Bill Withers - Grandmas hands
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...GRANDMA'S HANDS... by Bill Withers
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*from 'Just As I Am' (1971)*
Intro:
Am Mmm-mm-mm, mmm-mm-mm.
Verse 1:
Am Grandma's hands, clapped in church on Sunday morning,
Grandma's hands, played a E7tambourine so well.
Am Grandma's hands, used to issue out a warning, she'd say;
E7 "Billy don'tD7 you run so E7fast; might fall D7on a piece of glass,
E7 "Might be snakes tD7here in that graAmss", Grandma's hands.
Verse 2:
Am Grandma's hands, soothed a local un-wed mother,
Grandma's hands, used to E7ache sometimes and swell.
Am Grandma's hands, used to lift her face and tell her;
E7 "Baby, GraD7ndma understE7ands, that you reD7ally love that man,
E7 Put yourself in D7Jesus' hands&quAmot;, Grandma's hands.
Verse 3:
Am Grandma's hands, used to hand me piece of candy,
Grandma's hands, picked me E7up each time I fell.
Am Grandma's hands, boy, they really came in handy, she'd say;
E7 "Matty don'tD7 you whip thatE7 boy, what you wanD7t to spank him for?
E7 He didn't drop no D7apple core", bE7ut I don't have GraD7ndma any more.
E7 If I get to Heaven, D7I'll look for, AmGrandma's hands.
Outro:
Am Mmm-mm-mm.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)