| D | G | |
| If you donât get in | the water, youâre 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 wa | s nothing that he d | idnât know, |
| A | D | G | D | G | |
| and as a kid I believed, âcaus | e Grandpa told m | e so. |
| Verse 2: |
| D | G | |
| He talked Daddy into letting me have my first ca | r. |
| D | G | |
| I thought I was really something till Becky Thompson broke my he | art. |
| 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, âca | use Grandpa told me so. |
| Chorus: |
| G | D | |
| He said, life is made for you to liv | e, |
| A | D | |
| The best love is the love that you give, |
| G | A | Bm | |
| Thereâll be times when you want to h | old on, but you gotta let | go. |
| G | A | D | |
| And I live by those words, âcause Gran | dpa told me so. |
| Solo: |
| G | D | G | |
| (Slow it down and strum low volume.) |
| Verse 3: |
| D | G | |
| I promised him I wouldnât cry when it was his time to | leave. |
| D | G | |
| Thatâs the only promise I made him I couldnâ | t keep. |
| Bm | A | |
| He smiled from his bed and said weâll | meet again |
| D | A | G | |
| Somewhere down the | road. |
| G | A | D | |
| And I believe, â | cause Grandpa told me so. |
| Repeat Chorus 2 xâs: |
| 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. |
| Extro: |
| D G . . . . (Play till end) |