Grandfather's Clock...Johnny Cash

GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK

Johnny Cash

Words and music by Henry Work

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 a gain

When 　　the old man 　　died.

It rang an a larm 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

But it stopped 　 short 　 never to go a gain

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.

(Dah dah dah dah, dah dah dah!) (or Trad. Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock)