Chords for Grandfather's Clock - Grandpa Jones - An American Original

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_ _ [E] My grandfather's clock was [A] too [D] large for the shelf, [F#m] so it stood [E] ninety years [F#m] on the floor.
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It was larger by half than the [D] old man himself, [A] though it weighed not a penny ounce more.
It was brought on the morn [D] of the day that he [A] was born, and was always [F#m] his treasure [E] and pride.
But [A] it stopped [E] short, [A] never [D] to go again, [A] when the [E] old man [A] _ died.
In watching [E] its [A] pendulum [D] swing to and [A] fro, many hours [E] he had spent when [A] a boy.
And in childhood [E] and manhood [A] the clock [D] seemed to know, [A] and to share both [E] his [A] sorrows and joys.
For it struck twenty-four when [D] he entered [A] at the door, with his blooming [B] and [E] beautiful bride.
But [A] it stopped [E] short, [A] [D] never to go again, [A] when the [E] old man [A] _ died.
Ninety years without slumbering, tick-tock, tick-tock, his life second numbering.
Tick-tock, tick-tock, it stopped [E] short, [A] [D] never to go again, [A] when the [E] old man [A] died. _
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My grandfather said of all [D] those he could hire, not [A] a servant [E] so faithful [A] he found.
For it wasted no time, and had [D] but one desire, at [A] the close of [E] each week to [A] be wound.
It was deaf in its place, not [D] a frown upon [A] its face, and its [F#m] hands never hung [E] by its side.
But [A] it [E] stopped [A] short, [D] never to go again, when [A] the [E] old man [A] _ _
died.
Ninety years without slumbering, tick-tock, tick-tock, his life second numbering.
Tick-tock, tick-tock, it stopped [E] short, [A] never to [D] go again, [A] when the [E] old [A] man died. _
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