My grandfather clock

st Fret KEY: 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 himself 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 treasure and pride But it stopped short - never to go again When the old man died. 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 stopped short - never to go again When the old man died. My grandfather said that of those he could hire Not a servant so faithful he found For it wasted no time and had but one desire 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 stopped short - never to go again When the old man died. (Refrain:) (Note - The following verse not on Johnny Cash's version.) In watching its pendulum swing to and fro Many hours had he spent as a boy And in childhood and manhood, the clock seem to know And to share both his grief and his joy. For it struck twenty four when he enter'd at the door With a blooming and beautiful bride But it stopped short - never to go again When the old man died. (Refrain:) (Key change to ) It rang an alarm in the dead of the night An alarm that for years had been dumb And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight That his hour for departure had come. Still the clock kept the time; with its' soft and muffled chimes As we proudly stood by his side E (tacet) But it stopped short - never to go again 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) E (tacet) It stopped short - never to go again When the old man died. (Tag:) When the old man died.