Grandpas Interview chords by Neil Young

Chords with lyrics

Double Dropped D MajorD tuning

 Cadd9Cadd9     G7sus4G7sus4      A minorAm    Cadd2Cadd2
D MajorD - 0    0    0    0

BB - 3    1    1    1
G+G - 0    0    2    0
D MajorD - 2    3    2    2
A augmentedA - 3    3    0    3
D MajorD - X    3    x    X

INTRO: (x3)
Cadd9Cadd9 / A minorAm
G7sus4G7sus4 / Cadd2Cadd2

 Cadd9Cadd9           A minorAm
Grandpa, here's your coffee,

 Cadd9Cadd9              A minorAm
Said Edith, as she filled his cup.

 Cadd9Cadd9          A minorAm
Nobody'll find you here,

 G7sus4G7sus4              Cadd2Cadd2
And Earl is glad you guys showed up.

 Cadd9Cadd9          A minorAm
The way things are downtown,

 Cadd9Cadd9              A minorAm
You might have to stay for a while,

 Cadd9Cadd9                   A minorAm
There was a helicopter hovering over your house

 G7sus4G7sus4                Cadd2Cadd2
When I talked to your neighbor Kyle.


 Cadd9Cadd9                 A minorAm
Who the hell do they think they are,

 Cadd9Cadd9            A minorAm
Invading our home like that?

 Cadd9Cadd9                A minorAm
Grandma and I had to leave so fast,

 G7sus4G7sus4              Cadd2Cadd2
We couldn't even catch the cat.

 Cadd9Cadd9                  A minorAm
The helicopter scared the shit out of him,

 Cadd9Cadd9             A minorAm
And it took off down the trail,

 Cadd9Cadd9            A minorAm
Down past the railroad track,

 G7sus4G7sus4          Cadd2Cadd2
Towards the county jail.


BRIDGE 1:
Cadd9Cadd9 / A minorAm (x3)
G7sus4G7sus4 / Cadd2Cadd2


 Cadd9Cadd9              A minorAm
Jed, you really screwed up now!

 Cadd9Cadd9               A minorAm
What did you have to do that for?

 Cadd9Cadd9               A minorAm
Everybody wants to hang your ass,

 G7sus4G7sus4            Cadd2Cadd2
And here's a note from Lenore.


 Cadd9Cadd9           A minorAm
Sun touched the cold steel bars

 Cadd9Cadd9             A minorAm
As she pushed the paper in.

 Cadd9Cadd9             A minorAm
Jed took it up and read it

 G7sus4G7sus4            Cadd2Cadd2
And he couldn't hide a grin.


 Cadd9Cadd9         A minorAm
Outside the jail window

 Cadd9Cadd9          A minorAm
A augmentedA crow flew across the sky,

 Cadd9Cadd9                A minorAm
Completely disappearing behind each bar,

 G7sus4G7sus4            Cadd2Cadd2
Then a helicopter flew by.


 Cadd9Cadd9             A minorAm
Say hi to Earl and Edith.

 Cadd9Cadd9             A minorAm
Tell 'em I'm doing fine.

 Cadd9Cadd9             A minorAm
Tell 'em you're ready to leave home now,

 G7sus4G7sus4           Cadd2Cadd2
They should cut the line.


 Cadd9Cadd9             A minorAm
Can Grandma come and see me?

 Cadd9Cadd9           A minorAm
I got a new song to sing

 Cadd9Cadd9                 A minorAm
It's longer than all the others combined

 G7sus4G7sus4            Cadd2Cadd2
And it doesn't mean a thing.


BRIDGE 2: (x2)
Cadd9Cadd9 / A minorAm
G7sus4G7sus4 / Cadd2Cadd2


 Cadd9Cadd9         A minorAm
The noise was unfamiliar,

 Cadd9Cadd9         A minorAm
Walkie-talkies squelled,

 Cadd9Cadd9         A minorAm
Generators were running,

 G7sus4G7sus4          Cadd2Cadd2
Vans parked in the field.


 Cadd9Cadd9         A minorAm
TV crews and cameras,

 Cadd9Cadd9                 A minorAm
They wanted to interview Grandpa on the porch.

