{"id":19503,"date":"2024-01-05T16:09:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T16:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=19503"},"modified":"2025-09-22T23:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T23:52:17","slug":"my-grandfathers-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/my-grandfathers-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"My Grandfather\u2019s Clock"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Johnny Cash<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]\r\n<\/span>A<\/span>                 E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>My grandfather's clock\r\n<\/span><\/span>         A<\/span>              D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Was too large for the shelf\r\n<\/span><\/span>      A<\/span>              E<\/span>             A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>So it stood ninety years on the floor\r\n<\/span><\/span>         A<\/span>        E<\/span>            A<\/span>          D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>It was taller by half than the old man himself\r\n<\/span><\/span>             A<\/span>            E<\/span>            A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Though it weighed not a pennyweights more\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n<\/span>       A<\/span>               E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>It was bought on the morn\r\n<\/span><\/span>       D<\/span>                A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Of the day that he was born\r\n<\/span><\/span>          A<\/span>           D<\/span>           E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And was always his pleasure and pride\r\n<\/span><\/span>        A<\/span>      E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>But it stopped short\r\n<\/span><\/span>A<\/span>           D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Never to go again\r\n<\/span><\/span>         A<\/span>   E<\/span>    A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>When the old man died\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n<\/span>A<\/span>                      D<\/span>     A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Ninety years without slumbering\r\n<\/span><\/span>A<\/span>                  D<\/span>     A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>His life seconds numbering\r\n<\/span><\/span>        A<\/span>     E<\/span>     A<\/span>             D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>It stopped, short never to go again\r\n<\/span><\/span>         A<\/span>   E<\/span>    A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>When the old man died\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n<\/span>A<\/span>               E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>My grandfather said \r\n<\/span><\/span>         A<\/span>               D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>that of those he could hire\r\n<\/span><\/span>      A<\/span>            E<\/span>             A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Not a servant so faithful he found\r\n<\/span><\/span>         A<\/span>        E<\/span>            A<\/span>        D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>For it wasted no time and had but one desire\r\n<\/span><\/span>         A<\/span>             E<\/span>          A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>At the close of each week to be wound\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 5]\r\n<\/span>       A<\/span>             E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And it kept in its place, \r\n<\/span><\/span>       D<\/span>              A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>not a frown upon its face\r\n<\/span><\/span>A<\/span>                    D<\/span>           E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And its hands never hung by its side\r\n<\/span><\/span>        A<\/span>      E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>But it stopped short, \r\n<\/span><\/span>A<\/span>           D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>never to go again\r\n<\/span><\/span>         A<\/span>   E<\/span>    A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>When the old man died\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 6]\r\n<\/span>A<\/span>               E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>It rang and alarmed\r\n<\/span><\/span>         A<\/span>            D<\/span>\r\n<\/span> in the dead of the night\r\n<\/span><\/span>      A<\/span>             E<\/span>             A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>An alarm that for years had been dumb\r\n<\/span><\/span>        A<\/span>             E<\/span>           A<\/span>           D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight\r\n<\/span><\/span>          A<\/span>          E<\/span>            A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>That his hour for departure had come\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 7]\r\n<\/span>       A<\/span>                  E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Still the clock kept the time \r\n<\/span><\/span>       D<\/span>                  A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>with a soft and muffled chime\r\n<\/span><\/span>A<\/span>                 D<\/span>          E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>As we silently stood by his side\r\n<\/span><\/span>        A<\/span>      E<\/span>\r\n<\/span>But it stopped short, \r\n<\/span><\/span>A<\/span>           D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>never to go again\r\n<\/span><\/span>         A<\/span>   E<\/span>    A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>When the old man died\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 8]\r\n<\/span>A<\/span>                  D<\/span>     A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Ninety years without slumbering\r\n<\/span><\/span>A<\/span>                  D<\/span>     A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>His life seconds numbering\r\n<\/span><\/span>        A<\/span>    E<\/span>     A<\/span>             D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>It stopped short, never to go again\r\n<\/span><\/span>         A<\/span>   E<\/span>    A<\/span>\r\n<\/span>When the old man died\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
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by Johnny Cash [Verse 1] A E My grandfather’s clock A D Was too large for the shelf A E A So it stood ninety years on the floor A E A D It was taller by half than the old man himself A E A Though it weighed not … CLICK TO VIEW SONGMy Grandfather\u2019s Clock<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-country-western"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}