Chords with lyrics
Capo 4th Fret
Intro: C F C F
Verse 1:
C
F
If you don’t get in the water, you’re never gonna learn to swim.
C F
He said that a snake is just as scared of you as you are of it.
Am G
He could tell by the moon when the fish would bite,
C G F
Seems there was nothing that he didn’t know,
G C F C F
and as a kid I believed, ‘cause Grandpa told me so.
Verse 2:
C F
He talked Daddy into letting me have my first car.
C F
I thought I was really something till Becky Thompson broke my heart.
Am G
That first taste of love nearly did me in,
C G F
Getting over her was slow,
G C
And I knew someday I would, ‘cause Grandpa told me so.
Chorus:
F C
He said, life is made for you to live,
G C
The best love is the love that you give,
F G Am
There’ll be times when you want to hold on, but you gotta let go.
F G C
And I live by those words, ‘cause Grandpa told me so.
Solo:
F C F
(Slow it down and strum low volume.)
Verse 3:
C F
I promised him I wouldn’t cry when it was his time to leave.
C F
That’s the only promise I made him I couldn’t keep.
Am G
He smiled from his bed and said we’ll meet again
C G F
Somewhere down the road.
F G C
And I believe, ‘cause Grandpa told me so.
Repeat Chorus 2 x’s:
Bridge:
F
Yeah, and I still believe,
G C F
Grandpa told me so.
C
Grandpa told me so.
F C F C F
I still believe.
Tag:
C
Grandpa told me so.
F
I still believe.
Extro:
D G . . . . (Play till end)
