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Grandmother Live by Big Thief

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Performance: Syd For Solen 2024

Key: A

This is based off a live version from 2024, but it's more or less the same as the studio version. This live
version is in the key of A, whilst the studio recording is in E. Transpose up 7 steps (or down 5), or put capo
on 7th fret to play along with the studio version. 

Intro:

D A E Bm
D A E Bm

Verse 1:
D     A          E
 Grandmother, my mother
                  Bm
Tell me 'bout the lake again
          D                       A
It's been strange, dancing at the bar
               E
Kissing in our car
                Bm
Standing in the stadium
        D                   A
Knowing soon there'll be no bar
   E       Bm
No car, no stadium

Blues bridge:
D A E Bm

Verse 2:
D    A
Grandmother
      E            Bm
Sleep tight, sleep loose
        D                      A        E        Bm
It's alright, everything that happened, happened
           D       A
What's the use of holding?
       E                    Bm
It's unfolding, we're all insane
   D           A
We are made of love
       E            Bm
We are also made of pain

Chorus:
E                  F#m    D            E
  Gonna turn it all into rock and roll
                 F#m     D           E
Gonna turn it all into rock and roll
                 F#m    D            E
Gonna turn it all into rock and roll
                 F#m    D
Gonna turn it all into rock and roll

Guitar solo:
D A E Bm
D A E Bm

Verse 3:
   A                      E
My lover, I just want to say
                  Bm
I'm sorry for the way I've been
  D          A
Today, I was lazy
        E        Bm
I felt crazy and drained
D               A
  But on my way home
          E                 Bm
The skies broke, started to rain
      D               A
I saw sun through the clouds
      E                Bm
I saw love through thе pain
      D               A
I saw sun through the clouds
      E                Bm
I saw love through thе pain

Chorus:
E                  F#m    D            E
  Gonna turn it all into rock and roll
                 F#m    D           E
Gonna turn it all into rock and roll
                 F#m    D           E
Gonna turn it all into rock and roll
                 F#m    D           E
Gonna turn it all into rock and roll

                 F#m    D            E
Gonna turn it all into rock and roll
                 F#m    D           E
Gonna turn it all into rock and roll
                 F#m    D           E
Gonna turn it all into rock and roll
                 F#m    D           E
Gonna turn it all into rock and roll

Rock 'n roll till the end:
D A E Bm