Grandpa Told Me So Chords

Capo 4th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

D G D G

Verse 1

DIf you don’t get in the water, you’re never gonna learn to swim. G

DHe said that a snake is just as scared of you as you are ofG it.

BmHe could tell by the moon when the fish Awould bite,

DSeems there waAs nothing that he dGidn’t know,

 and as a kid I believed, ‘cause AGrandpa told me Dso. G D G

Verse 2

DHe talked Daddy into letting me have my first caGr.

DI thought I was really something till Becky Thompson broke my heGart.

BmThat first taste of love nearly Adid me in,

DGetting over her was Aslow,G

 And I knew someday I would, ‘causAe Grandpa told me so. D

Chorus

GHe said, life is made for you to livDe,

AThe best love is the love that you give,D

GThere’ll be times when you want to holAd on, but you gotta let goBm.

GAnd I live by those words, ‘cause GrandpAa told me so. D

Solo

G D G

(Slow it down and strum low volume.)

Verse 3

DI promised him I wouldn’t cry when it was his time to leGave.

DThat’s the only promise I made him I couldn’t keGep.

BmHe smiled from his bed and said we’ll meAet again

DSomewhere down theA road. G

GAnd I believe, ‘Acause Grandpa told me so. D

Repeat Chorus 2 x’s:

Bridge

GYeah, and I still believe,

AGrandpa told me so. D G

 Grandpa told me so. D

 I still Gbelieve. D G D G

Tag:

 Grandpa told me so. D

 I still Gbelieve.

Extro:

D G