Biography:
Bill Withers (born July 4, 1938 in Slab Fork, West Virginia, died March 30, 2020 in Los Angeles, California) was an American singer-songwriter who performed and recorded from the late 1960s until the mid 1980s.
Bill's father died when he was thirteen. He joined the US Navy at seventeen, and stayed there for nine years, before he moved to Los Angeles in 1967. While in Los Angeles, he worked full-time in a Lockheed assembly plant in the day, recording demo tapes and performing in juke joints during the night.
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- Ain't No Sunshine
- Ain't No Sunshine (when She's Gone)
- Aint No Sunshine
- Just The Two Of Us
- Lean On Me
- Lovely Day
- Use Me
- Ain’t No Sunshine
- Grandmas Hands
- Harlem
- I Cant Write Left
- In My Heart
- Kissin My Love
- Let It Be
- Let Me In Your Life
- Make A Smile For Me
- Overload
- Ruby Lee
- Run For Cover
- Sweet Wanomi
- Tender Things
- World Keeps Going Around
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...GRANDMA'S HANDS... by Bill Withers
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*from 'Just As I Am' (1971)*
[Intro]
Am
Mmm-mm-mm, mmm-mm-mm.
[Verse 1]
Am
Grandma's hands, clapped in church on Sunday morning,
E7
Grandma's hands, played a tambourine so well.
Am
Grandma's hands, used to issue out a warning, she'd say;
E7 D7 E7 D7
"Billy don't you run so fast; might fall on a piece of glass,
E7 D7 Am
"Might be snakes there in that grass", Grandma's hands.
[Verse 2]
Am
Grandma's hands, soothed a local un-wed mother,
E7
Grandma's hands, used to ache sometimes and swell.
Am
Grandma's hands, used to lift her face and tell her;
E7 D7 E7 D7
"Baby, Grandma understands, that you really love that man,
E7 D7 Am
Put yourself in Jesus' hands", Grandma's hands.
[Verse 3]
Am
Grandma's hands, used to hand me piece of candy,
E7
Grandma's hands, picked me up each time I fell.
Am
Grandma's hands, boy, they really came in handy, she'd say;
E7 D7 E7 D7
"Matty don't you whip that boy, what you want to spank him for?
E7 D7 E7 D7
He didn't drop no apple core", but I don't have Grandma any more.
E7 D7 Am
If I get to Heaven, I'll look for, Grandma's hands.
[Outro]
Am
Mmm-mm-mm.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Am E7 D7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02210 020100 xx0212
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])
---------------------................
*from 'Just As I Am' (1971)*
[Intro]
Am
Mmm-mm-mm, mmm-mm-mm.
[Verse 1]
Am
Grandma's hands, clapped in church on Sunday morning,
E7
Grandma's hands, played a tambourine so well.
Am
Grandma's hands, used to issue out a warning, she'd say;
E7 D7 E7 D7
"Billy don't you run so fast; might fall on a piece of glass,
E7 D7 Am
"Might be snakes there in that grass", Grandma's hands.
[Verse 2]
Am
Grandma's hands, soothed a local un-wed mother,
E7
Grandma's hands, used to ache sometimes and swell.
Am
Grandma's hands, used to lift her face and tell her;
E7 D7 E7 D7
"Baby, Grandma understands, that you really love that man,
E7 D7 Am
Put yourself in Jesus' hands", Grandma's hands.
[Verse 3]
Am
Grandma's hands, used to hand me piece of candy,
E7
Grandma's hands, picked me up each time I fell.
Am
Grandma's hands, boy, they really came in handy, she'd say;
E7 D7 E7 D7
"Matty don't you whip that boy, what you want to spank him for?
E7 D7 E7 D7
He didn't drop no apple core", but I don't have Grandma any more.
E7 D7 Am
If I get to Heaven, I'll look for, Grandma's hands.
[Outro]
Am
Mmm-mm-mm.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Am E7 D7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02210 020100 xx0212
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])
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