50 Best Country Songs About Grandpa Passing Away
Country songs for losing a grandpa
There’s a certain kind of quiet that hangs in the air after a grandfather’s gone. It’s not the same as silence, more like the weight of stories you didn’t get to hear one more time. You catch yourself thinking about the way he shuffled into a room, the way his voice cut through static when he called your name, and the right song can pull all of that back for a few minutes. The kind that hits like you’re sitting in his truck again, radio low, windows down, catching the smell of old leather and coffee. Country music holds that space well, though the ache finds its way into pop, rock, country, and R&B songs too.
Grief doesn’t run on a clock. Some days you’re steady until a steel guitar slides in and your throat tightens. Other times it’s a fiddle, or a rough-edged vocal, and suddenly you’re standing in the middle of a grocery aisle blinking hard. These tracks don’t try to dress anything up. They sit in the middle of the memory, muddy boots and all, letting every crack and splinter in the voice remind you that loss doesn’t fade cleanly.
Not every memory of him is heavy. Some are clumsy, even funny, like the way he’d forget where his glasses were while they sat on his head. These songs carry those little moments too, weaving them into something you can hum when it feels too quiet. Here are the best country songs for losing a grandpa.
Top 10 Country Songs on Losing Your Grandfather
1. 'I Wish Grandpas Never Died'—Riley Green
2. 'Grandpa Told Me So'—Kenny Chesney
3. 'He Walked on Water'—Randy Travis
4. 'Sissy's Song'—Alan Jackson
5. 'Go Rest High on That Mountain'—Vince Gill
6. 'Holes in the Floor of Heaven'—Steve Wariner
7. 'If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away'—Justin Moore
8. 'You Should Be Here'—Cole Swindell
9. 'Live Like You Were Dying'—Tim McGraw
10. 'Grandpa'—Justin Moore
Country Songs About Grandfathers #11—20
11. 'I Drive Your Truck'—Lee Brice
12. 'One More Day'—Diamond Rio
13. 'When I Get Where I'm Going'—Brad Paisley featuring Dolly Parton
14. 'Who You'd Be Today'—Kenny Chesney
15. 'If I Die Young'—The Band Perry
16. 'Drink a Beer'—Luke Bryan
17. 'Grandpa's Little Girl'—Holly Dunn
18. 'My Grandfather's Clock'—Johnny Cash
19. 'Song for Grandpa'—The Oak Ridge Boys
20. 'He Stopped Loving Her Today'—George Jones
Songs About Losing a Grandparent #21—30
21. 'I'm Already There'—Lonestar
22. 'Daddy's Hands'—Holly Dunn
23. 'The Greatest Man I Never Knew'—Reba McEntire
24. 'Where Her Heart Has Always Been'—Alan Jackson
25. 'If You're Reading This'—Tim McGraw
26. 'Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song)'—Toby Keith
27. 'If I Had Only Known'—Reba McEntire
28. 'Whiskey Lullaby'—Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss
29. 'Love, Me'—Collin Raye
30. 'The Dance'—Garth Brooks
Country Songs About Love and Loss #31—40
31. 'Even Though I'm Leaving'—Luke Combs
32. 'The Old Rugged Cross'—Alan Jackson
33. 'You'll Be There'—George Strait
34. 'The Last Thing I Do'—Brooks & Dunn
35. 'Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)'—The Chicks
36. 'A Song for Dad'—Keith Urban
37. 'Please Remember Me'—Tim McGraw
38. 'The Living Years'—Mike + The Mechanics
39. 'My Old Man'—Zac Brown Band
40. 'I'll Leave This World Loving You'—Ricky Van Shelton
Country Songs About Grieving and Healing #41—50
41. 'Three Wooden Crosses'—Randy Travis
42. 'The Little Girl'—John Michael Montgomery
43. 'Tell Lorrie I Love Her'—Keith Whitley
44. 'If Tomorrow Never Comes'—Garth Brooks
45. 'Over You'—Miranda Lambert
46. 'Drowning'—Chris Young
47. 'How Can I Help You Say Goodbye'—Patty Loveless
48. 'The House That Built Me'—Miranda Lambert
49. 'My Wish'—Rascal Flatts
50. 'I Can't Write That'—Jeff Bates
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