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K:G z2 z D | G2 F G | A2 G A | B2 c B | E2 A A | w:My grand-fa-ther's clock was too large for the shelf, So it G2 G G | F2 E F | (G4 | G2) D D | G2 F G | A2 G A | w:stood nine-ty years on the floor; - It was tal-ler by half than the B2 c B | E2 A A | G2 G G | F E F2 | (G4 | G2) B c | w:old man hims-elf, Though it weighed not a pen-ny-weight more. - It was d2 B A | G2 F G | A G F E | D2 B c | d2 B A | G2 F G | w:bought on the morn of the day that he was born, And was al-ways his trea-sure and (A4 | A2) D D | G4 | A4 | B/2B/2 B c B | E2 A A | G4 | w:pride; - But it stopped short ne-ver to go a-gain When the old man died. P:chorus F4 | (G4 | G) z D D | G2 D D | E E D2 | B,2 D2 | w:man died. - Nine-ty years with-out slum-ber-ing tick, tock, B,2 D D | G2 D D | E E D2 | B,2 D2 | B,2 D D | G4 | w:tick, tock, His life's se-conds num-ber-ing, tick, tock, tick, tock, It stopped A4 | B/2B/2B c B | E2 A A | G4 | F4 | (G4 | G2) z z || w:short ne-ver to go a-gain When the old man died. % W: W:1 W:My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf, W:So it stood ninety years on the floor; W:It was taller by half than the old man himself, W:Though it weighed not a penny-weight more. W:It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born, W:And was always his treasure and pride; W:But it stopped short — never to go again —When the old man died. W: W:ch W:Ninety years without slumbering W:tick, tock, tick, tock, W:His life's seconds numbering, W:tick, tock, tick, tock, W:It stopped short — never to go again —When the old man died. W: W:2 W:In watching its pendulum swing to and fro, W:Many hours had he spent while a boy; W:And in childhood and manhood the clock seemed to know W:And to share both his grief and his joy. W:For it struck twenty-four when he entered at the door, W:With a blooming and beautiful bride; W:But it stopped short — never to go again — When the old man died. W: W:3 W:My grandfather said that of those he could hire, W:Not a servant so faithful he found; W:For it wasted no time, and had but one desire — W:At the close of each week to be wound. W:And it kept in its place — not a frown upon its face, W:And its hands never hung by its side; W:But it stopped short — never to go again — When the old man died. W: W:4 W:It rang an alarm in the dead of the night — W:An alarm that for years had been dumb; W:And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight — W:That his hour of departure had come. W:Still the clock kept the time, with a soft and muffled chime, W:As we silently stood by his side; W:But it stopped short — never to go again — When the old man died.

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