{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1047498,"song":"The Clockwork Quartet - The Watchmakers Apprentice","artist":"Misc Unsigned Bands","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11231500-the-clockwork-quartet-the-watchmakers-apprentice-chords-by-misc-unsigned-bands/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1047498?type=chord","rating":4.94058,"votes":8,"content":"[ch]Bm[/ch] ...\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]C#[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThat Mr McArthur's looked all over town,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nBut he won't find me now for I'm off coastward bound.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]C#[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm trading the smog for some fresh salt sea air[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F#7[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]....\r\nAnd he'll never catch on that I'm there.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]C#[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI once was his apprentice, in the clock-making trade,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nAnd the miser made me work for every penny of my wage.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]C#[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nTil he found he could replace me with a clockwork machine,[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd he threw me right out on the street.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm not the kind who would grovel and pray[/tab]\r\n[tab]        F#add4                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat he deign to recant and permit to stay,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/D[/ch]                            F#madd4                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSo I cursed him and left and I solemnly swore that he'd pay.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]C#[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nNow Mr McArthur has very poor eyes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nAnd he never did see me when he left work at night.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]C#[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd once in a while he would forget to check[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F#7[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]....\r\nThat his workshop back window was closed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]C#[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nNo I'm not a burglar and I'm no vandal nor.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nThe old man had to suffer, but I wanted something more:[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]C#[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI wanted him to feel it and know it was me,[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd I knew that his clocks were the key.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI sat in his workshop, my thoughts running wild,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        F#add4                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen it suddenly hit me, and I looked up and I smiled[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/D[/ch]                                F#madd4                [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor I knew that I'd have him and I knew that I'd do it in style.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G7[/ch]....\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]C#[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI tell you that clockwork's a powerful thing;[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nThere's a terrible strength in those tightly wound springs.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]C#[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd a gentleman's pocketwatch stays by his heart,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F#7[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]....\r\nAnd that's where the damage can start.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]C#[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nNow I'm no machine but I can work when I choose,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nWith hands good as any when I've something to prove.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]C#[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSo I stayed up all night among cogs, springs and screws,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F#7[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]....\r\nAnd I didn't stop till I was through.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI rigged up a watch to do more than just chime ,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       F#add4                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I didn't baulk once at the depth of my crime -[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/D[/ch]                           F#madd4               [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA most perfect invention that still kept impeccable time.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G7[/ch]....\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]....\r\n[ch]G7[/ch]....\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]....\r\n[ch]G7[/ch]....\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]C#[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe next week a young man stopped by in the shop,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nTook a shine to a timepiece and paid on the spot.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]C#[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe wound it, and wore it, and at 6 on the dot[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]F#7[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe came to a messy and permanent stop.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]C#[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nNow Mr McArthur's got blood on his hands,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nAnd he barely made bail, he's a ruined man,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]C#[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd surely he knows who his downfall was planned by,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F#7[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIt's all worked out like clockwork.[/tab]","plain_text":"Bm ...\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd he threw me right out on the street.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd I knew that his clocks were the key.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG7....\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG7....\nBm....\nG7....\nBm....\nG7....","chords":["Bm","C#","D","B","G","F#m","F#7","Em","F#","E","G/D","G7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}