I Wish Grandpas Never Died chords by Riley Green (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Half-Step Down (D# G# C# F# A# D#)

Difficulty: Intermediate

G F/G Em C x2

Half Step Down

Verse:
G             F/G        Em     C            G F/G Em C
Wish girls you loved never gave back diamond rings, wish every porch had a swing
G               F/G        Em        C     G F/G Em C
Wish kids still learned to say sir and mam, wish every state had a Birmingham
D                     C                         C
Wish everybody knew all the words to mamma tried, wish Monday mornings felt just like Friday nights

Chorus:
G                C
I wish even cars had truck beds, every road was named copperhead
Em                  C
And coolers never run out of cold bud light
G
I wish high school home teams never lost
C                        Em            D           C
And back road drinking kids never got caught, I wish the price of gas was low and cotton was high
Em         D           C
I wish honky-tonks didn’t have no closing time
             G F/G Em C
I wish grandpas never died

Verse:
G          F/G             Em      C
I wish Sundays on a creek bank would never end, wish I could learn to drive again
G         F/G           Em           C
I wish 17 she was my everything kiss in a Chevrolet could happen every day
G           F/G          Em     C
I wish everybody over sees was gonna make it home
G          F/G         Em       C
I wish country music still got played on country radio

Chorus:
G                C
I wish even cars had truck beds, every road was named copperhead

Em          D           C
And coolers never run out of cold bud light
G
I wish high school home teams never lost
C                       Em             D           C
And back road drinking kids never got caught, I wish the price of gas was low and cotton was high
Em         D             C
I wish honky-tonks didn’t have no closing time
              G F/G Em C                       G F/G Em C
I wish grandpas never died                I wish grandpas never died

Bridge:
Em        D         C
I wish good dogs never got grey and old, I wish farms never got sold

Chorus:
G                C
I wish even cars had truck beds, every road was named copperhead
Em          D          C
And coolers never run out of cold bud light
G
I wish high school home teams never lost
C                       Em             D           C
And back road drinking kids never got caught, I wish the price of gas was low and cotton was high
Em         D             C
I wish honky-tonks didn’t have no closing time
              G F/G Em C
I wish grandpas never died
              G F/G Em C
I wish grandpas never died