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joe

The day he was born he got the clock and the day that the died it stopped working.
My question is how would an object without a brain be able to know when the old man would die. I don't know of anyone with a brain who can guess something like that so easily.


My Grandfathers Clock

      D                     A7                 D                G
My Grandfather's clock was too tall for the shelf
         D                  A7                D
So it stood ninety years on the floor
                         A7                 D                 G
It was taller by half than the old man himself,
          D                     A7                  D
But it weighed not a penny weight more
           D                     A7                D                G
It was bought on the morn of the day he was born
d                             A7                   D
And was always his pleasure and pride

          D            A7    D                   G
But it stopped short never to go again
                 D   A7     D
When the old man died
 
D
 Ninety years without slumbering  tick tock tick tock

 its life seconds numbering  tick tock tick tock

           D            A7    D                   G
But it stopped short never to go again
                 D   A7     D
When the old man died
 

     D                    A7                  D                         G
In childhood and manhood, the clock seemed to know
            D                     A7                 D
And to share both his grief and his joy
D                             A7              D                               G
For it struck twenty-four as he entered through the door,
D                                 G            D
With his blushing and beautiful bride,

           D            A7    D                   G
But it stopped short never to go again
                 D   A7     D
When the old man died
 
 D
 Ninety years without slumbering  tick tock tick tock

 its life seconds numbering tick tock tick tock

           D            A7    D                   G
But it stopped short never to go again
                 D   A7     D
When the old man died