Key: D
Introduction:
DMy A7clºck Dlarge Gshelf
Dstºod A7years Dflºor
A7half Dºld
Dweighed A7penny-weight Dmºre
Gday Dbºrn
A7pride
D{P} A7{P}
DNinety
(Dah dah dah dah, dah dah dah!) (or Trad. Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock)
His life seconds numbering
D{P} A7{P}
Dºld A7man Ddied.
Dgrandfather A7said Dthºse
Dservant
A7time Dbut
Dclºse A7week Dwºund
Gfrºwn Dface
E7hung A7side
D{P} A7{P}
Note. The following verse not on Johnny Cash's version.
Dswing Gfrº
Dhºurs A7spent Dbºy
Dclºck Gknºw
Dshare A7grief Djºy.
Ddºor
A7bride
D{P} A7{P}
It E rang an a-{B7} larm in the E dead of the A night
B7years E
B7spirit E 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
F#stºod B7side
E{P} B7{P}
E Ninety years without slumbering
(Dah dah dah dah, dah dah dah!) (or Trad. Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock)
E{P} B7{P}
Eºld B7man Edied.
TAG: Repeat last line of refrain.