tell her, [B] she'd say, baby, [A] grandma, _ understand [B] _ _ that you're [A] real in love that [B] pain.
Put yourself [A] in Jesus' [G] _ [Em] hands, _ _ grandma's hands, _ _ _ _
[G] _ eyes in _ _ grandma's hands.
Used to [Em] hand me a piece of [G] candy.
_ _ _ [Em] Grandma's hands [B] picked me up each [Abm] time I fell.
Whoa, [Em] _ _ grandma's hands, boy, they [A] really [Em] came in handy.
[B] She'd say, Matty, don't [A] you whip that boy.
[D] _ [B] _ What you [A] want to spank him [B] for?
He didn't drop [A] no apple [F] core, but [B] I don't have grandma [A] anymore.
_ [Eb]
If [B] I get to [A] heaven, I'll look [G] for [Em] _ _ _ grandma's _ hands.
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