Chords for Simply Red - Gramma's Hands (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival) 1992
Tempo:
73.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
Gm
D
G
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
We're gonna keep it mellow now with a song that's written by the great Bill Withers.
And it goes like this.
[D] [Gm]
[C] [Gm]
Grandma's [C] hands, clapped [G] in church on Sunday [C] morning.
Grandma's hands, played [D] a tambourine so [Gm] well.
[C] Grandma's hands, [Gm] used to ish her out of one.
[D]
Michael, don't [C] you run so fast.
[D] Might fall on [C] a piece of glass.
[D]
Might be snakes [C] there in that [Gm] grass.
Grandma's [C] hands, [G] oh.
[D]
[Gm] [Dm] [Gm]
Grandma's [C] hands, [Gm] smooth the local hun with mother.
Grandma's [C] hands, [D] used to ink some time dance [D] well.
Grandma's [C] hands, [Gm] used to lift her free and [C] tell her.
[D]
Baby, grandma [C] understands [D] that you really [C] love that man.
[D]
Put yourself [C] in the spirit's [G] hands.
Grandma's [C] hands.
[Gm] Di [D] [Gm]
[D] [Gm] -di-di-di.
Ah yeah.
[Am] [Gm] [D] [Gm] Ah yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Ah yeah.
[C] [Gm] Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Grandma's [C] hands, used [Gm] to hand me a piece [C] of candy.
[Gm]
Grandma's [C] hands, [D] pick me up each [Dm] time.
Grandma's [C] hands, really [Gm] came in handy.
[D]
Maddy, don't you [C] whip that boy.
[D] What you wanna [C] spank him for?
[D]
He didn't rob [C] the white room.
[D] [C] [D]
If I get to heaven, I love.
[G] [C] Oh yeah, I [Gm] love that boy.
[Gm] Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
[F] [Gm] Di-di-di-di.
Mm-hmm.
Mm [Dm]-hmm.
If I ever get out there, I ever go down there.
I'll be wandering around, [D] I'll be looking for her.
[Gm] I'll be looking up and over, south and west and east and everywhere I go.
There'll be a grandma.
Those eyes, those hands, those smiles, those warm and [D] love I get from her.
[Gm] [D] Di-di [G]-di.
[Bb] [Gm] Yeah.
[Dm] Mm [Gm] -hmm.
Mm-hmm.
[G] [N]
Merci, grazie.
And it goes like this.
[D] [Gm]
[C] [Gm]
Grandma's [C] hands, clapped [G] in church on Sunday [C] morning.
Grandma's hands, played [D] a tambourine so [Gm] well.
[C] Grandma's hands, [Gm] used to ish her out of one.
[D]
Michael, don't [C] you run so fast.
[D] Might fall on [C] a piece of glass.
[D]
Might be snakes [C] there in that [Gm] grass.
Grandma's [C] hands, [G] oh.
[D]
[Gm] [Dm] [Gm]
Grandma's [C] hands, [Gm] smooth the local hun with mother.
Grandma's [C] hands, [D] used to ink some time dance [D] well.
Grandma's [C] hands, [Gm] used to lift her free and [C] tell her.
[D]
Baby, grandma [C] understands [D] that you really [C] love that man.
[D]
Put yourself [C] in the spirit's [G] hands.
Grandma's [C] hands.
[Gm] Di [D] [Gm]
[D] [Gm] -di-di-di.
Ah yeah.
[Am] [Gm] [D] [Gm] Ah yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Ah yeah.
[C] [Gm] Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Grandma's [C] hands, used [Gm] to hand me a piece [C] of candy.
[Gm]
Grandma's [C] hands, [D] pick me up each [Dm] time.
Grandma's [C] hands, really [Gm] came in handy.
[D]
Maddy, don't you [C] whip that boy.
[D] What you wanna [C] spank him for?
[D]
He didn't rob [C] the white room.
[D] [C] [D]
If I get to heaven, I love.
[G] [C] Oh yeah, I [Gm] love that boy.
[Gm] Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
[F] [Gm] Di-di-di-di.
Mm-hmm.
Mm [Dm]-hmm.
If I ever get out there, I ever go down there.
I'll be wandering around, [D] I'll be looking for her.
[Gm] I'll be looking up and over, south and west and east and everywhere I go.
There'll be a grandma.
Those eyes, those hands, those smiles, those warm and [D] love I get from her.
[Gm] [D] Di-di [G]-di.
[Bb] [Gm] Yeah.
[Dm] Mm [Gm] -hmm.
Mm-hmm.
[G] [N]
Merci, grazie.
Key:
C
Gm
D
G
Dm
C
Gm
D
We're gonna keep it mellow now with a song that's written by the great Bill Withers.
