Chords for Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands (Official Audio)
Tempo:
82.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
F#m
Em
A
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
Grandma's [F#m] hands [G] clapped in church on Sunday morning.
[A]
[G] Grandma's hands [A] played the [B] tambourine so [G] well.
Grandma's hands [A] [G] used to issue out a [G#m] warning.
She'd say, Billy, [F#m] don't you run [A#] so [B] fast.
You might fall [F#m] on a piece of [B] glass.
Might [F#m] be snakes there in that [G] grass.
Grandma's hands.
[Em]
[D] [Em] Grandma's hands [G] sued the local unwed mother.
Grandma's [A] hands [B] used to ache sometimes and swell.
[G] Grandma's hands [A] used [G] to lift her face and tell her,
[G#m] she'd say, [F#m] baby, grandma [G#m] understands.
[F#m] That you really love [B] that man.
[F#m] Put yourself in [G] Jesus' hands.
Grandma's [E] hands.
[G] [C] [Em] [G]
Grandma's hands [F#m] used to [Em] hand me a piece of candy.
[Em] Grandma's hands [G#m] picked me up each time I [A] fell.
[G] Grandma's hands, boy, they really came in handy.
[B] She'd say, [F#m] Matty, don't you whip that [B] boy.
[A] What you want to spank [G] him for?
[F#m] He didn't drop no apple [G#m] core.
But I don't have [F#m] grandma anymore.
[D] [G#m] If I [F#m] get to heaven, I'll [Bm] look for grandma's [Em] hands.
[Bm] [G]
[Em]
Grandma's [F#m] hands [G] clapped in church on Sunday morning.
[A]
[G] Grandma's hands [A] played the [B] tambourine so [G] well.
Grandma's hands [A] [G] used to issue out a [G#m] warning.
She'd say, Billy, [F#m] don't you run [A#] so [B] fast.
You might fall [F#m] on a piece of [B] glass.
Might [F#m] be snakes there in that [G] grass.
Grandma's hands.
[Em]
[D] [Em] Grandma's hands [G] sued the local unwed mother.
Grandma's [A] hands [B] used to ache sometimes and swell.
[G] Grandma's hands [A] used [G] to lift her face and tell her,
[G#m] she'd say, [F#m] baby, grandma [G#m] understands.
[F#m] That you really love [B] that man.
[F#m] Put yourself in [G] Jesus' hands.
Grandma's [E] hands.
[G] [C] [Em] [G]
Grandma's hands [F#m] used to [Em] hand me a piece of candy.
[Em] Grandma's hands [G#m] picked me up each time I [A] fell.
[G] Grandma's hands, boy, they really came in handy.
[B] She'd say, [F#m] Matty, don't you whip that [B] boy.
[A] What you want to spank [G] him for?
[F#m] He didn't drop no apple [G#m] core.
But I don't have [F#m] grandma anymore.
[D] [G#m] If I [F#m] get to heaven, I'll [Bm] look for grandma's [Em] hands.
[Bm] [G]
[Em]
Key:
G
F#m
Em
A
B
G
F#m
Em
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Grandma's [F#m] hands [G] clapped in church on Sunday morning.
[A] _
[G] Grandma's hands [A] played the [B] tambourine so [G] well.
Grandma's hands [A] [G] used to issue out a [G#m] warning.
She'd say, Billy, [F#m] don't you run [A#] so [B] fast.
You might fall [F#m] on a piece of [B] glass.
Might [F#m] be snakes there in that [G] grass.
Grandma's hands.
[Em] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] Grandma's hands [G] sued the local unwed mother.
_ Grandma's [A] hands [B] used to ache sometimes and swell.
[G] _ Grandma's hands [A] used [G] to lift her face and tell her,
[G#m] she'd say, [F#m] baby, grandma [G#m] understands.
[F#m] That you really love [B] that man.
[F#m] Put yourself in [G] Jesus' hands.
Grandma's [E] hands.
[G] _ [C] _ [Em] _ [G] _
_ Grandma's hands [F#m] used to [Em] hand me a piece of candy.
[Em] _ Grandma's hands [G#m] picked me up each time I [A] fell.
[G] _ Grandma's hands, boy, they really came in handy.
[B] She'd say, [F#m] Matty, don't you whip that [B] boy.
[A] What you want to spank [G] him for?
[F#m] He didn't drop no apple [G#m] core.
But I don't have [F#m] grandma anymore.
[D] [G#m] If I [F#m] get to heaven, I'll [Bm] look for grandma's [Em] hands.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Grandma's [F#m] hands [G] clapped in church on Sunday morning.
[A] _
[G] Grandma's hands [A] played the [B] tambourine so [G] well.
Grandma's hands [A] [G] used to issue out a [G#m] warning.
She'd say, Billy, [F#m] don't you run [A#] so [B] fast.
You might fall [F#m] on a piece of [B] glass.
Might [F#m] be snakes there in that [G] grass.
Grandma's hands.
[Em] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] Grandma's hands [G] sued the local unwed mother.
_ Grandma's [A] hands [B] used to ache sometimes and swell.
[G] _ Grandma's hands [A] used [G] to lift her face and tell her,
[G#m] she'd say, [F#m] baby, grandma [G#m] understands.
[F#m] That you really love [B] that man.
[F#m] Put yourself in [G] Jesus' hands.
Grandma's [E] hands.
[G] _ [C] _ [Em] _ [G] _
_ Grandma's hands [F#m] used to [Em] hand me a piece of candy.
[Em] _ Grandma's hands [G#m] picked me up each time I [A] fell.
[G] _ Grandma's hands, boy, they really came in handy.
[B] She'd say, [F#m] Matty, don't you whip that [B] boy.
[A] What you want to spank [G] him for?
[F#m] He didn't drop no apple [G#m] core.
But I don't have [F#m] grandma anymore.
[D] [G#m] If I [F#m] get to heaven, I'll [Bm] look for grandma's [Em] hands.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _