Chords for Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands
Tempo:
136.8 bpm
Chords used:
B
Em
A
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
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]
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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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_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
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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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