Grandpa Told Me So

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[D]If you don’t get in the water, you’re never gonna learn to swim.                            [G]
[D]He said that a snake is just as scared of you as you are of[G] it.
[Bm]He could tell by the moon when the fish [A]would bite,
[D]Seems there wa[A]s nothing that he d[G]idn’t know,
and as a kid I believed, ‘cause [A]Grandpa told me [D]so.     [G]       [D]         [G]

[D]He talked Daddy into letting me have my first ca[G]r.
[D]I thought I was really something till Becky Thompson broke my he[G]art.
[Bm]That first taste of love nearly [A]did me in,
[D]Getting over her was [A]slow,[G]
And I knew someday I would, ‘caus[A]e Grandpa told me so.          [D]

[G]He said, life is made for you to liv[D]e,
[A]The best love is the love that you give,[D]
[G]There’ll be times when you want to hol[A]d on, but you gotta let go[Bm].
[G]And I live by those words, ‘cause Grandp[A]a told me so.         [D]

[G] [D] [G]

(Slow it down and strum low volume.)

[D]I promised him I wouldn’t cry when it was his time to le[G]ave.
[D]That’s the only promise I made him I couldn’t ke[G]ep.
[Bm]He smiled from his bed and said we’ll me[A]et again
[D]Somewhere down the[A] road.   [G]
[G]And I believe, ‘[A]cause Grandpa told me so.   [D]

Repeat Chorus 2 x’s:

[G]Yeah, and I still believe,
[A]Grandpa told me so.             [D]               [G]
Grandpa told me so. [D]
I still [G]believe.        [D]          [G]            [D]              [G]

Tag:
Grandpa told me so. [D]
I still [G]believe.

Extro:
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