And it goes like this.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
Grandma's [C] hands, clapped [G] in church on Sunday [C] morning. _ _
Grandma's hands, played [D] a tambourine so [Gm] well.
[C] Grandma's hands, [Gm] used to ish her out of one.
_ [D]
Michael, don't [C] you run so fast.
[D] Might fall on [C] a piece of glass.
[D]
Might be snakes [C] there in that [Gm] grass.
Grandma's [C] hands, _ _ _ [G] oh.
_ [D] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm]
Grandma's [C] hands, [Gm] smooth the local hun with mother. _
Grandma's [C] hands, [D] used to ink some time dance [D] well.
Grandma's [C] hands, [Gm] used to lift her free and [C] tell her.
_ [D]
Baby, grandma [C] understands [D] that you really [C] love that man.
[D]
Put yourself [C] in the spirit's [G] hands.
Grandma's [C] hands.
[Gm] Di _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ -di-di-di.
_ _ Ah yeah. _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ [Gm] Ah yeah.
_ Mm-hmm.
_ _ Ah yeah.
[C] _ [Gm] Mm-hmm.
Yeah. _
Grandma's [C] hands, used [Gm] to hand me a piece [C] of candy.
_ [Gm]
Grandma's [C] hands, [D] pick me up each [Dm] time. _
Grandma's [C] hands, really [Gm] came in handy.
_ [D]
Maddy, don't you [C] whip that boy.
[D] What you wanna [C] spank him for?
[D]
He didn't rob [C] the white room.
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D]
If I get to heaven, I love.
[G] _ _ [C] Oh yeah, I [Gm] love that boy.
_ _ [Gm] Mm-hmm.
_ _ Mm-hmm.
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ Di-di-di-di.
_ _ Mm-hmm.
_ Mm [Dm]-hmm.
_ _ _ If I ever get out there, _ I ever go down there.
_ I'll be wandering around, [D] I'll be looking for her.
[Gm] I'll be looking up and over, south and west and east and everywhere I go.
There'll be a grandma.
_ Those eyes, those hands, those smiles, those warm and [D] love I get from her.
[Gm] _ _ [D] Di-di [G]-di.
_ [Bb] _ [Gm] Yeah. _ _ _
[Dm] Mm _ _ [Gm] _ _ -hmm.
Mm-hmm.
[G] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Merci, grazie. _ _
And it goes like this.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
Grandma's [C] hands, clapped [G] in church on Sunday [C] morning. _ _
Grandma's hands, played [D] a tambourine so [Gm] well.
[C] Grandma's hands, [Gm] used to ish her out of one.
_ [D]
Michael, don't [C] you run so fast.
[D] Might fall on [C] a piece of glass.
[D]
Might be snakes [C] there in that [Gm] grass.
Grandma's [C] hands, _ _ _ [G] oh.
_ [D] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm]
Grandma's [C] hands, [Gm] smooth the local hun with mother. _
Grandma's [C] hands, [D] used to ink some time dance [D] well.
Grandma's [C] hands, [Gm] used to lift her free and [C] tell her.
_ [D]
Baby, grandma [C] understands [D] that you really [C] love that man.
[D]
Put yourself [C] in the spirit's [G] hands.
Grandma's [C] hands.
[Gm] Di _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ -di-di-di.
_ _ Ah yeah. _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ [Gm] Ah yeah.
_ Mm-hmm.
_ _ Ah yeah.
[C] _ [Gm] Mm-hmm.
Yeah. _
Grandma's [C] hands, used [Gm] to hand me a piece [C] of candy.
_ [Gm]
Grandma's [C] hands, [D] pick me up each [Dm] time. _
Grandma's [C] hands, really [Gm] came in handy.
_ [D]
Maddy, don't you [C] whip that boy.
[D] What you wanna [C] spank him for?
[D]
He didn't rob [C] the white room.
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D]
If I get to heaven, I love.
[G] _ _ [C] Oh yeah, I [Gm] love that boy.
_ _ [Gm] Mm-hmm.
_ _ Mm-hmm.
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ Di-di-di-di.
_ _ Mm-hmm.
_ Mm [Dm]-hmm.
_ _ _ If I ever get out there, _ I ever go down there.
_ I'll be wandering around, [D] I'll be looking for her.
[Gm] I'll be looking up and over, south and west and east and everywhere I go.
There'll be a grandma.
_ Those eyes, those hands, those smiles, those warm and [D] love I get from her.
[Gm] _ _ [D] Di-di [G]-di.
_ [Bb] _ [Gm] Yeah. _ _ _
[Dm] Mm _ _ [Gm] _ _ -hmm.
Mm-hmm.
[G] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Merci, grazie. _ _