Grandpa Was A Carpenter(Chords)

	        Recorded Key of B - Capo on 4 
 
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Oh, Grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every day 
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No particular reason, he just dressed that way 
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Brown necktie with a matching vest and both his wingtip shoes 
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He built a closet on our back porch and put a penny in a burned-out fuse 

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Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks 
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Chain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in panks 
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He was level on the level, he shaved even every door 
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And voted for Eisenhower, 'cause Lincoln won the war
 
 
(Instrumental} 
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Well, he used to sing me 'Blood on the Saddle' and rock me on his knee 
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And let me listen to the radio before we got TV 
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Well, he'd drive to church on Sunday and he'd take me with him too 
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Stained glass in every window, hearing aids in every pew 
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Well, my Grandma was a teacher, she went to school in Bowling Green 
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Traded in a milking cow for a Singer sewing machine 
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Well, she called her husband 'Mister,' and she walked real tall in pride 
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She used to buy me comic books after Grandpa died 
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Written by John Prine