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[Part 1]
GAm7
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.
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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]
CG
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.
CGEm
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]
GAm7
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.
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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]
CG
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.
CGEm
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]
CG
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.
CGEm
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,
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you'd better love 'em while you can, 'cause that's what grandpas [Outro] do.
[Outro]
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