Artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Song: Old Upright Piano

Artist/Band: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Tabs
Song: Old Upright Piano Tab

 Old Upright Piano

Play with capo on 4th fret to match recording.

INTRO: C  G  D  G  G  
C                G               C                 G           C            G
For as long as I remember   When Friday night came round   The family would gather
G                 D           Am                   G             G        F         C
out at grandpa's house   With supper over and the dishes done   Then the best time came
      C           G           D7           G   
At an old upright piano  that only grandma played
              C                G            C          G            C           G  
CHORUS:   She played beautiful dreamer   my wild irish rose   never played them perfect
              G             D          C           G                G    F       C   
but there was love in every note   and grandpa sat beside her    in harmony they sang
       C           G            D            G 
at the old upright piano   that only grandma played  
Em            G                  Em              G       C                  G 
Grandpa was a stubborn man  They said it was his style   grandma called him onrery
    G                  D        Am               G              G       F       C
But she said it with a smile   Even he could not desguise   the love he felt so strong
C                          G              D                   G
We all could see it In his eyes  When she played his favorite song

REPEAT CHORUS:
Em           G           Em              G        C                     G 
I was almost seventeen   When my grandma died   I stayed all night with grandpa
    G             D          Am         G                 G       F        C
The old man never cried   We sat at her piano   There was nothing we could say
   C                        G             D7               G
It was the first time in my life   I ever heard my grandpa play

C                   G            C          G               C                   G 
It wasn't beautiful dreamer   my wild irish rose   it was a song he played from memory
       G              D        C               G            G         F       C
and he never missed a note   I sat right there beside him   until the morning came
       C                 G               D            G 
what a friend we have in Jesus   was the only song he played

REPEAT CHORUS:
       C           G            D            G
at the old upright piano   that only grandma played




I DON'T THINK IT'S PERFECT BUT IT SOUNDS REALLY CLOSE WHEN YOU PLAY ALONG WITH RECORDING.