Jake Thackray - Grandad

I^E7f you com^Ame around to mourn for Grandad don't ^E7dress up in ^Amblack‚ 'cos ^AmAlthough me Grandad's dead and buried, odds-^E7on he'll be ^Amback, yes ^AmAlthough they stuffed him in a coffin and ^E7read out the ^Amwill, and ^E7Alth^Amough he's six foot deep in darkness he'll ^E7never lie ^Amstill. ^CHe's made of ^Amsterner stuff, he's ^E7not dead e^Amnough. ^AmAngels, sai^Cnts and ^Amseraphim ^AmPlease, ple^E7ase will you^Am try ^E7to keep an ^Ameye ^E7On h^Amim.

^AmOn his ninetieth birthday, Grandad went ^E7down for a ^Amdrink. ^E7Now my ^AmGrandad is a rabid dypso with a ^E7throat like a si^Amnk. He ^AmDrank himself toward the skyline and his ^E7friends to the^Am floor just ^AmTo prove how fit he was for boozing for n^E7inety years ^Ammore. ^CYour pearly gates he'll c^Amlimb when ^E7it's opening ^Amtime.

^AmAngels, sain^Cts and ^Amseraphim ^AmYou'll,^C you'll find it h^Amard to ^Ckeep a g^Amuard ^E7On h^Amim.

^E7They ^Ambrought him home upon a handcart with his ^E7legs in the ^Amair. He ^E7Was ^Amsinging Rule Britannia backwards in ^E7his underwear. ^AmHe ^AmChallenged all the county police force to a ^E7fight right away, t^Amhen ^AmHe offered to put the Ladies' Union in the^E7 family ^Amway. ^CYour crystal ^Amdomes will shake when ^E7he makes his ^Ambreak ^AmAngels, ^Csaints and ^Amseraphim ^AmHe'll ^Cgive you the ^Amslip, ^Cso get a ^Amgrip ^E7On ^Amhim.

^E7The ^Amdoctor lifted up an eyelid and ^E7pronounced him ^Amgone. ^E7But ^E7To j^Amudge from Grandad's finger signals the do^E7ctor was wr^Among. They ^AmDressed him in his Sunday night-shirt, they c^E7ombed out his ^Amhair, but ^AmThey couldn't get my Grandad's boots off, he'd ^E7need them up ^Amthere. ^CYour silken wi^Amngs he'll shed. He will paint ^E7Paradise r^Amed. ^AmAngels, ^Csaints and ^Amseraphim ^AmPlease ^E7please don't ^Amexpect ^E7that much ^Amrespect ^E7From ^Amhim.

^AmEven at the solemn moment he ^E7wouldn't be^Amhave, ^E7for ^E7I ^Amheard him whistling in his coffin on his ^E7way to the ^Amgrave. ^E7He ^E7Took ^Amoff toward the New Jerusalem with ^E7his pinch of ^Amsalt. ^E7I ^E7Dist^Aminctly heard him flatulating in his ^E7marble ^Amvault. ^CYour candles ^Amwill be dimmed when ^E7he gets the ^Amwind. ^AmAngels, ^Csaints and seraphim ^AmAlthough he's old, ^Calthough he's cold, ^AmKeep a ^E7tight hold ^E7On ^Amhim.