Grandmas Hands – Gil Scott-Heron · Song Chords

Grandmas Hands

Gil Scott-Heron · C

Real Key

C

C

0.2x

120

BPM

1

2

3

4

Rhythm

2/4

3/4

4/4

5/4

6/8

7/8

No Accent

Downbeat

Backbeat

All Equal

1 & 3

Intro

[Dm7] [Ebmaj7] x4

Verse 1

[Dm7] [G7]

Grandma's hands clapped in church on Sunday mornings

[Dm7] [A7]

Grandma's hands played the tambourine so well

[Dm7] [G7]

Grandma's hands used to issue out a warning

[A] [G]

She say, "Scotty why you run so fast

[A] [G]

Might fall on a piece of glass

[A] [G]

Might be snakes there in that grass"

[Dm7] [Ebmaj7]

Grandma's hands, they keep on calling to me

Verse 2

[Dm7] [G7]

Grandma's hands soothed the local unwed mothers

[Dm7] [A7]

Grandma's hands used to ache sometimes and swell

[Dm7] [G7]

Grandma's hands, lord they'd really come in handy

[A] [G]

She say, "Bobbie why you want to whip that boy?

[A] [G]

What you want to whip him for?

[A] [G]

He didn't throw no apple core."

[Dm7] [Ebmaj7] [Dm7] [Ebmaj7]

Grandma's hands, they keep on calling to me

[Solos]

[Dm7] [G7] [Dm7] [A7] [Dm7] [G7] [A] [G] [A] [G] [A] [G] [Dm7] [Ebmaj7] [Dm7] [Ebmaj7] x5

Verse 3

[Dm7] [G7]

Grandma's hands soothed the local unwed mothers

[Dm7] [A7]

Grandma's hands used to ache sometimes and swell

[Dm7] [G7]

Grandma's hands, well they really came in handy

[A] [G]

She say, "Bobbie why you want to whip that boy?

[A] [G]

What you want to whip him for?

[A] [G]

He didn't throw no apple core."

[A] [G]

But I don't have grandma anymore

[A] [G] [Dm7] [Ebmaj7]

When I get to heaven I'll look for grandma's hands

Outro

[Dm7] [Ebmaj7]

Chords Used (6)

Guitar

Ukulele

Dm7

10fr

1 / 5

Ebmaj7

N/A

G7

1 / 4

A7

1 / 4

A

1 / 4

G

1 / 5

Song Info

Real Key

C

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