My Grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf
So it stood ninety years on the floor
It was taller by half than the old man himself
Though it weighed not a pennyweight more
It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born
And was always his pleasure and pride,
But it stopped, short, never to go again
When the old man died
Ninety years without slumbering, tick tock, tick tock
His life's seconds numbering, tick tock, tick tock
It stopped, short, never to go again
When the old man died
In watching its pendulum swing to and fro
Many hours had he spent as a boy
And in childhood and manhood the clock seemed to know
And to share in his grief and his joy
For it struck twenty four as he entered in the door
With his blushing and beautiful bride
But it stopped, short, never to go again
When the old man died
Ninety years without slumbering...
My Grandfather said that of those he could hire
Not a servant more true could be found
For it wasted no time and had but one desire
At the end of each week to be wound
And it kept in its place, not a frown upon its face
And its hands never hung by its side
But it stopped, short, never to go again
When the old man died
Ninety years without slumbering...
It struck an alarm in the dead of the night
An alarm that for years had been dumb
And we knew that his spirit was poised for its flight
That the hour of departure had come
Still the clock kept strict time with a soft and muffled chime
As we silently stood by his side
But it stopped, short, never to go again
When the old man died
Ninety years without slumbering, tick tock, tick tock
His life's seconds numbering, tick tock, tick tock
It stopped, short, never to go again
When the old man died
Guitar chords for My Grandfather’s Clock
C G C F
My Grandfather’s clock was too large for the shelf
C G C
So it stood ninety years on the floor
G C F
It was taller by half than the old man him-self
C G C
Though it weighed not a pennyweight more
D7 G
It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born
C D7 G
And was always his pleasure and pride
C G C F
But it stopped, short, never to go a-gain
C G C
When the old man died
C
Ninety years without slumbering, tick tock,tick tock
His life seconds numbering, tick tock,tick tock
G C F
It stopped short, never to go a-gain
C G C
When the old man died