Key: G
Introduction:
G B Em
I died happy in my sleep
G B Em
I died happy in my sleep
G B Em
Our children around and you looking down
G B Em
Heaven's a julep on the porch
G B Em
Heaven's a julep on the porch
G B Em
You and me rocking the grandfather clock
G B Em
Is tick-tick-tock-tick-tock (to the time we used to wind it)
(Instrumental break)
G B Em
She brought the sugar and the mint
G B Em
She brought the sugar and the mint
G B Em
And he brought the whiskey asked for my blessing
(NC)
G B Em
Heaven's a julep on the porch
G B Em
Heaven's a julep on the porch
G B Em
You and me rocking the grandfather clock
G B Em
Is tick-tick-tock-tick-tock (to the time we used to wind it)
(Instrumental break)
F# A D
Now the time stands still
F# A D
We can drink our fill
F#A D
Out of silver that will never
F# A D
Tarnish like we will
(Instrumental break)
G B Em
You weren't just a girl that I should meet
G B Em
You were the girl that I would meet
G B Em
For drinks in the backyard a beautiful daughter
G B Em
A lifetime of summer and love ever after
G B Em
I died happy in my sleep
G B Em
I died happy in my sleep
G B Em
Our children around and you looking down
G B Em
From heaven's a julep on the porch
G B Em
Heaven's a julep on the porch
G B Em
You and me rocking the grandfather clock
G B Em
Is tick-tick-tock-tick-tock (to the time we used to wind it)