{"id":28856,"date":"2026-01-08T21:45:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=28856"},"modified":"2026-01-08T21:45:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:45:33","slug":"grandpa-was-a-carpenter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/grandpa-was-a-carpenter\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandpa was a Carpenter"},"content":{"rendered":"
Capo 4 for the version on Sweet Revenge\r\nCapo 2 for the version on Souvenirs\r\n \r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n    G<\/span>                                            C<\/span>\r\nOh, grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every day\r\n              G<\/span>                            D<\/span>\r\nNo particular reason, he just dressed that way\r\nG<\/span>                                                       C<\/span>\r\nBrown necktie with a matching vest and both his wingtip shoes\r\n                     G<\/span>                        D<\/span>                     G<\/span>\r\nHe built a closet on our back porch and put a penny in a burned-out fuse\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nC<\/span>                                                    G<\/span>\r\nGrandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks\r\nC<\/span>                  G<\/span>                                D<\/span>\r\nChain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks\r\n         G<\/span>                                        C<\/span>\r\nHe would level on the level, he shaved even every door\r\n                   G<\/span>             D<\/span>               G<\/span>\r\nAnd voted for Eisenhower, 'cause Lincoln won the war\r\n \r\n[Link]\r\nC<\/span>  G<\/span>  D<\/span>  G<\/span>  G<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n         G<\/span>                                                        C<\/span>\r\nWell, he used to sing me \"Blood on the Saddle\" and rock me on his knee\r\n                         G<\/span>                    D<\/span>\r\nAnd let me listen to the radio before we got TV\r\n           G<\/span>                                                   C<\/span>\r\nWell, he'd drive to church on Sunday and he'd take me with him too\r\n                       G<\/span>               D<\/span>             G<\/span>\r\nStained glass in every window, hearing aids in every pew\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nC<\/span>                                                    G<\/span>\r\nGrandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks\r\nC<\/span>                  G<\/span>                                D<\/span>\r\nChain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks\r\n         G<\/span>                                        C<\/span>\r\nHe would level on the level, he shaved even every door\r\n                   G<\/span>             D<\/span>               G<\/span>\r\nAnd voted for Eisenhower, 'cause Lincoln won the war\r\n \r\n[Link]\r\nC  G  D  G  G\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n       G                                                    C\r\nNow my Grandma was a teacher, she went to school in Bowling Green\r\n            G                                 D\r\nTraded in a milking cow for a Singer sewing machine\r\n          G                                                        C\r\nWell, she called her husband \"Mister,\" and she walked real tall in pride\r\n                   G           D             G\r\nShe used to buy me comic books after grandpa died\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nC                                                    G\r\nGrandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks\r\nC                  G                                D\r\nChain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks\r\n         G                                        C\r\nHe would level on the level, he shaved even every door\r\n                   G             D               G      G\r\nAnd voted for Eisenhower, 'cause Lincoln won the war\r\n
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Capo 4 for the version on Sweet Revenge Capo 2 for the version on Souvenirs [Verse 1] G C Oh, grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every day G D No particular reason, he just dressed that way G C Brown necktie with a matching vest and both his … CLICK TO VIEW SONGGrandpa was a Carpenter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28857,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28856\/revisions\/28857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}