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[Part 1]
G Am7
Got an 8 x 10 of me and him, when I was about nine,
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the game was over; I was on his shoulders by the 50 yard line.
G Am7
He was a tall and lean proud marine with a faded green tattoo,
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always had my back when I ticked-off dad 'cause that's what grandpas do.
[Part 2]
C G
From 55 to 65 I watched his hair turn grey
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and the only time I saw him cry was the Sunday I got saved.
C G Em
From turnin' a wrench to fixin' fence and pickin' me up at school
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to bein' my best friend – that's what grandpas do.
[Part 3]
G Am7
He taught me how to drive and how to survive in the woods if I got lost;
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and the older I get the more I see I'm a chip off a chip off his old block.
G Am7
He taught me how to tie a tie, put an edge on a knife and how to sight in my 22,
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how to do unto others, 'cause that's what grandpas do.
[Part 4]
C G
He taught me not to be lazy, open doors for ladies and look a man in the eye,
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think before you speak, pray before you eat and how to choke down your pride.
C G Em
He gave me my last name, this cross on this chain and my first Red Man chew,
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so, don't tell your grandma, boy, 'cause that's what grandpas do, yeah!
[Part 5]
C G
From an old Chevelle, out there raisin' hell to quotin' from King James,
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from Superman to barely can remember his own name.
C G Em
They go from an old jon boat with a fishin' pole to a hospital room,
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better love 'em while you can, man, 'cause that's what grandpas do,
C D7
you'd better love 'em while you can, 'cause that's what grandpas [Outro] do.
[Outro]
G Em C D7
G Em C D7
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