Chords for Gil Scott-Heron - Grandma's Hands

Tempo:
101.7 bpm
Chords used:

G

F

A

Dm

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Gil Scott-Heron - Grandma's Hands chords
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[F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[Dm] Grandma's hands, [G] wrapped in shirts all Sunday morning.
[Dm] Grandma's hands, [A] played the tambourine so well.
[Dm] Grandma's hands, used [G] to issue out of one-inch.
[A] See, [G] Scotty White runs [A] so fast, might [G] fall on a piece of glass.
[A] Might be [G] snakes there in that [F] grass.
Grandma's [Gm] hands, they keep on [F] calling to me.
[Bb]
[Dm] Grandma's hands, fooled the [G]
local unwed mother.
[Dm] Grandma's hands, used [A] to egg sometimes and swear.
[Dm] Grandma's hands, Lord the [G] red leg, come and hang [A] this, you see.
Bobby [G] White ripped it, [A] boy, what you [G] wanna rip it [A] for?
He didn't [G] throw no apples, [F] cause Grandma's hands,
[Gm] they keep on calling [F] to me.
[Bb]
[D] [G]
[Fm] [C]
[Dm] [G]
[A] [G] [A]
[G] [A] [G] [F]
[Gm] [Dm]
[F] [Bb] [Dm]
[G] [F]
[A] [F]
[G]
[A] [G] [A] [Dm] [C] [G]
[A] [G] [F]
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [Dm]
[G] [Dm]
[Am] [A] [F] [Dm]
[G] [A]
[G] [A]
[G] [Dm] [C] [Bb]
[Dm] Grandma's [Bb] hands, they keep on calling to [F] me.
[G]
[D] [Gm] [Db]
[D] [Dm] [G]
[A] [G] [A]
Grandma's [G] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [Dm] hands, fooled [G] the local unwed mother.
[Dm] Grandma's hands, [A] used to egg sometimes [Am] and swear.
[Dm] Grandma's hands, [G] Lord the red leg, come and hang this, [A] you see.
[G] Bobby White ripped [A] it, boy, what you [G] wanna rip it [A] for?
He didn't [G] throw no apples, [A] but I don't have [G] Grandma anymore.
[A] When I [G] get to heaven, [F] I'll look for Grandma's hands.
[Gm] Yeah, they keep on calling to [F] me.
Yeah, [Bb] yeah.
Keep [F] on calling, say yeah.
[Bb] Yeah, they keep on calling to [F] me.
[Gm] Yeah, I can't look back, [F]
can't look back,
but [Bb] I still have nothing to be so [F] much to me.
[Dm] [Gm] About the way I am and how I [F] came to be.
[Gm] Yeah, say yeah, [F] I need, I need, I [Gm] need.
I'm feeling more like [F] everyday, I need to say [Gm] everyday.
I need to say everyday, [F]
I need to [Bb] say.
I feel like I'm because [Dm] of Grandma's hands.
[Gm] I feel like, I feel like I'm because [F] of Grandma's hands.
[Bb] I'm the way I am because of [F]
Grandma's hands.
[Bb] They're touching me, holding me, [F] shaking me.
[Gm] [F] [Gm] [F]
[Gm] [Dm]
[Bb]
Key:  
G
2131
F
134211111
A
1231
Dm
2311
Bb
12341111
G
2131
F
134211111
A
1231
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To start learning Gil Scott-Heron - Grandmas Hands chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: G, A and G. Start with a comfortable 50 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 102. With an eye on the song's key Bb Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Grandma's hands, [G] wrapped in shirts all Sunday morning.
[Dm] _ Grandma's hands, [A] played the tambourine so well.
[Dm] Grandma's hands, used [G] to issue out of one-inch.
[A] See, [G] Scotty White runs [A] so fast, might [G] fall on a piece of glass.
[A] Might be [G] snakes there in that [F] grass.
Grandma's [Gm] hands, they keep on [F] calling to me.
_ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] Grandma's hands, fooled the [G]
local unwed mother.
_ [Dm] _ Grandma's hands, used [A] to egg sometimes and swear.
[Dm] _ Grandma's hands, Lord the [G] red leg, come and hang [A] this, you see.
Bobby [G] White ripped it, [A] boy, what you [G] wanna rip it [A] for?
He didn't [G] throw no apples, [F] cause Grandma's hands,
[Gm] _ they keep on calling [F] to me.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [G] _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Am] _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ Grandma's [Bb] hands, they keep on calling to _ [F] me.
[G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [Gm] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _
Grandma's _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] hands, _ fooled [G] the local unwed mother. _
[Dm] Grandma's hands, [A] used to egg sometimes [Am] and swear. _
[Dm] Grandma's hands, [G] Lord the red leg, come and hang this, [A] you see.
[G] Bobby White ripped [A] it, boy, what you [G] wanna rip it [A] for?
He didn't [G] throw no apples, [A] but I don't have [G] Grandma anymore.
[A] When I [G] get to heaven, [F] I'll look for Grandma's hands.
[Gm] Yeah, they keep on calling to [F] me. _
Yeah, [Bb] yeah.
_ Keep [F] on calling, say yeah.
[Bb] Yeah, they keep on calling to [F] me.
_ _ [Gm] Yeah, I can't look back, [F]
can't look back,
but [Bb] I still have nothing to be so [F] much to me.
[Dm] [Gm] About the way I am and how I [F] came to be.
[Gm] Yeah, say yeah, [F] I need, I need, I [Gm] need.
I'm feeling more like [F] everyday, I need to say [Gm] everyday.
I need to say everyday, [F]
I need to [Bb] say.
I feel like I'm because [Dm] of Grandma's hands.
[Gm] I feel like, I feel like I'm because [F] of Grandma's hands.
[Bb] I'm the way I am because of [F] _
Grandma's hands.
[Bb] They're touching me, holding me, [F] shaking me.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was penned by Bill Withers.

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