My Grandfathers Clock by Foster and Allen Chords
Tempo:
101.4 bpm
Chords used:
G
F
C
D
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Dm] [Cm] [F]
My [C] grandfather's clock was [F] too large for [Bb] the shelf, so [F] it stood [C] ninety years [F] on the floor.
It was taller [C] by half than [F] the old man [Bb] himself, [F] though it weighed [C] not a [F] pennyweight more.
It was spot on [Dm] the morn of [G] the day that he [C] was born, and [F] was always [Dm] his treasure [G] and pride.
[C] But [F] it stopped [C] short, [F] never to [Bb] go again, when [F] the [C] old man [F] died.
Ninety years without slumbering, tick-tock, tick-tock, his life's second numbering.
Tock, tick, tock, it stopped [C] short, [F] never to [Bb] go again, when [F] the [C] old man [F] died.
[D] [G]
[D]
[G]
[C] [G] [D]
[G] It was spot on [Em] the morn of the day that he [G] was born, and was always [Em] his treasure [A] and pride.
[D] But [G] it stopped [D] short, [G]
never to go [C] again, when [G] the [D] old man [G] died.
Ninety years without slumbering, tick-tock, tick-tock, his life's second numbering.
[D] Tock, tick, tock, it [G] stopped [D] short, [G]
never to go [C] again, when [G] the old man died.
And it stopped [D] short, [G]
never to go [C] again, [G] when the old man
My [C] grandfather's clock was [F] too large for [Bb] the shelf, so [F] it stood [C] ninety years [F] on the floor.
It was taller [C] by half than [F] the old man [Bb] himself, [F] though it weighed [C] not a [F] pennyweight more.
It was spot on [Dm] the morn of [G] the day that he [C] was born, and [F] was always [Dm] his treasure [G] and pride.
[C] But [F] it stopped [C] short, [F] never to [Bb] go again, when [F] the [C] old man [F] died.
Ninety years without slumbering, tick-tock, tick-tock, his life's second numbering.
Tock, tick, tock, it stopped [C] short, [F] never to [Bb] go again, when [F] the [C] old man [F] died.
[D] [G]
[D]
[G]
[C] [G] [D]
[G] It was spot on [Em] the morn of the day that he [G] was born, and was always [Em] his treasure [A] and pride.
[D] But [G] it stopped [D] short, [G]
never to go [C] again, when [G] the [D] old man [G] died.
Ninety years without slumbering, tick-tock, tick-tock, his life's second numbering.
[D] Tock, tick, tock, it [G] stopped [D] short, [G]
never to go [C] again, when [G] the old man died.
And it stopped [D] short, [G]
never to go [C] again, [G] when the old man
Key:
G
F
C
D
Bb
G
F
C
[Dm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ My [C] grandfather's clock was [F] too large for [Bb] the shelf, so [F] it stood [C] ninety years [F] on the floor.
It was taller [C] by half than [F] the old man [Bb] himself, [F] though it weighed [C] not a [F] pennyweight more.
It was spot on [Dm] the morn of [G] the day that he [C] was born, and [F] was always [Dm] his treasure [G] and pride.
[C] But [F] it stopped [C] short, [F] never to [Bb] go again, when [F] the [C] old man [F] died.
_ Ninety years without slumbering, tick-tock, tick-tock, his life's second numbering.
Tock, tick, tock, it stopped [C] short, [F] never to [Bb] go again, when [F] the [C] old man [F] died.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ It was spot on [Em] the morn of the day that he [G] was born, and was always [Em] his treasure [A] and pride.
[D] But [G] it stopped [D] short, [G]
never to go [C] again, when [G] the [D] old man [G] died.
Ninety years without slumbering, tick-tock, tick-tock, his life's second numbering.
[D] Tock, tick, tock, it [G] stopped [D] short, [G]
never to go [C] again, when [G] the old man died.
And it stopped [D] short, [G]
never to go [C] again, [G] when the old man
_ _ _ _ My [C] grandfather's clock was [F] too large for [Bb] the shelf, so [F] it stood [C] ninety years [F] on the floor.
It was taller [C] by half than [F] the old man [Bb] himself, [F] though it weighed [C] not a [F] pennyweight more.
It was spot on [Dm] the morn of [G] the day that he [C] was born, and [F] was always [Dm] his treasure [G] and pride.
[C] But [F] it stopped [C] short, [F] never to [Bb] go again, when [F] the [C] old man [F] died.
_ Ninety years without slumbering, tick-tock, tick-tock, his life's second numbering.
Tock, tick, tock, it stopped [C] short, [F] never to [Bb] go again, when [F] the [C] old man [F] died.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ It was spot on [Em] the morn of the day that he [G] was born, and was always [Em] his treasure [A] and pride.
[D] But [G] it stopped [D] short, [G]
never to go [C] again, when [G] the [D] old man [G] died.
Ninety years without slumbering, tick-tock, tick-tock, his life's second numbering.
[D] Tock, tick, tock, it [G] stopped [D] short, [G]
never to go [C] again, when [G] the old man died.
And it stopped [D] short, [G]
never to go [C] again, [G] when the old man
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