Tom: Eb CAPO: 1st Fret KEY: Eb / PLAY: D INTRO: Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, D A7 D G My grandfather's clock; Was too large for the shelf D A7 D So it stood ninety years on the floor A7 D G It was taller by half; Than the old man himself D A7 D Though it weighed not a penny-weight more; G D It was bought on the morn; Of the day that he was born E7 A7 And was always his treasure and pride D (tacet) A7 (tacet) D G But it stopped short - never to go again D A7 D When the old man died. (Refrain:) D Ninety years without slumbering D (Dah dah dah dah, dah dah dah!) (or Trad. Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock) D His life seconds numbering D (Dah dah dah dah, dah dah dah!) (or Trad. Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock) D (tacet) A7 (tacet) D G It stopped short - never to go again D A7 D When the old man died. D A7 D My grandfather said that of those he could hire D A7 D Not a servant so faithful he found A7 D G For it wasted no time and had but one desire D A7 D At the close of each week to be wound G D And it kept in its' place; not a frown upon its' face E7 A7 And its' hands never hung by its side D (tacet) A7 (tacet) D G But it stopped short - never to go again D A7 D When the old man died. (Refrain:) (Note - The following verse not on Johnny Cash's version.) A7 D G In watching its pendulum swing to and fro D A7 D Many hours had he spent as a boy A7 D G And in childhood and manhood, the clock seem to know D A7 D And to share both his grief and his joy. G D For it struck twenty four when he enter'd at the door E7 A7 With a blooming and beautiful bride D (tacet) A7 (tacet) D G But it stopped short - never to go again D A7 D When the old man died. (Refrain:) (Key change to E) E B7 E A It rang an alarm in the dead of the night E B7 E An alarm that for years had been dumb B7 E A And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight E B7 E That his hour for departure had come. A E Still the clock kept the time; with its' soft and muffled chimes F# B7 As we proudly stood by his side E (tacet) B7 (tacet) E A But it stopped short - never to go again E B7 E When the old man died. (Refrain:) E Ninety years without slumbering E (Dah dah dah dah, dah dah dah!) (or Trad. Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock) E His life seconds numbering E (Dah dah dah dah, dah dah dah!) (or Trad. Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock) E (tacet) B7 (tacet) E A It stopped short - never to go again E B7 E When the old man died. (Tag:) E B7 E When the old man died.