{t:My GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK}
{st:Henry Clay Work (1876)}
{c:Strum: |: d - D u d - D u :|:}
My [C]Grandfather's [G]clock was too [C]large for the [F]shelf
So it [C]stood 90 [G]years on the [C]floor [C]
It was [C]taller by [G]half than the [C]old man him-[F]self
Tho' it [C]weighed not a [G]pennyweight [C]more [C]
It was [C]bought on the morn, of the [F]day that he was [C]born
And was [C]always his [D7]treasure and [G]pride [G]
But it [C]stopped - [G]short - [C]never to go a-[F]gain
When the [C]old [G]man [C]died [C]
{c:BRIDGE:}
90 [C]years without [F]slumber-[C]ing [C](tic toc tic toc)
His [C]life seconds [F]number-[C]ing [C](tic toc, tic toc)
But it [C]stopped - [G]short - [C]never to go a-[F]gain
When the [C]old [G]man [C]died [C]
In [C]watching its [G]pendulum [C]swing to and [F]fro
Many [C]hours had he [G]spent as a [C]boy [C]
And in [C]childhood and [G]manhood the [C]clock seemed to [F]know
And to [C]share both his [G]grief and his [C]joy [C]
For it [C]struck 24 when he [F]entered at the [C]door
With a [C]blooming and [D7]beautiful [G]bride [G]
But it [C]stopped - [G]short - [C]never to go a-[F]gain
When the [C]old [G]man [C]died [C]
My [C]grandfather [G]said that of [C]those he could [F]hire
Not a [C]servant so [G]faithful he'd [C]found [C]
For it [C]wasted no [G]time and [C]had but one de-[F]sire
At the [C]close of each [G]week to be [C]wound [C]
Yes it [C]kept in its place, not a [F]frown upon its [C]face
And its [C]hands never [D7]hung by its [G]side [G]
But it [C]stopped - [G]short - [C]never to go a-[F]gain
When the [C]old [G]man [C]died [C]
Then it [C]rang an a-[G]larm in the [C]dead of the [F]night
An a-[C]larm that for [G]years had been [C]dumb [C]
And we [C]knew that his [G]spirit was [C]pluming its [F]flight
That his [C]hour of de-[G]parture had [C]come [C]
Still the [C]clock kept the time, with a [F]soft and muffled [C]chime
As we [C]silently [D7]stood by his [G]side [G]
But it [C]stopped - [G]short - [C]never to go a-[F]gain
When the [C]old [G]man [C]died [C]
{t:My GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK}
