Chords for The Clockwork Quartet - The Watchmaker's Apprentice

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_ _ [C#] Mr.
[D] MacArthur's all [B] over town, [G] but he won't [D] find me now, for I'm [G] off [F#] coastward bound.
[Bm] And I'm trading [C#] the smog for [D] some fresh, salty [B] air, [G] and he'll never [F#] catch on that [Bm] I'm there. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I once [C#] was his apprentice [D] in the [B] clockmaking trade, [G] and the miser [F#m] made me work for [G] every penny of [F#] my weight,
[Bm] till he found he [C#] could replace me [D] with a clockwork [B] machine, [G] and he threw me [F#] right out [Bm] on the street. _ _ _ _ _
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I'm not the kind who [E] would grovel [Em] and pray, [F#] but he deigned to recant and [E]
permit me to stay.
[G] So I cursed him and left, [F#m] and I _ solemnly swore that [Bm] he'd pay. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now Mr.
[C#] MacArthur [D] has very [B] poor eyes, [G] and he never [D] did see me [G] when he left work [F#] at night.
[Bm] And once [C#] in a while he [D] would _ [B] forget to check [G] that his workshop [F#] back window [Bm] was closed. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ No, I'm not [C#] a burglar, [D] and I'm no [B] vandal nor, the [G] old man had [F#m] to suffer.
[G] But I wanted something [F#] more, [Bm] I wanted him [C#] to feel it, [D] and know it [B] was me, [G] and I knew that [F#] his clocks were [Bm] the key. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] I sat in his workshop, [Em] my thoughts running wild, and [B] it suddenly hit me, [E] and I looked up and smiled,
[G] for I knew that I'd have him, [Bm] and I knew that I'd do it in style.
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_ _ [Em] I _ [G] _
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tell you [C#] that _ [A] clockwork's a powerful [B] thing, [G] there's a terrible [F#] strength in [G] those tightly [F#] wound springs,
[B] and a [C#] gentleman's pocket watch [A]
stays by [B] his heart, [G] and that's where [F#] the damage [Bm] can start.
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no [C#] machine, but [D] I can work when I [B] choose, [G] with hands good [F#m] as any, [G] when I've something [F#] to prove.
So [Bm] I stayed up [C#] all night [D] among cold springs [B] and screws, and [G] I didn't [F#] stop till I [Bm] was through. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [G] I rigged up a watch to [Em] do more than just chime, and [F#] I didn't balk once [E] at the depth of my crime.
The [G] most perfect invention [Bm] that [F#] still kept _ [F#m] impeccable [Bm] _
time.
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_ [C#] Sleepy young man [D] stopped by in [B] the shop, [G] took a shine to [F#m] a timepiece, [G] didn't pay on the [Em] spot.
[Bm] He wound it [C#] and wore it, and [D] at six on [B] the dot, [G] he came to [F#] a messy and [B] permanent [D] stop.
[B] Now [D] Mr.
_ [C#] _ McCuthers [D] got blood on [B] his hands, and [G] he barely [F#m] made bail, he's [G] a ruined [F#] man.
[B] And [D] surely [C#] he knows who [D] his downfall [B] was planned by.
[G] It's all right.
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