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Clive Dunn

Grandad

by Clive Dunn
Clive Dunn

Biography:

Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn OBE (born 9 January 1920, died 7 November 2012) was a retired English actor, singer and entertainer best known for his role as Lance-Corporal Jack Jones in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army, and Sam Cobbett in the Yorkshire Television sitcom My Old Man.

Born in London, he is the cousin of actress Gretchen Franklin. Dunn played small film roles from the 1930s onwards. After a break for service in the army in World War II, in the course of which he spent four years in prisoner-of-war camps and labour camps in Austria

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Transcribed 1st December 2000, 10.53pm

GRANDAD
(Flowers - Pickett)

Chords used:

(Optional capo at first fret)

Eb: xx0232 Fm: 022000
Bb: x02220 F: 022100
Gm: 244333 F7: 020100
Cm: x24432 Bbsus4: x02230
Ab: 320033


Eb Bb (x2) Eb

Eb Gm Cm Bb
I've been sitting here all day, thinking,
Eb Gm Cm Bb
Same old dreram ten years away, thinking,
Ab Bb Ab Bb
Now my days are gone, memories linger on,
Ab Fm Bb Bb7
Thoughts of when I was a boy.

Eb Gm Cm Bb
Penny farthings on the street, riding,
Eb Gm Cm Bb
Motor cars were funny things, frightening,
Ab Bb
Ball and hoops and spinning tops,
Ab Bb
Penny dreadfuls, lollypops,
Ab Fm Bb Bb
Comic Cuts, all different things,

Eb Ab
But Grandad, Grandad, you're lovely,
F F7 Bbsus4 Bb
That's what we all think of you.
Eb Ab
Grandad, Grandad, you're lovely,
F F7 Bbsus4 Bb
That's what we all think of you.
Eb
Grandad, Grandad.

Eb Gm Cm Bb
Aeroplanes tied up with string, flying,
Eb Gm Cm Bb
Telephones and talking things, sighing,
Ab Bb Ab Bb
A radio and phonograph, Charlie Chaplin made us laugh,
Ab Fm Bb Bb7
Silently falling about.

Eb Gm Cm Bb
Familiar things I'll keep around, near me,
Eb Gm Cm Bb
Memories of my younger days, clearly,
Ab Bb Ab Bb
Now it's in my mind, everyday I find,
Ab Fm Bb Bb7
Thoughts of when I was a boy.

Eb Ab
But Grandad, Grandad, you're lovely,
F F7 Bbsus4 Bb
That's what we all think of you.
Eb Ab
Grandad, Grandad, you're lovely,
F F7 Bbsus4 Bb
That's what we all think of you.
Eb
Grandad, Grandad, Grandad, Grandad, Grandad, Grandad.


In the loving memory of Derrick Inman (4.5.24 - 12.1.96)
From your loving Grandson Shaun - may you be at peace with God




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