Grandfather's Clock chords by Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash

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Verse 1
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 (D major) My grandfather (A major) 's clock
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was too  (D major) large for the shelf  (G major) 
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So it  (D major) stood ninety  (A major) years on the floor  (D major) 
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It was taller by  (A major) half than the
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 (D major) old man him (G major) self
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Though it  (D major) weighed not a pennyweight  (A major)  (D major) more

Verse 2
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It was  (D major) bought on the morn' of
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the day  (G major) that he was born  (D major) 
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And was always his treas (A major) ure and pride
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But it stopped,  (D major) short  (A major)  (D major) never to go again  (G major) 
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When the  (D major) old  (A major) man died  (D major) 

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Verse 3

Ninety years without slumbering

His life seconds numbering

It stopped, short never to go again

When the old man died

Verse 4
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My  (D major) grandfather said  (A major) that
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of those  (D major) he could hire  (G major) 
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Not a  (D major) servant so faith (A major) ful he found  (D major) 
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For it wasted no time  (A major) and
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 (D major) had but one desire  (G major) 
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At the  (D major) close of each  (A major) week to be wound  (D major) 

Verse 5
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And it  (D major) kept in its place,
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not a frown  (G major) upon its face  (D major) 
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And its hands never hung  (A major) by its side
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But it stopped  (D major) short,  (A major)  (D major) never to go again  (G major) 
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When the  (D major) old  (A major) man  (D major) died  (E major) 

Verse 6
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It  (E major) rang and alarmed  (B major) in
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the dead  (E major) of the night  (A major) 
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An alarm  (E major) that for  (B major) years had been  (E major) dumb
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And we knew that his  (B major) spirit
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was  (E major) pluming for  (A major) flight
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That his  (E major) hour for de (B major) parture had  (E major) come

Verse 7
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Still the clock  (E major) kept the time with
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a soft  (A major) and muffled chime  (E major) 
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As we silently stood by  (B major) his side
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But it stopped  (E major) short,  (B major) nev (E major) er to go again  (A major) 
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When the  (E major) old man  (B major)  (E major) died

Verse 8
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Ninety  (E major) years without slumbering
His life seconds numbering
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It stopped short,  (B major)  (E major) never to go again  (A major) 
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When the  (E major) old  (B major) man  (E major) died