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Grandma's hands
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Clapped in church on Sunday morning
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Grandma's hands
Em       B
Played a tambourine so well
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Grandma's hands
Used to issue out a warning
Em        B                A
She'd say, "Billy don't you run so fast
B               A
Might fall on a piece of glass
B                              A
"Might be snakes there in that grass"
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Grandma's hands


[Verse 2]

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Grandma's hands
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Soothed a local unwed mother
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Grandma's hands
Em      B
Used to ache sometimes and swell
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Grandma's hands
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Used to lift her face and tell her,
B              A
"Baby, Grandma understands
B               A
That you really love that man
B               A
Put yourself in Jesus hands"
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Grandma's hands


[Verse 3]

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Grandma's hands
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Used to hand me piece of candy
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Grandma's hands
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Picked me up each time I fell
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Grandma's hands
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Boy, they really came in handy
Em          B              A
She'd say, "Matty don' you whip that boy
B                A
What you want to spank him for?
B                A
He didn' drop no apple core"
B                        A
But I don't have Grandma anymore
A           G
If I get to Heaven I'll look for
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Grandma's hands