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Dave Fenley – Grandpa Tell Me Bout The Good Old Days Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsG C D Am

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[Verse 1]
G                          C
Grandpa, tell me 'bout the good 
old days
             G              
Sometimes it feels like this 
              D
world's gone crazy
G                            C
And Grandpa, take me back to yesterday
                      G
When the line between right and wrong
               D
Didn't seem so hazy

[Chorus]
                  C
Did lovers really fall in love to stay
                      G
And stand beside each other,
 come what may?
                     D
Was a promise really something 
people kept
                              G
Not just something they would say
and then forget
                    C
Did families really bow their 
heads to pray
                   G
Did daddies really never go away?
    Am       C                
Oh, Grandpa, tell me 'bout the 
          G
good old days

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[Verse 2]
G                      C
Grandpa, everything is changing fast
           G                          D
We call it progress, but I just don't know
    G                     C
And Grandpa, let's wander back 
into the past
                 G               D
And paint me the picture of long ago

[Chorus]
                  C
Did lovers really fall in
 love to stay
                      G
And stand beside each other, 
come what may?
                     D
Was a promise really something
 people kept
                              G
Not just something they would say 
and then forget

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                    C
Did families really bow their 
heads to pray
                   G
Did daddies really never go away?
    Am       C                 
Oh, Grandpa, tell me 'bout the
         G
 good old days
    Am       C                
Oh, Grandpa, tell me 'bout the 
          G
good old days

How to play Grandpa Tell Me Bout The Good Old Days: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of Grandpa Tell Me Bout The Good Old Days by Dave Fenley on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

Grandpa Tell Me Bout The Good Old Days by Dave Fenley is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 4 chords: G, C, D and Am.

Listen for G – C – G – D (I – IV – I – V in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – fah – doh – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.