Kenny Chesney – Grandpa Told Me So (Guitar)

Capo 4
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Versions (2)

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[Intro] D G D G [Verse 1]
       D                                                    G
If you don’t get in the water, you’re never gonna learn to swim.

                D                                           G
He said that a snake is just as scared of you as you are of it.

          Bm                        A
He could tell by the moon when the fish would bite,

                 D            A         G
Seems there was nothing that he didn’t know,

                                 A              D       G    D   G
and as a kid I believed, ‘cause Grandpa told me so.
[Verse 2]
D                                               G
He talked Daddy into letting me have my first car.

          D                                                     G
I thought I was really something till Becky Thompson broke my heart.

      Bm                         A
That first taste of love nearly did me in, 

         D    A       G
Getting over her was slow,

                                    A                   D
And I knew someday I would, ‘cause Grandpa told me so.
[Chorus]
         G                        D
He said, life is made for you to live,

          A                         D
The best love is the love that you give,

              G                         A                     Bm
There’ll be times when you want to hold on, but you gotta let go.

        G                          A              D
And I live by those words, ‘cause Grandpa told me so.
[Solo] G D G (Slow it down and strum low volume.) [Verse 3]
D                                                       G
I promised him I wouldn’t cry when it was his time to leave.

D                                               G
That’s the only promise I made him I couldn’t keep.

   Bm                            A
He smiled from his bed and said we’ll meet again

D           A      G
Somewhere down the road.

    G                 A         D
And I believe, ‘cause Grandpa told me so.
[Chorus]
         G                        D
He said, life is made for you to live, 

          A                         D
The best love is the love that you give,

              G                         A                     Bm
There’ll be times when you want to hold on, but you gotta let go.

        G                          A              D
And I live by those words, ‘cause Grandpa told me so.
[Chorus]
         G                        D
He said, life is made for you to live, 

          A                         D
The best love is the love that you give,

              G                         A                     Bm
There’ll be times when you want to hold on, but you gotta let go.

        G                          A              D
And I live by those words, ‘cause Grandpa told me so.
[Bridge]
G
Yeah, and I still believe, 

A                               D G
Grandpa told me so.

                    D
Grandpa told me so.

        G               D G D G
I still believe.
[Tag]
                    D
Grandpa told me so.

        G
I still believe.
[Outro]
D G . . .
(Play till end)