George Jones - The Grand Tour Meaning

Song Released: 1974

The Grand Tour Lyrics

Step right up
Come on in
If you'd like to take the grand tour
Of a lonely house
That once was home sweet home
I have nothing here to sell you
Just some things that I will tell you
Some things I know will chill you to the bone
Over...

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   Ritasarani

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   Feb 16th 2019 !⃝

   No woman will leave her clothes and all her things when she is leaving. I opt for her dying either in childbirth or in an accident.
2. anonymous

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   Jun 21st 2023 !⃝

   I thought it was that the wife and child died. But seeing all the posts about his and Tammy’s divorce. Unsure now. Bugs the crap outta me not knowing. Lol
3. anonymous

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   May 20th 2023 !⃝

   It is about when Tammy left George and took Georgette with her. He had such a drunken fit right before Christmas that finished their marriage off. He shot the house up. He even shot a huge chandelier that resulted in it crashing down to the ground floor of their home and crushing the family’s Christmas tree and all the gifts. She walked out with nothing that night. She bought her own home and started over. There is a mini series on Showtime depicting a lot of this. There are also several books on them.
4. anonymous

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   May 1st 2023 !⃝

   All your comments are wrong and it's about Tammy taking the baby and leaving and no she didn't take her things don't forget she was rich as well she didn't need her stuff and later sent her staff to gather her stuff
5. anonymous

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   Jan 31st 2023 !⃝

   I have always thought it was about a wife taking the baby and leaving her husband, probably due to the history of George and Tammy Wynette. But if you take it to the saddest extent, it could mean that the mother/wife killed herself and her child. Maybe because of PPD, maybe from some other form of grief or depression. She "left (him) without mercy" meaning she did it on purpose. The heartbreak and remorse is evident through George's voice.
6. anonymous

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   Jan 13th 2023 !⃝

   She died. I’ve been a divorce lawyer for 35 years and no one who is divorcing leaves their “rings” behind. Not that I’ve ever seen or heard of, anyway.
7. anonymous

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   Jan 3rd 2023 !⃝

   I have listened to this song and loved it for years, always assuming that the wife ran out on him with the baby -- maybe frustrated by the fact that he would sit in his chair and wait for her to "bring the paper to me." My interpretation was that he took her for granted and it was a perfect relationship from his perspective, but he never stopped to think about what she wanted/needed. But, after someone suggested that it was about her dying in childbirth or other tragic way that also took the baby, I hear it all in a new way. Heartbreaking and powerful.
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   May 22nd 2022 !⃝

   I think they died cause he says he has nothing to sell..if she left looks like he would sell her stuff..
9. anonymous

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   Feb 11th 2021 !⃝

   George Jones was married to Tammy Wynette from 1969-1975. People will always claim they were the love of each others’ lives. Their marriage was volatile and finally fell apart in 1974 and they divorced in 1975. This song was recorded in 1974 as Jones was mourning the loss of his marriage to Tammy and their young daughter (who Tammy gained custody of).
10. anonymous

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    Dec 23rd 2020 !⃝

    It does sound like a blackout drunk wife beater being walked out of his house by the cops. The "When she tore my world apart" could be when she told him she was sleeping with someone else and the "Oh, she left me without mercy
    Taking nothing but
    Our baby and my heart" sounds like a "Look A-Hole it's not your kid!".

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11. anonymous

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    Sep 2nd 2020 !⃝

    I thought he might have killed his wife, and maybe even the baby too, and the tour may have been for the police or media after his wife went missing. I was very suspicious that she left all her things... but I probably watch too much Dateline. I thought he might be just focusing on the good parts of their marriage or exaggerating how great it was later. And saving the baby for the end was for dramatic effect, but it made the baby seem like an afterthought... so maybe he thought the baby wasn't his? I told a friend this theory but she thought his wife died while pregnant or in childbirth. I now think her theory is more likely than mine.
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    Jun 13th 2020 !⃝

    She left for some reason. And left in a big hurry. Maybe she didn’t feel the same way he did about their relationship or marriage.
13. anonymous

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    Feb 25th 2020 !⃝

    Those people that insist that the song is about this guy's wife leaving him in a breakup instead of a sudden, cruel and merciless death, along with their child, probably believe that in, "He Stopped Loving Her, Today", he did stop loving her that day and didn't die.
14. anonymous

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    Jan 28th 2020 !⃝

    I think he lost his wife and child probably through childbirth or an accident. From the song you could tell they were so much in love so divorce is out of it.
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    Nov 29th 2019 !⃝

    The song indicates sudden death of the wife and child, either birth or accident,
    Ot sad and painful, i have been listening to this song, for long many times, i thought i was divorce but no it was death and indeed she went forever thats death, and normal death, cause the Lord also knows they had a good thing going there so that cannot be divorce.
16. anonymous

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    Nov 8th 2019 !⃝

    I think his wife killed the baby and committed suicide. Sad but makes perfect sense.

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