Misc Unsigned Bands - The clockwork quartet - the watchmakers apprentice

That ^BmMr Mc^C#Arthur's looked ^Dall over ^Btown, But he ^Gwon't find me ^F#mnow for I'm off ^Gcoastward ^F#7bound. And I'm ^Bmtrading the ^C#smog for some ^Dfresh salt sea ^Bair G F#7 Bm.... And he'll never catch on that I'm there.

I ^Bmonce was his app^C#rentice, in the ^Dclock-making t^Brade, And the m^Giser made me w^F#mork for every p^Genny of my ^F#7wage. Til he f^Bmound he could repla^C#ce me with a c^Dlockwork mac^Bhine,

^GI'm not the kind who would ^Emgrovel and pray That he ^F#add4deign to recant and per^Emit to stay, ^G/DSo I cursed him and left and I ^F#madd4solemnly swore that he'd ^Bmpay.

Now M^Bmr McA^C#rthur has v^Dery poor ^Beyes, And he ^Gnever did ^F#msee me when he l^Geft work a^F#7t night. And ^Bmonce in a wh^C#ile he would f^Dorget to c^Bheck G F#7 Bm.... That his workshop back window was closed.

No I'^Bmm not a b^C#urglar and I'm n^Do vandal ^Bnor. The old ^Gman had to s^F#muffer, but I w^Ganted something ^F#7more: I w^Bmanted him to ^C#feel it and k^Dnow it was ^Bme,

^GI sat in his workshop, my t^Emhoughts running wild, Then it ^F#add4suddenly hit me, and I l^Eooked up and I smiled ^G/DFor I knew that I'd have him and I ^F#madd4knew that I'd do it in ^Bmstyle^Em. ^{Bm Em}

I t^Bmell you that cl^C#ockwork's a ^Dpowerful ^Bthing; There's a t^Gerrible s^F#mtrength in those ^Gtightly wound s^F#7prings. And a g^Bmentleman's p^C#ocketwatch s^Dtays by his ^Bheart, G F#7 Bm.... And that's where the damage can start.

Now I^Bm'm no mach^C#ine but I can w^Dork when I c^Bhoose, With ^Ghands good as ^F#many when I've s^Gomething to ^F#7prove. So I s^Bmtayed up all n^C#ight among c^Dogs, springs and s^Bcrews, G F#7 Bm.... And I didn't stop till I was through.

^GI rigged up a watch to do m^Emore than just chime , And I d^F#add4idn't baulk once at the ^Edepth of my crime - ^G/DA most perfect invention that ^F#madd4still kept impeccable ^Bmtime.^{Em Bm Em}

The n^Bmext week a yo^C#ung man stopped ^Dby in the ^Bshop, Took a ^Gshine to a ^F#mtimepiece and ^Gpaid on the ^F#7spot. He w^Bmound it, and ^C#wore it, and at ^D6 on the ^Bdot He ^Gcame to a m^F#essy and ^F#7permanent s^Bmtop.

Now ^BmMr Mc^C#Arthur's got ^Dblood on his ^Bhands, And he ^Gbarely made ^F#mbail, he's a^G ruined ^F#7man, And s^Bmurely he ^C#knows who his ^Ddownfall was ^Bplanned by, It's ^Gall worked ^F#7out like ^Bmclockwork.