Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Old Upright Piano (Guitar)

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From the Cd Partners, Brothers and Friends. Play with capo on 4th fret to match recording. [Intro] C G D G G
C                G               C                 G           C            G
For as long as I remember   When Friday night came round   The family would gather

G                 D           Am                   G             G        F         C
out at grandpa's house   With supper over and the dishes done   Then the best time came

      C           G           D7           G   
At an old upright piano  that only grandma played
[Chorus]
C                G            C          G            C           G 
She played beautiful dreamer   my wild irish rose   never played them perfect

              G             D          C           G                G    F       C   
but there was love in every note   and grandpa sat beside her    in harmony they sang

       C           G            D            G 
at the old upright piano   that only grandma played  

Em            G                  Em              G       C                  G 
Grandpa was a stubborn man  They said it was his style   grandma called him onrery

    G                  D        Am               G              G       F       C
But she said it with a smile   Even he could not desguise   the love he felt so strong

C                          G              D                   G
We all could see it In his eyes  When she played his favorite song
[Chorus]
Em           G           Em              G        C                     G 
I was almost seventeen   When my grandma died   I stayed all night with grandpa

    G             D          Am         G                 G       F        C
The old man never cried   We sat at her piano   There was nothing we could say

   C                        G             D7               G
It was the first time in my life   I ever heard my grandpa play

C                   G            C          G               C                   G 
It wasn't beautiful dreamer   my wild irish rose   it was a song he played from memory

       G              D        C               G            G         F       C
and he never missed a note   I sat right there beside him   until the morning came

       C                 G               D            G 
what a friend we have in Jesus   was the only song he played
[Chorus]
       C           G            D            G
at the old upright piano   that only grandma played