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- Grandfather's
Clock
- Words and Music
by Henry Clay Work - 1876
- One of the most
popular songs in 1876 along with "I'll
Take You Home Kathleen."
| Verse: |
| G D7 |
G Am |
G D7 |
G |
| - D7 |
G Am |
G D7 |
G |
| - |
C G |
- A7 |
D7 |
| G D7 |
G C |
G D7 |
G |
| Chorus: |
| G C G |
- |
- C G |
- |
| - D7 |
G Am |
G D7 |
G (repeat all) |
- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
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- Verse:
- 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 treasure and pride.
But it stopp'd short never to go again when the old man died.
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- Chorus:
Ninety years without slumbering tick, tock, tick, tock, His life
seconds numbering tick, tock, tick, tock,
- It stopp'd short never to
go again, When the old man died.
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- Watch Jim
and Barbara Faustine play "Grandfather's Clock" (youtube)
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- Listen to Jim play "Grandfather's
Clock" on the 5-string banjo (mp3)
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- Listen to the WineLand Banjo
Band perform "Grandfather's Clock" (mp3)
- John Green Vocal
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- Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- This Chord Chart
may not appear correctly with some browsers. It should
be viewed with a full size window.
- The chord names should
appear in single rows. Let me know of any problems.
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- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com