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[Verse 1]
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Hey, grandpa, I wish you were here today
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I'm on my way to play another show
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I bet you'd love it, folks are sittin' on some hay
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So I'll pull out my fiddle an' I'll rosin up my bow
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What I'd give to see you sittin' in the front row

[Solo]
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[Verse 2]
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Hey, grandpa, there's this boy I like a lot
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He loves fishin', workin' hard and Barney Fife*
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I wish you could be here to see me walkin' down the aisle
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Can you believe I'm gonna be somebody's wife?
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Well, it don't matter, but in case you'd like to know
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I saved a spot for you by grandma in the front row

[Chorus]
      Em                    G
Now I know you're somewhere better
            Em             G
And this is how it's gotta be
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And you wouldn't want us cryin' anyway
       Cadd9               G     Am        G
But I'm always gonna carry a part of you in me
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Oh, I sure am missing you today

[Verse 3]
        G               C                   G
Hey, grandpa, what's it like where you are now?
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Is it everything we dreamed it oughta be?
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I wish I could see you, without the pain that took you down
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Free to run, and free to laugh, and free to breathe
           Cadd9                                 D
Well, I'll admit some days I just can't wait to go
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I can't help but there's a longing in my soul
       Cadd9
Oh, deep inside somehow I think I know
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When it's my turn, you'll be there waitin' in the front row

[Chorus 2]
          Em                G
Now I know you're somewhere better
        Em                 G
And this is how it's gotta be
       Em            C            D
The ones we love, we never really lose
       Cadd9         G       Am            G
But I'm always gonna carry a part of you in me
       Am7                  G         D
But today I've gotta say, I'm missing you

[final]
G                      C             G
Hey, grandpa, I wish you were here today
      C          G            D
I'm on my way to play another show