(Dah dah dah dah, dah dah dah!) (or Trad. Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock)
His life seconds numbering
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)
TAG: Repeat last line of refrain.