Chords for Gail Davies - Grandma's Song Live 1986
Tempo:
135.8 bpm
Chords used:
B
G#m
C#
A
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm] This next song is a song that I wrote, which is a true story about my grandmother.
I was born in a town in Oklahoma called Broken Bow, and my grandmother taught me how to sing.
And the first song she ever taught me was an old folk tune, country folk tune, called the Fox Huntin' Song.
And then after she passed away, I remembered the song and all that she'd done for me,
and I wrote a song in tribute to her called [B] Grandma's Song.
Come a-loo, come a-loo, come a-hi-lo, come down the Mary Stream.
[D#m] Come around, tam-tam, and [C#m] a-dippy-dippy-dow, hear the row, the bow, wow-wow, the bugle,
horn, the big, the faddle, and the hi-dee-ho.
To the woods we're gonna roam, [F#m] boys, to the woods we're gonna roam.
[C#] Well, the first I saw was a blind man, blind as he could be,
but he said he saw a farina sittin' in a tall oak tree.
Come a-loo, come a-loo, come a-hi-lo, come down the Mary Stream.
Come around, tam-tam, and a-dippy-dippy-dow, hear the row, the bow, wow-wow, the bugle,
horn, the big, the faddle, and the hi-dee-ho.
[E] To the woods we're gonna roam, boys, to the woods [B] we're gonna roam.
[F#m] All [Bm] along [G#m] the old back road, [C#]
the people [B] stopped to talk at her garden gate,
while [A] inside the family [G#] cried [G#m] all through the night,
cause [C#] the old [B] woman had passed away.
I loved her [A] so, and, oh, [B] she was [G#m] a special one, [C#m] a lovely [Bm] lady [F#] and a [B] gentle old soul.
And she [A] taught me to [G#] sing an old folk song [C#] that's got a melody [B] of a hundred years ago.
And she [G#m] sang, come a-loo, come a-loo, come a-hi-lo, [C#m] come down the Mary Stream.
[B]
[F#] I'm [B] remembering those [A] memories have [G#m] given me so much.
She wore her [B] age so gracefully.
And there [F#m] was not a living thing that [G#m] she did not love,
[G#]
[C#] and I pray that [B] there [F#] is little of [B] her in me.
[F#m] Oklahoma [Bm] in [G#m] the summertime, [C#] in her rocking chair, [B] she's singing there on the pole.
While [F#m] I'm houndin' [G#m] through the hot black night,
and that old [C#m] fox, well, he's a [B]-runnin' like he never has done before.
[A] And when you [G#m] hear the melody, [A] and when I [G#] play my [A] song,
every [G#m] note you hear from [B] me, she's singing right along.
And she sang, [G#m] come a-loo, come a-loo, come a-hi-lo, come [C#m]
down the Mary Stream.
[B] [F#]
[B] I'm remembering [D]
[G#m] [C#] those memories have given me so much.
The people [B] stopped to talk at her garden gate,
[D]
[G#]
did you [C#m] hear that old Mrs.
Whitman [B] has passed away today?
Come a-loo, come a-loo, come a-hi-lo, come down the Mary Stream.
I come around the tam-tam and the dippy-dippy-dow, hear the row, the bow, the wow, wow,
the bugle horn, the big five.
Through the woods with the long bows, through the woods with the long bows.
[E] [N]
I was born in a town in Oklahoma called Broken Bow, and my grandmother taught me how to sing.
And the first song she ever taught me was an old folk tune, country folk tune, called the Fox Huntin' Song.
And then after she passed away, I remembered the song and all that she'd done for me,
and I wrote a song in tribute to her called [B] Grandma's Song.
Come a-loo, come a-loo, come a-hi-lo, come down the Mary Stream.
[D#m] Come around, tam-tam, and [C#m] a-dippy-dippy-dow, hear the row, the bow, wow-wow, the bugle,
horn, the big, the faddle, and the hi-dee-ho.
To the woods we're gonna roam, [F#m] boys, to the woods we're gonna roam.
[C#] Well, the first I saw was a blind man, blind as he could be,
but he said he saw a farina sittin' in a tall oak tree.
Come a-loo, come a-loo, come a-hi-lo, come down the Mary Stream.
Come around, tam-tam, and a-dippy-dippy-dow, hear the row, the bow, wow-wow, the bugle,
horn, the big, the faddle, and the hi-dee-ho.
[E] To the woods we're gonna roam, boys, to the woods [B] we're gonna roam.