 Cadd9Cadd9                  A minorAm
They came through the gate and up on the lawn

 G7sus4G7sus4            Cadd2Cadd2
Knocking down Edith's Tiki Torch.


 Cadd9Cadd9           A minorAm
And Grandpa saw them there,

 Cadd9Cadd9             A minorAm
Looking through the venetian blind.

 Cadd9Cadd9               A minorAm
Those people don't have any respect,

 G7sus4G7sus4             Cadd2Cadd2
So they won't get any of mine.


 Cadd9Cadd9             A minorAm
I ain't wanna talk about Jed.

 Cadd9Cadd9                 A minorAm
I don't watch channel 2 or 6 or 9.

 Cadd9Cadd9                A minorAm
I don't have time to talk that fast,

 G7sus4G7sus4         Cadd2Cadd2
And it ain't my crime.


 Cadd9Cadd9              A minorAm
It ain't an honor to be on TV

 Cadd9Cadd9            A minorAm
And it ain't a duty either.

 Cadd9Cadd9              A minorAm
The only good thing about TV

 G7sus4G7sus4              Cadd2Cadd2
Is shows like 'Leave it to Beaver'.


 Cadd9Cadd9           A minorAm
Shows with love and affection,

 Cadd9Cadd9          A minorAm
Like Mama used to say.

 Cadd9Cadd9          A minorAm
A augmentedA little Mayberry living

 G7sus4G7sus4         Cadd2Cadd2
Could go a long way.


 Cadd9Cadd9                 A minorAm
He took Earl's gun down from the closet,

 Cadd9Cadd9            A minorAm
Loaded up both barrels.

 Cadd9Cadd9                 A minorAm
Went out on the porch and fired 'em off,

 G7sus4G7sus4               Cadd2Cadd2
And up walked a woman named Carol.


 Cadd9Cadd9            A minorAm
Susan Carol from Early Magazine,

 Cadd9Cadd9             A minorAm
I got some questions to ask.

 Cadd9Cadd9                   A minorAm
Well you can stick 'em where the sun don't shine!

 G7sus4G7sus4           Cadd2Cadd2
Grandpa said with a gasp.


 Cadd9Cadd9                   A minorAm
Then he fell face first and let out a sigh,

 Cadd9Cadd9          A minorAm
Edith came out in shock.

 Cadd9Cadd9                     A minorAm
Grandpa was whispering to her from down on the floor,

 G7sus4G7sus4                 Cadd2Cadd2
He looked like he was trying to talk.


 Cadd9Cadd9           A minorAm
That guy just keeps singin'!

 Cadd9Cadd9            A minorAm
Can somebody shut him up?

 Cadd9Cadd9              A minorAm
I don't know for the life of me

 G7sus4G7sus4               Cadd2Cadd2
Where he comes up with this stuff.


BRIDGE 3: (x3)
Cadd9Cadd9 / A minorAm
G7sus4G7sus4 / Cadd2Cadd2

 Cadd9Cadd9             A minorAm
They laid his head on a newspaper

 Cadd9Cadd9                   A minorAm
With a picture of Carmichael on the front page,

 Cadd9Cadd9                A minorAm
Posing with the little league baseball team,

 G7sus4G7sus4               Cadd2Cadd2
And a seedy shot of Jed with a motorcycle.


 Cadd9Cadd9           A minorAm
Grandpa died like a hero,

 Cadd9Cadd9             A minorAm
Fighting for freedom of silence,

 Cadd9Cadd9          A minorAm
Trying to stop the media,

 G7sus4G7sus4         Cadd2Cadd2
Trying to be anonymous.


BRIDGE 4: (x2)
Cadd9Cadd9 / A minorAm
G7sus4G7sus4 / Cadd2Cadd2

SOLO

 Cadd9Cadd9            A minorAm
Share your loving and you live so long

 Cadd9Cadd9            A minorAm
Share your loving and you live so long

 Cadd9Cadd9            A minorAm
Share your loving and you live so long

 G7sus4G7sus4            Cadd2Cadd2
Live so long