Merle Haggard – Grandma Harp (Guitar)

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[Intro] D G D G A D [Verse 1]
D                G               D
Grandma's maiden name was Zone Villines

                                        A
There's ninety years to tell about in a few short lines

D              G              D
Born in Newton County down in Arkansas

E7                               A
Then in nineteen-one she married Grandpa

   D                G               D
We laid her soul to rest one Sunday mornin'

              G                  D
And everybody knew she'd done her part

                         G             D       B7
Don't get set to hear no hidden family legend

       E7             A               D
Just a song about the life of Grandma Harp
[Verse 2]
D                      G                            D
  Just think about the times that she lived through

                    A
And think about the changing world she saw

D                   G               D
  Now, somehow, she reared a decent family out of poverty

E7                                    A
  And for seventy years she loved the same old Grandpa

D            G                         D
  To me, her passing brought a closing chapter

                        G              D
To a way of life that I love within my heart

                              G                 D
I just mean to say I think we owe her something special

B7          E7             A               D
  If just a song about the life of Grandma Harp
[Verse 1]
D                G               D
Grandma's maiden name was Zone Villines

        D                               A
There's ninety years to tell about in a few short lines

D              G              D
Born in Newton County down in Arkansas

E7                               A
Then in nineteen-one she married Grandpa

   D                G               D
We laid her soul to rest one Sunday mornin'

              G                  D
And everybody knew she'd done her part

                         G             D       B7
Don't get set to hear no hidden family legend

       E7             A               D     B7
Just a song about the life of Grandma Harp
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