I've seen him 

              
plow a field o

              
f corn all day

             
 that's realit

  
y

             
His overalls a

              
re black with 

             
dirt but his f

             
ace is still f

            
ull of dignity

              
He talks about

              
 the weather a

              
nd he can tell

              
 you when it's

          
 gonna rain

             
Told me 'bout 

              
the flood of t

            
wenty nine tha

              
t washed the c

     
rops away


              
Underneath tha

       
t Alabama sky

            
Grandpa told m

            
e bout the thi

         
ngs he'd seen

              
Underneath tha

       
t Alabama sky

            
I listened to 

            
my Grandpa's m

    
emories


              
At times he'd 

              
mention Grandm

              
a turn his hea

              
d and wipe awa

       
y a tear

    
Sometimes we'd

 take her pict

ure down
 
            
And sit and pr

              
etend that she

         
's still here

              
Three girls an

              
d two boys he 

              
raised on love

              
 and simple ho

     
nesty

              
And when they 

             
finally have t

            
o carry him aw

              
ay they'll tak

           
e a lot of me


              
Underneath tha

       
t Alabama sky

            
Grandpa told m

            
e bout the thi

         
ngs he'd seen

              
Underneath tha

       
t Alabama sky

            
I listened to 

            
my Grandpa's m

    
emories


              
Underneath tha

       
t Alabama sky

            
Grandpa told m

            
e bout the thi

         
ngs he'd seen

              
Underneath tha

       
t Alabama sky

            
I listened to 

            
my Grandpa's m

    
emories