My Grandfathers Clock

INTRO: Tick Tock Tick Tock Tick Tock Tick Tock My grandfather’s clock; Was too large for the shelf So it stood ninety years on the floor It was taller by half; Than the old man him-} self Though it weighed not a penny-weight more; It was bought on the morn; Of the day that he was born And was always his trea-} sure and pride But it {P} stopped {P} short - nev-} er to go a-} gain When the old man died. Refrain: 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 {P} stopped {P} short - nev-} er to go a-} gain When the old man died. My grandfather said that of those he could hire Not a servant so faith-} ful he found For it wasted no time and had but one de-} sire At the close of each week to be wound And it kept in its’ place; not a frown upon its’ face And its’ hands never hung by its side But it {P} stopped {P} short - nev-} er to go a-} gain When the old man died. Refrain: Note. The following verse not on Johnny Cash’s version. In watching its pen-} dulum swing to and fro Many hours had he spent as a boy And in childhood and man-} hood the clock seem to know And to share both his grief and his joy. For it struck twenty four when he en-} ter’d at the door With a blooming and beau-} tiful bride But it {P} stopped {P} short - nev-} er to go a-} gain When the old man died. Refrain: CHANGE TO E: It rang an a-{B7} larm in the dead of the night An a-} larm that for years had been *dumb And we knew that his spirit was *pluming for flight That his hour for de-} parture had come. Still the clock kept the time; with its’ soft and muffled chimes As we proudly stood by his side But it {P} stopped {P} short - nev-} er to go a-} gain When the old man died. Refrain: 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 {P} stopped {P} short - nev-} er to go a-} gain When the old man died. TAG: Repeat last line of refrain.