Grandpa Told Me So Ukulele chords by Kenny Chesney

• Capo on 4th

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)