[F#m] All [Bm] along [G#m] the old back road, [C#]
the people [B] stopped to talk at her garden gate,
while [A] inside the family [G#] cried [G#m] all through the night,
cause [C#] the old [B] woman had passed away.
I loved her [A] so, and, oh, [B] she was [G#m] a special one, [C#m] a lovely [Bm] lady [F#] and a [B] gentle old soul.
And she [A] taught me to [G#] sing an old folk song [C#] that's got a melody [B] of a hundred years ago.
And she [G#m] sang, come a-loo, come a-loo, come a-hi-lo, [C#m] come down the Mary Stream.
[B]
[F#] I'm [B] remembering those [A] memories have [G#m] given me so much.
She wore her [B] age so gracefully.
And there [F#m] was not a living thing that [G#m] she did not love,
[G#]
[C#] and I pray that [B] there [F#] is little of [B] her in me.
[F#m] Oklahoma [Bm] in [G#m] the summertime, [C#] in her rocking chair, [B] she's singing there on the pole.
While [F#m] I'm houndin' [G#m] through the hot black night,
and that old [C#m] fox, well, he's a [B]-runnin' like he never has done before.
[A] And when you [G#m] hear the melody, [A] and when I [G#] play my [A] song,
every [G#m] note you hear from [B] me, she's singing right along.
And she sang, [G#m] come a-loo, come a-loo, come a-hi-lo, come [C#m]
down the Mary Stream.
[B] [F#]
[B] I'm remembering [D]
[G#m] [C#] those memories have given me so much.
The people [B] stopped to talk at her garden gate,
[D]
[G#]
did you [C#m] hear that old Mrs.
Whitman [B] has passed away today?
Come a-loo, come a-loo, come a-hi-lo, come down the Mary Stream.
I come around the tam-tam and the dippy-dippy-dow, hear the row, the bow, the wow, wow,
the bugle horn, the big five.
Through the woods with the long bows, through the woods with the long bows.
[E] [N]
Key:
B
G#m
C#
A
C#m
B
G#m
C#
[Bm] This next song is a song that I wrote, which is a true story about my grandmother.
I was born in a town in Oklahoma called Broken Bow, and my grandmother taught me how to sing.
And the first song she ever taught me was an old folk tune, country folk tune, called the Fox Huntin' Song.
_ And then after she passed away, I remembered the song and all that she'd done for me,
and I wrote a song in tribute to her called [B] Grandma's Song.
_ _ Come a-loo, come a-loo, come a-hi-lo, come down the Mary Stream.
[D#m] Come around, tam-tam, and [C#m] a-dippy-dippy-dow, hear the row, the bow, wow-wow, the bugle,
horn, the big, the faddle, and the hi-dee-ho.
To the woods we're gonna roam, [F#m] boys, to the woods we're gonna roam.
[C#] _ Well, the first I saw was a blind man, blind as he could be,
but he said he saw a farina sittin' in a tall oak tree.
Come a-loo, come a-loo, come a-hi-lo, come down the Mary Stream.
Come around, tam-tam, and a-dippy-dippy-dow, hear the row, the bow, wow-wow, the bugle,
horn, the big, the faddle, and the hi-dee-ho.
[E] To the woods we're gonna roam, boys, to the woods [B] we're gonna _ roam. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] All [Bm] along [G#m] the old back road, _ [C#]
the people [B] stopped to talk at her garden gate,
_ _ _ _ _ while [A] inside the family [G#] cried [G#m] all through the _ night,
cause [C#] the old [B] woman had passed _ away.
_ _ _ I loved her [A] so, and, oh, [B] she was [G#m] a special one, _ [C#m] a lovely [Bm] lady [F#] and a [B] gentle old soul. _ _ _
And she [A] taught me to [G#] sing an old folk song [C#] that's got a melody [B] of a hundred years ago.
_ And she [G#m] sang, come a-loo, come a-loo, come a-hi-lo, [C#m] come down the Mary Stream.
_ [B] _ _ _
_ [F#] I'm [B] remembering _ _ _ _ those _ _ [A] memories have [G#m] given me so _ _ much.
