Grandfathers Theme chords by Jason Boland

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
A augmentedA  G+G  D MajorD (x4)
FF  C majorC  G+G  D MajorD (x2)
A augmentedA
C majorC C/BC/B C/AC/A C/FC/F  G+G


Chorus:
C majorC      C/BC/B           C/AC/A    G+G       C majorC
We've come a long, long way since the days of my grandfather's time
C majorC      C/BC/B   C/AC/A    D MajorD     G+G
And I can't say it's all been forward
A minorAm          G+G     FF  G+G   C majorC   C/BC/B
I don't know what I'd say to any grandson of mine
  A minorAm   G+G     FF    E minorEm     A minorAm
If he was tryin' to make his own way star-ward

Verse 1:
FF       G+G
And I hate to see him go
C majorC      G+G
But I'd be glad to know
FF        E minorEm      A minorAm
Part of me would live to see tomorrow
FF        G+G
We thought our days were
A minorAm     G+G
Bought and paid for
FF         E minorEm      A minorAm
Came to find that time was only borrowed


Verse 2:
C majorC       C/BC/B       C/AC/A    G+G    C majorC
A augmentedA man and his horse used to be worth two bucks a day
C majorC      C/BC/B         C/AC/A         D MajorD    G+G
Now that won't even pay for the hay, and that's the horse's meal
A minorAm      G+G
I played in a band
FF G+G        C majorC
I lived in an old Chevrolet van
A minorAm
Back in the days of the automobile

Verse 3:
FF        G+G
We lived on the land
C majorC          G+G
And tried to make a stand
FF        E minorEm           A minorAm
Just hoped that man would learn to get by
FF          G+G
And we poisoned the earth
C majorC              G+G
And took her for all she was worth
FF          E minorEm         A minorAm
But it was here I's born and here I'll die


Verse 4:
FF         G+G
And you can't get away
C majorC             G+G
From that final Judgement Day
FF       E minorEm   A minorAm
No matter how far we fly


Chorus 2:
C majorC      C/BC/B           C/AC/A    G+G       C majorC
We've flown a long, long way since the days of my grandfather's time
C majorC      C/BC/B   C/AC/A    D MajorD     G+G
And I can't say it's all been forward
A minorAm          G+G     FF  G+G   C majorC   C/BC/B
I don't know what I'd say to any grandson of mine
A minorAm   G+G     FF    E minorEm     A minorAm
If he was tryin' to make his own way star-ward


Outro:
C majorC A minorAm  x3