Key: D
Introduction:
Note. In a more upbeat tempo than traditionally done.
st Fret/KEY: Eb D
INTRO: Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock,
DNinety 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)
But it D{P} stopped A7{P} short - nev-{D} er to go a-{G} gain
Note. The following verse not on Johnny Cash's version.
But it D{P} stopped A7{P} short - nev-{D} er to go a-{G} gain
It E rang an a-{B7} larm in the E dead of the A night
And we knew that his B7spirit was E *pluming for Aflight
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
But it E{P} stopped B7{P} short - nev-{E} er to go a-{A} gain
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)
When the Eºld B7man Edied.
TAG: Repeat last line of refrain.