INTRO: Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock,
D My grandfather's A7 clock; Was too D large for the G shelf
So it D stood ninety A7 years on the D floor
It was taller by A7 half; Than the D old man him-{G} self
Though it D weighed not a A7 penny-weight D more;
It was bought on the morn; Of the G day that he was D born
And was always his trea-{E7} sure and A7 pride
But it D {P} stopped A7 {P} short - nev-{D} er to go a-{G} gain
When the D old A7 man D died.
Refrain:
D 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 D {P} stopped A7 {P} short - nev-{D} er to go a-{G} gain
When the D old A7 man D died.
My D grandfather A7 said that of D those he could hire
Not a D servant so faith-{A7} ful he D found
For it wasted no A7 time and had D but one de-{G} sire
At the D close of each A7 week to be D wound
And it kept in its' place; not a G frown upon its' D face
And its' hands never E7 hung by its A7 side
But it D {P} stopped A7 {P} short - nev-{D} er to go a-{G} gain
When the D old A7 man D died.
Refrain:
Note. The following verse not on Johnny Cash's version.
In watching its pen-{A7} dulum D swing to and G fro
Many D hours had he A7 spent as a D boy
And in childhood and man-{A7} hood, the D clock seem to G know
And to D share both his A7 grief and his D joy.
For it struck twenty four when he en-{G} ter'd at the D door
With a blooming and beau-{E7} tiful A7 bride
But it D {P} stopped A7 {P} short - nev-{D} er to go a-{G} gain
When the D old A7 man D died.
Refrain:
CHANGE TO E:
It E rang an a-{B7} larm in the E dead of the A night
An a-{E} larm that for B7 years had been E *dumb
And we knew that his B7 spirit was E *pluming for A flight
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
As we proudly F# stood by his B7 side
But it E {P} stopped B7 {P} short - nev-{E} er to go a-{A} gain
When the E old B7 man E died.
Refrain:
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)
It E {P} stopped B7 {P} short - nev-{E} er to go a-{A} gain
When the E old B7 man E died.
TAG: Repeat last line of refrain.
