Chords/Tabulature for
Grandpa's Interview
Submitted by: Jean-Paul Buquet (jpbuquet@gold.ocn.ne.jp)
Notes about this song:
- Tuning: Double Dropped D (DADGBD)
Chords:
Cadd9 x.3.2.0.3.0
Amadd4 x.0.2.2.1.0
F6sus2 3.3.0.0.1.0
Cadd9* 0.3.2.0.1.0
Intro: (play three times)
Cadd9 / / / Amadd4 / / /
Cadd9 / / / Amadd4 / / /
Cadd9 / / / Amadd4 / / /
F6sus2 / / / Cadd9* / / /
Verse:
Cadd9 Amadd4
Grandpa, here's your coffee,
Cadd9 Amadd4
Said Edith, as she filled his cup.
Cadd9 Amadd4
Nobody'll find you here,
F6sus2 Cadd9*
And Earl is glad you guys showed up.
Cadd9 Amadd4
The way things are downtown,
Cadd9 Amadd4
You might have to stay for a while,
Cadd9 Amadd4
There was a helicopter hovering over your house
F6sus2 Cadd9*
When I talked to your neighbor Kyle.
Who the hell do they think they are,
Invading our home like that?
Grandma and I had to leave so fast,
We couldn't even catch the cat.
The helicopter scared the shit out of him,
And it took off down the trail,
Down past the railroad track,
Towards the county jail.
(repeat Intro once)
Jed, you really screwed up now!
What did you have to do that for?
Everybody wants to hang your ass,
And here's a note from Lenore.
Sun touched the cold steel bars
As she pushed the paper in.
Jed took it up and read it
And he couldn't hide a grin.
Outside the jail window
A crow flew across the sky,
Completely disappearing behind each bar,
Then a helicopter flew by.
Say hi to Earl and Edith.
Tell 'em I'm doing fine.
Tell 'em it's time for them to let you go now,
They should cut the line.
Can Grandma come and see me?
I got a new song to sing
It's longer than all the others combined
And it doesn't mean a thing.
(repeat Intro twice)
The noise was unfamiliar,
Generators whirling,
Walkie-talkies screaming,
Vans parked in the open field.
TV crews and cameras,
They wanted to interview Grandpa on the porch.
They came through the gate and across the lawn
Knocking down Edith's Tiki Torch.
And Grandpa saw them there,
Looking through the venetian blind.
Those people don't have any respect,
So they won't get any of mine.
I don't wanna talk about Jed.
I don't watch channel 2 or 6 or 9.
I don't have time to talk that fast,
And it ain't my crime.
It ain't a privilege to be on TV
And it ain't a duty either.
The only good thing about TV
Is shows like 'Leave it to Beaver'.
Shows with love and affection,
Like Mama used to say.
A little Mayberry living
Could go a long long way.
He took Earl's shotgun down from the closet,
Loaded up both barrels.
Walked out on the porch and fired 'em off,
And up walked a woman named Carol.
Susan Carol from Early Magazine,
I got some questions to ask.
Well you can stick 'em where the sun don't shine!
Grandpa said with a gasp.
Then he fell face first and let out a sigh,
And Edith ran out in shock.
He was looking at her from down on the floor,
Grandpa looked like he was trying to talk.
That guy just keeps singin'!
Can somebody shut him up?
I don't know for the life of me
Where he comes up with that stuff.
(repeat Intro three times)
They laid his head on a newspaper
With a picture of Carmichael on the front page,
Posing with the little league baseball team,
And a seedy shot of Jed on a motorcycle.
Grandpa died a hero,
Trying to stop the media,
Fighting for freedom of silence,
Trying to be anonymous.
(repeat Intro twice)
D|----------------------|-------------------|
B|----------------------|-------------------|
G|----------------------|-------------------|
D|--------5-5-----------|--5-5--5-s7--------|
A|--3-5s7-----8-7-5-----|------------5--s7--|
D|------------------7-7-|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------0-|
B|-------------------|-----------------1-|
G|-------------------|-----------------0-|
D|--5-5-3-2----------|------------0----2-|
A|-----------5--3-3--|-- 0-3--3-3---3--3-|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
Cadd9 Amadd4
Share your loving and you live so long
Cadd9 Amadd4
Share your loving and you live so long
Cadd9 Amadd4
Share your loving and you live so long
F6sus2 Cadd9* Cadd9
Live so long
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