D G D G

[Verse 1]
       D                                                    G
If you don’t get in the water, you’re never gonna learn to swim.
                D                                           G
He said that a snake is just as scared of you as you are of it.
          Bm                        A
He could tell by the moon when the fish would bite,
                 D            A         G
Seems there was nothing that he didn’t know,
                                 A              D       G    D   G
and as a kid I believed, ‘cause Grandpa told me so.

[Verse 2]
D                                               G
He talked Daddy into letting me have my first car.
          D                                                     G
I thought I was really something till Becky Thompson broke my heart.
      Bm                         A
That first taste of love nearly did me in, 
         D    A       G
Getting over her was slow,
                                    A                   D
And I knew someday I would, ‘cause Grandpa told me so.

[Chorus]
         G                        D
He said, life is made for you to live,
          A                         D
The best love is the love that you give,
              G                         A                     Bm
There’ll be times when you want to hold on, but you gotta let go.
        G                          A              D
And I live by those words, ‘cause Grandpa told me so.

[Solo]
G D G

(Slow it down and strum low volume.)

[Verse 3]
D                                                       G
I promised him I wouldn’t cry when it was his time to leave.
D                                               G
That’s the only promise I made him I couldn’t keep.
   Bm                            A
He smiled from his bed and said we’ll meet again
D           A      G
Somewhere down the road.
    G                 A         D
And I believe, ‘cause Grandpa told me so.

[Chorus]
         G                        D
He said, life is made for you to live, 
          A                         D
The best love is the love that you give,
              G                         A                     Bm
There’ll be times when you want to hold on, but you gotta let go.
        G                          A              D
And I live by those words, ‘cause Grandpa told me so.

[Chorus]
         G                        D
He said, life is made for you to live, 
          A                         D
The best love is the love that you give,
              G                         A                     Bm
There’ll be times when you want to hold on, but you gotta let go.
        G                          A              D
And I live by those words, ‘cause Grandpa told me so.

[Bridge]
G
Yeah, and I still believe, 
A                               D G
Grandpa told me so.
                    D
Grandpa told me so.
        G               D G D G
I still believe.

[Tag]
                    D
Grandpa told me so.
        G
I still believe.

[Outro]
D G . . .
(Play till end)