Grinnin Chords

KeyG Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays764

Grinnin by Drake White is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords G, D, Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro 
G  D  Em  C  G   D   Em   C    

verse 1 

G                      D     Em                     C 
Keep your toes in the water, Lay in the shade of a tree. 
G                D     Em                     C 
Kiss your baby crazy, of a song you like to sing (well) 
G                      D         Em                 C 
Take a ride with your grandpa’, break out the moon pies 
       C 
Have a coke and a smile with (Cuz) 


G         D        Em                C 
Life is better, oh if you keep on grinnin’ 
G                          D  
If you’ve got two feet to walk down the street,  
Em                                  C 
It’s a good life that you’ve been givin’ 
G                          D 
Oh there’s happy and sad, good and bad 
       Em                   C 
But I believe the good is winnin’, (yeah) 
     G         D       Em               C             G   D   Em   C 
But life is better, oh if you keep on grinnin’ (So keep on grinnin’) 


verse 2 

 G                 D        Em              C 
Find a dog you can talk to, act just like a kid 
  G             D      Em                 C 
Climb a water tower, oh just to say you did 
  G                  D      Em              C 
Strum a beat up old guitar, walk a country mile  
                C 
Go ahead and laugh if it’s been a while 

 G             D      Em                C 
Cuz life is better, oh if you keep on grinnin’ 
G                          D 
If you’ve got two feet to walk down the street,  
 Em                                 C 
It’s a good life that you’ve been givin’ 
  G                        D 
Oh there’s happy and sad, good and bad 
    Em                      C 
But I believe the good is winnin’, (yeah) 
G         D        Em               C 
Life is better, oh if you keep on grinnin’ (So keep on grinnin’) 

Bridge 

G         D      Em      C       G      D      Em      C 
Yeah    yeah,    yeah   yeah,  gotta keep on grinnin’ 
G         D         Em      C           G      D      C      C 
Ohhhh    ohhhh,    ohhhh   ohhh   Keep on grinnin’ 
G                     D 
Hit the floor, and it’s out the door 
Em                C 
It’s an easy way to start your day 

(Whistlin’) G      D      Em      C      G      D      C      C 

   G      D       Em                 C 
Life is better, oh if you keep on grinnin' 
G                           D 
If you’ve got two feet to walk down the street,  
Em                                  C 
It’s a good life that you’ve been givin’ 
             G             D 
Oh there’s happy and sad, good and bad 
    Em                      C 
But I believe the good is winnin’, (yeah) 
G             D        Em               C   G   D   Em   C   G   D   C   C 
But life is better, oh if you keep on grinnin’ (So keep on grinnin’) 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante