Aint It Grand Chords

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Aint It Grand by Gord Bamford is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D and Em. 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  C  G  C 

Verse 
G                             C 
You can top off the old tank, hit the TC highway 
G 
Flip a nickle, pick a place, from the Rock out to BC 
                             C 
Cup of Tim's in the console, Lightfoot on the radio 
G                            C                      D 
Heavy foot on the gas and go anywhere they fly that maple leaf 


G                        C 
We've got the Blue Jays, we've got the paydirt 
G                     C 
The greatest outdoor show on earth 
G                             C           G 
We've got the strongest beer, the biggest buck deer 
Em                      C 
Our roots run deep here in this land 
D 
Ain't it grand 

Instrumental 
G  C 

Verse 
G                        C 
Pink salmon and walleye, rainbow on the dry fly 
G                     C 
Sunset on a blue sky, from a rocky mountain stream 
G                         C 
Hockey night on Saturday, Don Cherry and Ron Maclean 
G                       C                D 
Looking at the replays, and fighting in between 


G                        C 
We've got the Blue Jays, we've got the paydirt 
G                    C 
The greatest outdoor show on earth 
G                             C 
We've got the strongest beer, the biggest buck deer 
Em                      C 
Our roots run deep here in this land 
D 
Ain't it grand 

Instrumental: G  C  Em  C 

Bridge 
Em                      C 
We have the true north, strong and free 
Em                  C             D 
We live and die for what we believe 

 
G                         C 
We've got the Blue Jays, we've got the paydirt 
G                    C 
The greatest outdoor show on earth 
G                             C 
We've got the strongest beer, the biggest buck deer 
Em                      C 
Our roots run deep here in this land 
D             G 
Ain't it grand 
C            G C 
Ain't it grand 
G                             C 
You can top off the old tank, hit the TC highway 
G                            C 
Flip a nickle, pick a place, from the Rock out to BC  
    	

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