Riley Green – I Wish Grandpas Never Died (Guitar Acoustic)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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[Intro] G D/F# Em Cadd9 G D/F# Em Cadd9 [Verse 1]
     G                     D/F#
Wish girls you loved never gave back

         Em
diamond rings

           Cadd9
I wish every porch

        G D/F# Em Cadd9
Had a swing

         G                  D/F#
I wish kids learned to say "sir" and

                  Em
"ma'am", how to shake a hand

             Cadd9
I wish every state

             G D/F# Em Cadd9
Had a Birmingham
[Pre-Chorus]
D
Wish everybody knew the words

Cadd9
to Mama Tried

D
I wish Monday mornings felt just like

Cadd9
Friday nights
[Chorus]
            G
I wish even cars had truck beds

          D/F#
And every road was named Copperhead

    Em                D
And coolers never ran out

       Cadd9
of cold Bud Light

       G
I wish high school home teams never lost

    D/F#
And back road drinking kids never got caught

           Em               D
I wish the price of gas was low

     Cadd9
and cotton was high

       Em                D
I wish honkytonks didn't have

Cadd9
no closing time

                             G
And I wish grandpas never died
[Repeat Intro Once] G D/F# Em C [Verse 2]
 G                     D/F#
I wish Sunday's on a creek bank would

       Em
never end

             Cadd9
Wish I could learn

            G D/F# Em Cadd9
To drive again

G                                  D/F#
I wish the first time, seventeen, she

                   Em
was my everything kiss in a Chevrolet

Cadd9               G D/F# Em Cadd9
It'd happen every day
[Pre-Chorus]
D
I wish everybody overseas

Cadd9
was gonna make it home

D
I wish Country music still played on

Cadd9
Country radio
[Chorus]
            G
I wish even cars had truck beds

          D/F#
And every road was named Copperhead

    Em                D
And coolers never ran out

       Cadd9
of cold Bud Light

       G
I wish high school home teams never lost

    D/F#
And back road drinking kids never got caught

           Em               D
I wish the price of gas was low

     Cadd9
and cotton was high

       Em                D
I wish honkytonks didn't have

Cadd9
no closing time

                             G
And I wish grandpas never died

 Cadd9                 G Cadd9
I wish grandpas never died
[Bridge]
Em               D                 Cadd9
I wish good dogs never got grey and old
I wish farms never got sold [Chorus]
            G
I wish even cars had truck beds

          D/F#
And every road was named Copperhead

    Em                D
And coolers never ran out

       Cadd9
of cold Bud Light

       G
I wish high school home teams never lost

    D/F#
And back road drinking kids never got caught

           Em               D
I wish the price of gas was low

     Cadd9
and cotton was high

       Em                D
I wish honkytonks didn't have

Cadd9
no closing time

                        G D/F# Em Cadd9
And I wish grandpas never died

                       G D/F# Em Cadd9
Yeah I wish grandpas never died