{"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":1447944,"song":"My Grandfathers Clock","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1447944-my-grandfathers-clock-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1447944?type=chord","rating":4.74462,"votes":93,"content":"My Grandfather’s Clock\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy grandfather's clock[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas too large for the shelf[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo it stood ninety years on the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was taller by half than the old man himself[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough it weighed not a pennyweights more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was bought on the morn[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nOf the day that he was born[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd was always his pleasure and pride[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut it stopped short[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNever to go again[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the old man died[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNinety years without slumbering[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis life seconds numbering[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt stopped, short never to go again[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the old man died[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy grandfather said [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthat of those he could hire[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNot a servant so faithful he found[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor it wasted no time and had but one desire[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt the close of each week to be wound[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it kept in its place, [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nnot a frown upon its face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd its hands never hung by its side[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut it stopped short, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nnever to go again[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the old man died[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt rang and alarmed[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n in the dead of the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAn alarm that for years had been dumb[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat his hour for departure had come[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStill the clock kept the time [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nwith a soft and muffled chime[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs we silently stood by his side[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut it stopped short, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nnever to go again[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the old man died[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNinety years without slumbering[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis life seconds numbering[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt stopped short, never to go again[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the old man died[/tab]","plain_text":"My Grandfather’s Clock\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]","chords":["G","D","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}