Grandmother's Song Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays464

Grandmother's Song by Steve Martin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, G7, C7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
C                        G 
Be courteous, kind, and forgiving 
G7                       C 
Be gentle and peaceful each day 
C7                   F 
Be warm and human and grateful 
G                    C 
And have a good thing to say 
C                                 G 
Be thoughtful and trustful and optimistic 
G7                   C 
Be witty and happy and wise 
C7                              F 
Be honest and love all your neighbors 
G                              C 
Live in a swamp and be three dimension 
C                                 G 
Be obsequious, purple and clairvoyant 

C                G 
Be sure to stop at stop signs 
G7               C 
And drive fifty-five miles an hour 
C7                   F 
Pick up hitchhikers foaming at the mouth 
G                       C 
And when you get home get a master's degree in geology  


G7                          C 
Be pompous, obtuse  and eat cactus 
C7                          F 
Be dull and boring and omnipresent 
G                           C 
Look forward to things  you don't know about 
C7                          F 
Put a live chicken in your underwear 
G                            C 
Get all excited and go to a yawning festival 


              C                  G 
(Ladies only) Never make love to Bigfoot 
            G7             C 
(Men only) Hello, my name is Bigfoot 
           C7                         F 
(Everyone) Put a live chicken in your underwear 
G                     C 
Go into a closet and suck eggs 
    	

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