Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash - Grandfathers Clock guitar chord

GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK

Recorded by Johnny Cash

Words and music by Henry Work

Note. In a more upbeat tempo than traditionally done.

CAPO: 1st Fret/KEY: Eb/PLAY: D

INTRO: Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock,

(D) My grandfather's (A7) clock; Was too (D) large for the (G) shelf

So it (D) stood ninety (A7) years on the (D) floor

It was taller by (A7) half; Than the (D) old man him-(G) self

Though it (D) weighed not a (A7) penny-weight (D) more;

It was bought on the morn; Of the (G) day that he was (D) born

And was always his trea-(E7) sure and (A7) pride

But it (D) (P) stopped (A7) (P) short - nev-(D) er to go a-(G) gain

When the (D) old (A7) man (D) died.

Refrain:

(D) Ninety years without slumbering

(Dah dah dah dah, dah dah dah!) (or Trad. Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock)

His life seconds numbering

(Dah dah dah dah, dah dah dah!) (or Trad. Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock)

It (D) (P) stopped (A7) (P) short - nev-(D) er to go a-(G) gain

When the (D) old (A7) man (D) died.

My (D) grandfather (A7) said that of (D) those he could hire

Not a (D) servant so faith-(A7) ful he (D) found

For it wasted no (A7) time and had (D) but one de-(G) sire

At the (D) close of each (A7) week to be (D) wound

And it kept in its' place; not a (G) frown upon its' (D) face

And its' hands never (E7) hung by its (A7) side

But it (D) (P) stopped (A7) (P) short - nev-(D) er to go a-(G) gain

When the (D) old (A7) man (D) died.

Refrain:

Note. The following verse not on Johnny Cash's version.

In watching its pen-(A7) dulum (D) swing to and (G) fro

Many (D) hours had he (A7) spent as a (D) boy

And in childhood and man-(A7) hood, the (D) clock seem to (G) know

And to (D) share both his (A7) grief and his (D) joy.

For it struck twenty four when he en-(G) ter'd at the (D) door

With a blooming and beau-(E7) tiful (A7) bride

But it (D) (P) stopped (A7) (P) short - nev-(D) er to go a-(G) gain

When the (D) old (A7) man (D) died.

Refrain:

CHANGE TO E:

It (E) rang an a-(B7) larm in the (E) dead of the (A) night

An a-(E) larm that for (B7) years had been (E) *dumb

And we knew that his (B7) spirit was (E) *pluming for (A) flight

That his (E) hour for de-(B7) parture had (E) come.

Still the clock kept the time; with its' (A) soft and muffled (E) chimes

As we proudly (F#) stood by his (B7) side

But it (E) (P) stopped (B7) (P) short - nev-(E) er to go a-(A) gain

When the (E) old (B7) man (E) died.

Refrain:

(E) Ninety years without slumbering

(Dah dah dah dah, dah dah dah!) (or Trad. Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock)

His life seconds numbering

(Dah dah dah dah, dah dah dah!) (or Trad. Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock)

It (E) (P) stopped (B7) (P) short - nev-(E) er to go a-(A) gain

When the (E) old (B7) man (E) died.

TAG: Repeat last line of refrain.

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