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
Start Jamming...
[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]
[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
F
A
Dm
Bb
G
F
A
[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] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [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] _ _ _ _ _ _