My Grandfathers Clock

G D7 My grandfather's clock G C Was too large for the shelf G D7 G So it stood ninety years on the floor G D7 G C It was taller by half than the old man himself G D7 G Though it weighed not a pennyweights more G D It was bought on the morn C G Of the day that he was born G A7 D7 And was always his pleasure and pride G D7 But it stopped short G C Never to go again G D7 G When the old man died G G Ninety years without slumbering (Tick Tock, Tick Tock) G G His life seconds numbering (Tick Tock, Tick Tock) G D7 G C It stopped, short never to go again G D7 G When the old man died G D7 In watching its pendulum G C swing to and fro G D7 G many hours had he spent as a boy. G D7 G C And in childhood and manhood the clock seemed to know G D7 G And to share both his grief and his joy. G D For it struck twenty-four C G When he entered at the door G A7 D7 With a blooming and beautiful bride. G D7 But it stopped short G C Never to go again G D7 G When the old man died G G Ninety years without slumbering (Tick Tock, Tick Tock) G G His life seconds numbering (Tick Tock, Tick Tock) G D7 G C It stopped, short never to go again G D7 G When the old man died G D My grandfather said G C that of those he could hire G D G Not a servant so faithful he found G D G C For it wasted no time and had but one desire G D G At the close of each week to be wound G D And it kept in its place, C G not a frown upon its face G A7 D And its hands never hung by its side G D7 But it stopped short G C Never to go again G D7 G When the old man died G G Ninety years without slumbering (Tick Tock, Tick Tock) G G His life seconds numbering (Tick Tock, Tick Tock) G D7 G C It stopped, short never to go again G D7 G When the old man died G D It rang an alarm G C in the dead of the night G D G An alarm that for years had been dumb G D G C And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight G D G That his hour for departure had come G D Still the clock kept the time C G with a soft and muffled chime G A7 D As we silently stood by his side G D7 But it stopped short G C Never to go again G D7 G When the old man died G G Ninety years without slumbering (Tick Tock, Tick Tock) G G His life seconds numbering (Tick Tock, Tick Tock) G D7 G C It stopped, short never to go again G D7 G When the old man died