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Grandma's Feather Bed

John Denver
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When  I was a little bitty  boy
Just  up off the floor,
 We used  to go down to Grandma's  house
Every  month end or so
 We'd have chicken  pie, country  ham
Home-made  butter on  the bread
 But the best  damn thing about Grandma'a  house
 Was the great  big feather bed
 It was nine  feet high, six feet wide
Soft  as a downy chick
 It was mad of the feathers of four-eleven geese
And  a while roll of clothe for the tick
 It could hold  eight kids, four hound dogs
 And the piggy  that we stole form the shed  (oink, oink!)
 Didn't get much sleep but we  had alot of fun
 In Grandma's  feather bed
 After supper we'd sit around the fire
 The old folks spit and chew
 Pa would talk about the farm in the war
 And Grandma'd sing a ballad or two
 I'd sit and listen and watch the fire
 Till the cobwebs filled my head
 Nest thing I'd know I'd wake up in the morn'
 In the middle of the old feather bed
 Well, I love my ma, I love my pa
 I love Granny and Granpa too
 Been fishing with my uncle, wrestled with my cousin
 And I even kissed aunt Sue (foo!)
 But if I ever had to make a choice
 I think it oughta be said
 That I'd trade them all plus the gal down the road
 For Grandma's feather bed
 (Well, maybe not the gal down the road)

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Readable chord sheet for Grandma's Feather Bed by John Denver

[D]When I was a little [G]bitty boy
[D]Just up off the floor,[A]
We [D]used to go down to [G]Grandma's house
[A]Every month end or s[D]o
We'd have [D]chicken pie, [G]country ham
[D]Home-made butter [A]on the bread
But the [D]best damn thing about [G]Grandma'a house
Was the [A]great big feather bed[D]

It was [D]nine feet high, six feet wide
[G]Soft as a downy chick[D]

It was mad of the feathers of four-eleven geese
[E7]And a while roll of clothe for the [A7]tick
It could [D]hold eight kids, four hound dogs
And the [G]piggy that we stole form the s[D]hed (oink, oink!)
Didn't get much sleep but we[G] had alot of fun
In [A]Grandma's feather [D]bed

After supper we'd sit around the fire
The old folks spit and chew
Pa would talk about the farm in the war
And Grandma'd sing a ballad or two
I'd sit and listen and watch the fire
Till the cobwebs filled my head
Nest thing I'd know I'd wake up in the morn'
In the middle of the old feather bed

Well, I love my ma, I love my pa
I love Granny and Granpa too
Been fishing with my uncle, wrestled with my cousin
And I even kissed aunt Sue (foo!)
But if I ever had to make a choice
I think it oughta be said
That I'd trade them all plus the gal down the road
For Grandma's feather bed
(Well, maybe not the gal down the road)

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