Grandfather’s Clock (hi-lo)

American folk song
Henry Clay Work
Key: G

3 4 -3 4 -4
6 7 -7 7 -8
My grand-fa-ther’s clock

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7 -8 8 -9 8 -6
Was too large for the shelf

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-8 -8 7 7 7 -7 -6 -7 7
So it stood nine-ty years on the floor;

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6 6 7 -7 7 -8
It was tall-er by half

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Than the old man him-self,

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-8 -8 7 7 7 -7 -6 -7 7
Tho’ it weighed not a pen-ny-weight more.

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7 8 9 8 -8 7
It was bought on the morn

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Of the day that he was born,

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7 8 9 8 -8 7 -7 7 -8
And was al-ways his trea-sure and pride;

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6 6 7 -8
But it stopped short

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8 8 8 -9 8 -6
Nev-er to go a-gain,

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-8 -8 7 -7-8 7
When the old man died.

3 3 4 3 3 -3” 3 3
6 6 7 6 6 -6 6 6
Nine-ty years with-out slum-ber-ing,

2 3 2 3
5 6 5 6
Tick, tock, tick, tock,

3 4 3 3 -3” 3 3
6 7 6 6 -6 6 6
His life sec-onds num-ber-ing,

2 3 2 3
5 6 5 6
Tick, tock, tick, tock,

3 4 -4
6 7 -8
It stopped short

5 5 5 -5 5 -3”
8 8 8 -9 8 -6
Nev-er to go a-gain,

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-8 -8 7 -7 7
When the old man died.