Grandpa Told Me So chords by Kenny Chesney

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Capo 4th Fret

Intro: D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G

Verse 1:
D MajorD
           G+G
If you don't get in the water, you're never gonna learn to swim.

D MajorD							  G+G
He said that a snake is just as scared of you as you are of it.
B minorBm 					A augmentedA
He could tell by the moon when the fish would bite,
D MajorD	   A augmentedA 		 G+G
Seems there was nothing that he didn't know,
				A augmentedA   		D MajorD 	G+G D MajorD G+G
and as a kid I believed, 'cause Grandpa told me so.

Verse 2:
D MajorD						G+G
He talked Daddy into letting me have my first car.
D MajorD								G+G
I thought I was really something till Becky Thompson broke my heart.
B minorBm				A augmentedA
That first taste of love nearly did me in,
D MajorD		   A augmentedA	 G+G
Getting over her was slow,
			     A augmentedA				D MajorD
And I knew someday I would, 'cause Grandpa told me so.

Chorus:
G+G				  D MajorD
He said, life is made for you to live,
A augmentedA				    D MajorD
The best love is the love that you give,
G+G				   A augmentedA				B minorBm
There'll be times when you want to hold on, but you gotta let go.
G+G					A augmentedA		   D MajorD
And I live by those words, 'cause Grandpa told me so.

Solo:
G+G D MajorD G+G

(Slow it down and strum low volume.)

Verse 3:
D MajorD							G+G
I promised him I wouldn't cry when it was his time to leave.
D MajorD						G+G
That's the only promise I made him I couldn't keep.
B minorBm					A augmentedA
He smiled from his bed and said we'll meet again
D MajorD		 A augmentedA	  G+G
Somewhere down the road.
G+G		A augmentedA			  D MajorD
And I believe, 'cause Grandpa told me so.

Repeat Chorus 2 x's:

Bridge:
 G+G
Yeah, and I still believe,

A augmentedA				D MajorD G+G
Grandpa told me so.
		  D MajorD
Grandpa told me so.
   	G+G		D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G
I still believe.


Tag:
		  D MajorD
Grandpa told me so.
   	G+G
I still believe.

Extro:
D MajorD G+G . . . .   (Play till end)

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