She wore her [B] age so gracefully. _ _
_ _ _ _ And there [F#m] was not a living thing that [G#m] she did not love,
_ [G#]
[C#] and I pray that [B] there [F#] is little of [B] her in _ _ me. _ _ _
[F#m] Oklahoma _ [Bm] in [G#m] the summertime, _ _ [C#] in her rocking chair, [B] she's singing there on the pole. _ _ _ _
While [F#m] I'm _ houndin' [G#m] through the hot black night,
and that old [C#m] fox, well, he's a [B]-runnin' like he never has done before. _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ And when you [G#m] hear the melody, [A] and when I [G#] play my _ [A] song,
every [G#m] note you hear from [B] me, she's singing _ _ right along.
_ And she sang, [G#m] come a-loo, come a-loo, come a-hi-lo, come [C#m]
down the Mary Stream.
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [B] I'm _ _ remembering _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] those memories have given me so much.
The people [B] stopped to talk at her garden gate,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
_ did you [C#m] hear _ that _ old Mrs.
Whitman [B] has _ _ passed away _ _ _ today? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Come a-loo, come a-loo, come _ _ _ _ a-hi-lo, come down the Mary Stream.
_ I come around the tam-tam and the dippy-dippy-dow, hear the row, the bow, the wow, wow,
the bugle horn, the big five. _ _
_ _ Through the woods with the long bows, through the woods with the _ long bows. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
I was born in a town in Oklahoma called Broken Bow, and my grandmother taught me how to sing.
And the first song she ever taught me was an old folk tune, country folk tune, called the Fox Huntin' Song.
_ And then after she passed away, I remembered the song and all that she'd done for me,
and I wrote a song in tribute to her called [B] Grandma's Song.
_ _ Come a-loo, come a-loo, come a-hi-lo, come down the Mary Stream.
[D#m] Come around, tam-tam, and [C#m] a-dippy-dippy-dow, hear the row, the bow, wow-wow, the bugle,
horn, the big, the faddle, and the hi-dee-ho.
To the woods we're gonna roam, [F#m] boys, to the woods we're gonna roam.
[C#] _ Well, the first I saw was a blind man, blind as he could be,
but he said he saw a farina sittin' in a tall oak tree.
Come a-loo, come a-loo, come a-hi-lo, come down the Mary Stream.
Come around, tam-tam, and a-dippy-dippy-dow, hear the row, the bow, wow-wow, the bugle,
horn, the big, the faddle, and the hi-dee-ho.
[E] To the woods we're gonna roam, boys, to the woods [B] we're gonna _ roam. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] All [Bm] along [G#m] the old back road, _ [C#]
the people [B] stopped to talk at her garden gate,
_ _ _ _ _ while [A] inside the family [G#] cried [G#m] all through the _ night,
cause [C#] the old [B] woman had passed _ away.
_ _ _ I loved her [A] so, and, oh, [B] she was [G#m] a special one, _ [C#m] a lovely [Bm] lady [F#] and a [B] gentle old soul. _ _ _
And she [A] taught me to [G#] sing an old folk song [C#] that's got a melody [B] of a hundred years ago.
_ And she [G#m] sang, come a-loo, come a-loo, come a-hi-lo, [C#m] come down the Mary Stream.
_ [B] _ _ _
_ [F#] I'm [B] remembering _ _ _ _ those _ _ [A] memories have [G#m] given me so _ _ much.
She wore her [B] age so gracefully. _ _
_ _ _ _ And there [F#m] was not a living thing that [G#m] she did not love,
_ [G#]
[C#] and I pray that [B] there [F#] is little of [B] her in _ _ me. _ _ _
[F#m] Oklahoma _ [Bm] in [G#m] the summertime, _ _ [C#] in her rocking chair, [B] she's singing there on the pole. _ _ _ _
While [F#m] I'm _ houndin' [G#m] through the hot black night,
and that old [C#m] fox, well, he's a [B]-runnin' like he never has done before. _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ And when you [G#m] hear the melody, [A] and when I [G#] play my _ [A] song,
every [G#m] note you hear from [B] me, she's singing _ _ right along.
_ And she sang, [G#m] come a-loo, come a-loo, come a-hi-lo, come [C#m]
down the Mary Stream.
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [B] I'm _ _ remembering _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] those memories have given me so much.
The people [B] stopped to talk at her garden gate,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
_ did you [C#m] hear _ that _ old Mrs.
Whitman [B] has _ _ passed away _ _ _ today? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Come a-loo, come a-loo, come _ _ _ _ a-hi-lo, come down the Mary Stream.
_ I come around the tam-tam and the dippy-dippy-dow, hear the row, the bow, the wow, wow,
the bugle horn, the big five. _ _
_ _ Through the woods with the long bows, through the woods with the _ long bows. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
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