My Grandfather's Clock Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays541

My Grandfather's Clock by Henry Clay Work is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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   My grandfather's clock... 
e|--------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-0-5---4-5-7---5-7-9---10-9-2---7-7-5---5-5-4-2-4--5----| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------| 

   It was taller by half... 
e|--------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-0-0-5---4-5-7---5-7-9---10-9-2---7-7-5---5-5-4-2-4--5--| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------| 

   It was bought on the morn... 
e|--------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-9-10-12--9-7-5---4-5-7-5-4-2-0---9-10-12--9-7-5--4-5-7-| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------| 

   But it stopped.. short... 
e|--------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-0-0--5pm--7pm---99-9-10-9-2---7-7---5pm--4pm--5--------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------| 

   Ninety years without slumbering... 
e|--------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-0-0-5---0-0-2-2-0-----0---0--0-5---0-0-2-2-0-----0-----| 
A|---------------------2---2----------------------2---2---| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------| 


   But it stopped.. short... 
e|--------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-0-0--5pm--7pm---99-9-10-9-2---7-7---5pm--4pm--5--------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------| 
    	

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