GuitarTabsExplorer icon
GuitarTabsExplorer icon

Log in

Songbook

  • Log in to add and see bookmarks

Last visited songs

    No songs visited yet...

Grandfather Please Stand On The Shoulders Of My Father While Hes Deep Sea Fishing by Lana Del Rey

Grandfather Please Stand On The Shoulders Of My Father While Hes Deep Sea Fishing chords by Lana Del Rey

Chords with lyrics

  • Capo on 1st
Key: Chord diagramAbAb

Tuning: Standard

🎸 Intro:

N.C.
Three white butterflies to
      Chord diagramD MajorD
know you're near


🎸 Verse :

Chord diagramD MajorD
I know they think that it

took somebody else
      Chord diagramA minorAm
To make me beautiful, beautiful
  Chord diagramG+G
As they intended me to be
       Chord diagramD MajorD
But they're wrong
Chord diagramD MajorD
I know they think that

it took thousands of people
      Chord diagramA minorAm
To put me together again

like an experiment
   Chord diagramG+G
Some big men behind the scenes

Sewing Frankenstein
           Chord diagramD MajorD
black dreams into my songs
       Chord diagramD MajorD
But they're wrong


🎸 Chorus:

Chord diagramC majorC
 God, if you'rе near me
Chord diagramG+G
send mе three white butterflies
   Chord diagramD MajorD
Or an owl to know know you're listening,

sitting while I'm drinking
 Chord diagramC majorC
Grandfather, please stand on the
Chord diagramG+G
shoulders of my father
      Chord diagramD MajorD
While he's deep-sea fishing for sharks

 in the Pacific
🎸 Bridge:

      Chord diagramC majorC
'Cause I'm good in spirit, warm-bodied
 Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA augmentedA fallible deity wrapped up in white

(Oh-oh)
  Chord diagramC majorC
I'm folk
I'm jazz
I'm blue
I'm green
  Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD
Regrettably, also a white woman

(Oh-oh)
     Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G
But I have good intentions even if
           Chord diagramD MajorD
 I'm one of the last ones
        Chord diagramC majorC
If you don't believe me, my poetry
Chord diagramG+G
or my melodies
        Chord diagramD MajorD
Feel it in your bones
   Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G
I have good intentions, even if
          Chord diagramD MajorD
I'm one of the last ones
   Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G
(Ah-ah-ah, yeah, ah-ah-ah, yeah
Chord diagramD MajorD
ah-ah-ah, yeah, mm)

🎸 Chorus:

 Chord diagramC majorC
Grandfather, please stand on
  Chord diagramG+G
the shoulders of my father
      Chord diagramD MajorD
While he's deep-sea fishing for

all the things he's wishing
Chord diagramC majorC
 God, if you're near me
Chord diagramG+G
send me three white butterflies
   Chord diagramD MajorD
Or a map to know you're fishing,

impart on me Your wisdom


🎸 Post-Chorus:

    Chord diagramG+G
It took somebody else to
     Chord diagramAm7Am7
make me beautiful, wonderful
  Chord diagramG+G
As they intended me to be
       Chord diagramD MajorD
But they're wrong

Chord diagramD MajorD D Chord diagramA minorAm Am
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramG MajorG Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramD MajorD

🎸 Outro:

Chord diagramD MajorD
Three white butterflies to

know you're near


Chords used in song:
Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramA minorAm
Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramC majorC
Chord diagramAm7Am7

[ Privacy | About us ]

Welcome to the guitar community

Why join and log in?
- Get songbook with favourite songs
- Get custom made front page
- Submit chords and tabs
- Submit guitar-cover videos
- Get a lot of thumbs up for your work

Songbook

Last visited songs

Site
Home
Search
Community
Submit chords

Video

No video for this page. Check out how you can submit guitar-cover videos here

Search tabs and chords

Browse by artist

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #


Menu

Search

Video

Bookmark

Login