Grandmothers Song Chords

[Verse 1]
   C                      G
Be courteous, kind and forgiving
   G7                       C
Be gentle and peaceful each day
   C7                 F
Be warm and human and grateful
    G                    C
And have a good thing to say
 
[Verse 2]
   C                           G
Be thoughtful and trustful and childlike
   G7                  C
Be witty and happy and wise
   C7                       F
Be honest and love all your neighbors
   G                      C
Be obsequious, purple and clairvoyant
 
[Verse 3]
   C                       G
Be pompous, obese, and eat cactus
   G7                  C
Be dull and boring and omnipresent
C7                         F
Criticize things you don't know about
   G                    C
Be oblong and have your knees removed
 
[Verse 4]
   C                     G
Be tasteless, rude and offensive
G7                     C
Live in a swamp and be 3-dimensional
C7                         F
Put a live chicken in your underwear
G                           C
Get all excited and go to a yawning festival
 
[Repeat entire song with audience call/response]
 
Spoken: OK, everybody!
 
[Verse 1]
Spoken: Be courteous, kind and forgiving
   C                      G
Be courteous, kind and forgiving
 
Spoken: Good! Be gentle and peaceful each day
   G7                       C
Be gentle and peaceful each day
 
Spoken: Be warm and human and grateful
   C7                 F
Be warm and human and grateful
 
Spoken: And have a good thing to say
    G                    C
And have a good thing to say
 
[Verse 2]
Spoken: Be thoughtful and trustful and childlike  Everybody!
   C                           G
Be thoughtful and trustful and childlike
 
Spoken: Be witty and happy and wise
   G7                  C
Be witty and happy and wise
 
Spoken: Be honest and love all your neighbors
   C7                       F
Be honest and love all your neighbors
 
Spoken: Be obsequious, purple and clairvoyant  Let 'em hear you outside!
   G                      C
Be obsequious, purple and clairvoyant
 
[Verse 3]
Spoken: Be pompous, obese, and eat cactus  Everybody sing!
   C                       G
Be pompous, obese, and eat cactus
 
Spoken: Be dull and boring and omnipresent
   G7                  C
Be dull and boring and omnipresent
 
Spoken: Criticize things you don't know about
C7                         F
Criticize things you don't know about
 
Spoken: Be oblong and have your knees removed
   G                    C
Be oblong and have your knees removed
 
[Verse 4]
Spoken: Ladies only! Be tasteless, rude and offensive
   C                     G
Be tasteless, rude and offensive
 
Spoken: Now the men! Live in a swamp and be 3-dimensional
G7                     C
Live in a swamp and be 3-dimensional
 
Spoken: Everybody! Put a live chicken in your underwear
C7                         F
Put a live chicken in your underwear
 
Spoken: Go into a closet and suck eggs!
G                         C
Go into a closet and suck eggs!
 
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