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,
DMy grandfather's A7clºck Was too Dlarge for the Gshelf
So it Dstºod ninety A7years on the Dflºor
It was taller by A7half Than the Dºld man him-{G} self
Though it Dweighed not a A7penny-weight Dmºre
It was bought on the morn Of the Gday that he was Dbºrn
And was always his trea-{E7} sure and A7pride
But it D{P} stopped A7{P} short - nev-{D} er to go a-{G} gain
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)
It D{P} stopped A7{P} short - nev-{D} er to go a-{G} gain
When the Dºld A7man Ddied.
My Dgrandfather A7said that of Dthºse he could hire
Not a Dservant so faith-{A7} ful he Dfºund
For it wasted no A7time and had Dbut one de-{G} sire
At the Dclºse of each A7week to be Dwºund
And it kept in its' place not a Gfrºwn upon its' Dface
And its' hands never E7hung by its A7side
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.
In watching its pen-{A7} dulum Dswing to and Gfrº
Many Dhºurs had he A7spent as a Dbºy
And in childhood and man-{A7} hood, the Dclºck seem to Gknºw
And to Dshare both his A7grief and his Djºy.
For it struck twenty four when he en-{G} ter'd at the Ddºor
With a blooming and beau-{E7} tiful A7bride
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
An a-{E} larm that for B7years had been E *dumb
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
As we proudly F#stºod by his B7side
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)
It E{P} stopped B7{P} short - nev-{E} er to go a-{A} gain
When the Eºld B7man Edied.
TAG: Repeat last line of refrain.