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My Grandfather's Clock

by Johnny Cash · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica

BeginnerNo bends115 notesHoles 5–9Diatonic
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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend
My grand-fath-er's clock
Was too large for the shelf
So it stood nine-ty years on the floor;
It was tall-er by half
Than the old man him-self,
Tho’ it weighed not a pen-ny-weight more.
It was bought on the morn
Of the day that he was born,
It was al-ways his trea-sure and pride;
But it stopped short
Nev-er to go a-gain,
When the old man died.
Nine-ty years with-out slum-ber-ing,
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
His life sec-onds num-ber-ing,
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
It stopped short
Nev-er to go a-gain,
When the old man died.