My Grandfathers Clock Chords

by Johnny Cash
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Eb
Capo: 1st fret
Author RyanH 97 [a] 136.
2 contributors total, last edit on Nov 6, 2022

Chords

D
A
G
A7
E
B7

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Capo 1
 
[Intro]
| N.C. | N.C. | D | D |
(ticktock-ticktock)
 
[Verse 1]
   D             A              D             G
My grandfather's clock, was too large for the shelf
      D            A            D
So it stood ninety years on the floor
       D         A                  D          G
It was taller by half, than the the old man himself
          D             A           D
Though it weighed not a pennyweight more
       D                          G               D
It was bought on the morn, of the day that he was born
        D                       A
And was always his treasure and pride
A7     D         A       D            G
But it stopped - short - never to go again
         D     A     D
When the old - man - died
 
[Bridge]
       D
Ninety years without slumbering... his life seconds numbering...
   D         A       D            G
It stopped - short - never to go again
         D     A     D
When the old - man - died
 
[Verse 2]
   D           A            D              G
My grandfather said that of those he could hire
      D          A           D
Not a servant so faithful he found
       D         A        D             G
For it wasted no time and had but one desire
       D             A          D
At the close of each week to be wound
       D                        G              D
And it kept in its place, not a frown upon its face
        D                       A
And its hands never hung by its side
A7     D         A       D            G
But it stopped - short - never to go again
         D     A     D     E
When the old - man - died
 
[Verse 3]
   E         B7             E           A
It rang and alarmed, in the dead of the night
    E             B7             E
An alarm that for years had been dumb
       E             B7         E           A
And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight
         E          B7          E
That his hour for departure had come
          E                           A                E
Still the clock kept the time, with a soft and muffled chime
      E                     B7
As we silently stood by his side
B7     E         B7      E            A
But it stopped - short - never to go again
         E     B7    E
When the old - man - died
 
[Bridge]
       E
Ninety years without slumbering... his life seconds numbering...
   E         B7      E            A
It stopped - short - never to go again
         E     B7    E
When the old - man - died
 
[Outro]
| N.C. | N.C. | N.C. |
(ticktock-ticktock-ticktock)
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My Grandfathers Clock – Johnny Cash
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peagardener52
Incomplete. Needs chords for the refrain.
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zilpa
Verse 1: G D My grandfather's clock G C Was too large for the shelf G D G So it stood ninety years on the floor D G C It was taller by half than the the old man himself G D G Though it weighed not a pennyweights more G It was bought on the morn C G Of the day that he was born A D And was always his pleasure and pride G D But it stopped short G C Never to go again G D G When the old man died chorus: G C Ninety years without slumbering G D G D tick tock tick tock G C His life seconds numbering G D G D tick tock tick tock G D G C It stopped, short never to go again G D G When the old man died Verse 2: 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 Repeat chorus Verse 3: It rang and alarmed 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 a soft and muffled chime As we silently stood by his side But it stopped short, never to go again When the old man died Repeat chorus
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