Grandmas Hands
Gil Scott-Heron
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Dm7 G7 Grandma's hands clapped in church on Sunday morningsDm7 Grandma's hands played theA7 tambourine so wellDm7 G7 Grandma's hands used to issue out a warningA G She say, "Scotty why you run so fastA G Might fall on a piece of glassA 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 mothersContinues after the adDm7 A7 Grandma's hands used to ache sometimes and swellDm7 G7 Grandma's hands, lord they'd really come in handyA She say, "Bobbie why you want toG whip that boy?A G What you want to whip him for?A G He didn't throw no apple core."Dm7 Ebmaj7 Grandma's hands, theyDm7 Ebmaj7 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 mothersDm7 A7 Grandma's hands used to ache sometimes and swellDm7 G7 Grandma's hands, well they really came in handyA She say, "Bobbie why you wantG 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 anymoreA G When I get to heaven I'll lookDm7 Ebmaj7 for grandma's hands