Biography:
Adam Green (born May 28, 1981 in Mount Kisco, New York) is an American singer-songwriter.
Green attended Emerson College briefly in 1998 before leaving to concentrate on his music, going on to co-found the anti folk group The Moldy Peaches with Kimya Dawson. In 2004 The Moldy Peaches went on hiatus and both Green and Dawson embarked on solo careers.
Green released several albums on Rough Trade Records. Among his better known songs are "Jessica" (about singer Jessica Simpson)
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Other songs:
- Cast A Shadow
- Cigarette Burns Forever
- Frozen In Time
- Jessica
- Musical Ladders
- Apples Im Home
- Babys Gonna Die Tonight
- Be My Man
- Before My Bedtime
- Bible Club
- Birthday Mambo
- Bluebirds
- Boss Inside
- Breaking Locks
- Broken Joystick
- Buddy Bradley
- Bungee
- Bunnyranch
- Can You See Me
- Carolina
- Castles And Tassels
- Chubby Princess
- Country Road
- Crackhouse Blues
- Dance With Me
- Do Some Blow With Me
- Down On The Street
- Drowning Head First
- Drugs
- Emily
- Festival Song
- Fix My Blues
- Friends Of Mine
- Garfield
- Give Them A Token
- Grandma Shirley And Papa
- Hairy Woman
- Hairy Women
- Hard To Be A Girl
- Heart Soul
- Her Father And Her
- Hes The Brat
- I Wanna Die
- Interested In Music
- Its A Fine
- Kokomo
- Latest Show On Earth
- Losing On A Tuesday
- Me From Far Away
- Morning After Midnight
- Mozzarella Swastikas
- My Shadow Tags On Behind
- Nat King Cole
- Never Lift A Finger
- No Legs
- Novotel
- Party Line
- Pay The Tole
- Phoning In The Blues
- Rich Kids
- Secret Tongue
- Stadium Soul
- The Princes Bed
- Time Chair
- Tropical Island
- Watching Old Movies
- Were Not Supossed To Be Lovers
- Were Not Supposed To Be Lovers
- What Makes Him Act So Bad
- Whos Your Boyfriend
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Adam Green - Grandma Shirley and Papa
Not the way Adam Green actually plays it, but still sounds good nonetheless :)
Standard Tuning - if you play along with the song then I'd suggest a capo on the first
fret, but if not then it still sounds good without a capo.
Intro
e|-----2---2---------------10---10-----------------14-----14--------12---10-----|
B|-------1---1---1------------9-----9----9-------------13-------------------10--|
G|--2----------2-------10-------------10-------14----------------12-------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G C Em Am D
Have you heard the news big boy's picking his nose (picking his nose)
G C Em Am D
And you wanna find out if these are my favorite shows (favorite shows)
G G7
It's alright what you do but you beating him back,
C D7
Going undercover like a lumberjack
G C D7 G
Hey hey what are you giving away?
G C G
Grandma Shirley and Papa, Grandma Shirley and Papa
C G
Papa grew cranky, Grandma Shirley got mad
Em Am
Then there was a time when I hosted Grandma Shirley
I'm a sticky boy ricky
*play the intro again at 'ricky'*
e|-----2---2---------------10---10-----------------14-----14--------12---10-----|
B|-------1---1---1------------9-----9----9-------------13-------------------10--|
G|--2----------2-------10-------------10-------14----------------12-------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G C Em Am D
She's the mom, a son if anyone's looking her way (looking her way)
G C Em Am D
And I want her gone but I just ask people to stay (please stay)
G G7
Tax collector in a wax museum,
C D7
Child molester or a son of Sam
G C D7 G
Hey, hey what are you giving away?
G C G
Grandma Shirley and Papa, Grandma Shirley and Papa
C G
Papa grew cranky, Grandma Shirley got mad
Em Am
Then there was a time when I hosted Grandma Shirley
Like sticky boy ricky!
*play the intro again at 'ricky'*
e|-----2---2---------------10---10-----------------14-----14--------12---10-----|
B|-------1---1---1------------9-----9----9-------------13-------------------10--|
G|--2----------2-------10-------------10-------14----------------12-------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G C Em
And you've got to survive in a mother's eyes
Am G D
See a woman's side of the storm and
G C Em
You've got to survive in a woman's eyes
Am G D
See the mother's side of the storm
G C Em Am G D
Got to survive in a mother's eyes see the woman's side of the storm
G C Em Am G D
Got to survive in a woman's eyes see the mother's side of the storm
Whoooa ohh ohh.
Repeat G, C, Em, Am, G, D til end
Not the way Adam Green actually plays it, but still sounds good nonetheless :)
Standard Tuning - if you play along with the song then I'd suggest a capo on the first
fret, but if not then it still sounds good without a capo.
Intro
e|-----2---2---------------10---10-----------------14-----14--------12---10-----|
B|-------1---1---1------------9-----9----9-------------13-------------------10--|
G|--2----------2-------10-------------10-------14----------------12-------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G C Em Am D
Have you heard the news big boy's picking his nose (picking his nose)
G C Em Am D
And you wanna find out if these are my favorite shows (favorite shows)
G G7
It's alright what you do but you beating him back,
C D7
Going undercover like a lumberjack
G C D7 G
Hey hey what are you giving away?
G C G
Grandma Shirley and Papa, Grandma Shirley and Papa
C G
Papa grew cranky, Grandma Shirley got mad
Em Am
Then there was a time when I hosted Grandma Shirley
I'm a sticky boy ricky
*play the intro again at 'ricky'*
e|-----2---2---------------10---10-----------------14-----14--------12---10-----|
B|-------1---1---1------------9-----9----9-------------13-------------------10--|
G|--2----------2-------10-------------10-------14----------------12-------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G C Em Am D
She's the mom, a son if anyone's looking her way (looking her way)
G C Em Am D
And I want her gone but I just ask people to stay (please stay)
G G7
Tax collector in a wax museum,
C D7
Child molester or a son of Sam
G C D7 G
Hey, hey what are you giving away?
G C G
Grandma Shirley and Papa, Grandma Shirley and Papa
C G
Papa grew cranky, Grandma Shirley got mad
Em Am
Then there was a time when I hosted Grandma Shirley
Like sticky boy ricky!
*play the intro again at 'ricky'*
e|-----2---2---------------10---10-----------------14-----14--------12---10-----|
B|-------1---1---1------------9-----9----9-------------13-------------------10--|
G|--2----------2-------10-------------10-------14----------------12-------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G C Em
And you've got to survive in a mother's eyes
Am G D
See a woman's side of the storm and
G C Em
You've got to survive in a woman's eyes
Am G D
See the mother's side of the storm
G C Em Am G D
Got to survive in a mother's eyes see the woman's side of the storm
G C Em Am G D
Got to survive in a woman's eyes see the mother's side of the storm
Whoooa ohh ohh.
Repeat G, C, Em, Am, G, D til end
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