Chords for GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK-1876 - Performed by Tom Roush

[G] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
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_ [D] My [A] grandfather's clock was [D] too large for [G] the shelf, so it [D] stood [A] ninety years on [D] the floor.
It was taller [A] by half than [D] the old man [G] himself, though [D] it weighed not [A] a penny [D] weight more.
It was bought on the morn of [G] the day that he [D] was born, and was always his treasure [A] and pride.
But [D] it stopped [A] short, [D] never to go [G]
again, when [D] the [A] old man [D] _ died.
Ninety years [G] without [D] slumbering, _ _ his life [G] seconds [D] numbering. _ _
It [A] stopped short, [D] never to go [G]
again, when [D] the [A] old man [D] died. _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[D] In watching [A] its pendulum [D] swing to [G] and fro, many [D] hours had [A] he spent while [D] a boy.
And in childhood [A] and manhood, [D] the clock seemed [G] to know, and [D] to share, both [A] his grief and [D] his joy.
For it struck twenty-four when [G] he entered at [D] the door, with a blooming and beautiful [A] [E] pride.
[A] _
[D] But it [A] stopped short, [D] never to go [G]
again, when [D] the [A] old man [D] _ died.
Ninety years [G] without [D] slumbering, _ _ his life [G] seconds [D] numbering.
It _ stopped [A] short, [D] never to go [G]
again, when [D] the [A] old [D] man died.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[D] My [A] grandfather said [D] of those he [G] could hire, [D] not a servant [A] so faithful [D] he found.
For it wasted [A] no time, and [D] had but one [G] desire, at [D] the close of [A] each week to [D] be wound. _
And kept in its place, not [G] a frown upon [D] its face, and its hands never hung [A] by its [E] [A] side.
But it stopped short, [D] never to go [G]
again, when [D] the old [A] man [D] _ died.
Ninety years [G] without [D] slumbering, _ _ his [G] life seconds [D] numbering. _ _
It [A] stopped short, [D] never to go [G]
again, when [D] the [A] old man [D] died.
[B] _
[E] It rang [B] an alarm in [E] the dead of [A] the night, an [E] alarm that [B] for years had [E] been dumb.
And we knew that [B] his spirit [E] was blooming, [A] like that [E] his hour of [B] departure [E] had come.
Still the clock kept the time, with [A] the soft and [E] muffled chime, as we silently stood by [B] his [F#] [B] side.
[E] But it [B] stopped short, [E] never to go [A]
again, when [E] the [B] old man [E] _ died.
Ninety years [A] without [E] slumbering, _ _ his life [A] seconds [E] numbering.
It stopped [B] short, [E] never to go [A]
[E] again, when the [B] old man [E] _ died.
It [B] stopped short, [E] never to go [A]
again, when [E] the [B] old man [E] died. _
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