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From: choover@usd.edu (Christopher J. Hoover) Subject: CHOPRO John Prine: Grandpa Was A Carpenter Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 21:59:41 GMT #transcribed by Christopher J. Hoover (choover@usd.edu) #based on version of song with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on #_Will the Circle Be Unbroken II_ Title: Grandpa Was A Carpenter Subtitle: John Prine

^GOh, grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every ^Cday No particular ^Greason, he just dressed that ^Dway ^GBrown necktie with a matching vest and both his wingtip ^Cshoes He built a closet on ^Gour back porch and put a ^Dpenny in a burned-out ^Gfuse

^CGrandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and ^Gbanks ^CChain-smoked Camel ^Gcigarettes and hammered nails in ^Dplanks He would ^Glevel on the level, he shaved even every ^Cdoor And voted for Eisen^Ghower, 'cause ^DLincoln won the ^Gwar

^GWell, he used to sing me "Blood on the Saddle" and rock me on his ^Cknee And let me listen to the ^Gradio before we got T^DV Well, he'd ^Gdrive to church on Sunday and he'd take me with him ^Ctoo Stained glass in every ^Gwindow, hearing ^Daids in every ^Gpew

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^GWell, my Grandma was a teacher, she went to school in Bowling ^CGreen Traded in a ^Gmilking cow for a Singer sewing ma^Dchine Well, she ^Gcalled her husband "Mister," and she walked real tall in ^Cpride She used to buy me ^Gcomic books ^Dafter grandpa ^Gdied

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John Prine - Grandpa was a carpenter