Note. In a more upbeat tempo than traditionally done.
INTRO: Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock,
(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)
Note. The following verse not on Johnny Cash's version.
It E rang an a-{B7} larm in the E dead of the A night
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
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)
TAG: Repeat last line of refrain.