F A#/F F A#/F
"An extremely quiet child" they called you in your school reports
F A#sus/F A#/F F A#/F
"He's always taken interest in the subjects that he's taught"
Am Gm
So what was it that brought the squad car screaming up your drive
C A# F A#/F
To notify your parents of the manner in which you died
F A#/F F A#/F
At St. Patricks every Sunday, Father Fletcher heard your sins
F A#sus/F A#/F F A#/F
"Oh, he's unconcerned with competition he never cares to win"
Am Gm
But blood stained a young hand that never held a gun
C A# F A#/F
And his parents never thought of him as their troubled son
F Am/E Dm
"Now you'll never get to Heaven"
Gm C F A7
Mama said Remember Mama said Ticking, ticking
Dm Gm
"Grow up straight and true blue, Run along to bed"
C C/A# Am Gm F
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
F A#/F F A#/F
They had you holed up in a downtown bar screaming for a priest
F A#sus/F A#/F F A#/F
Some gook said "His brain's just snapped" then someone called the police
Am Gm
You'd knifed a Negro waiter who had tried to calm you down
C A# F A#/F
Oh you'd pulled a gun and told them all to lay still on the ground
F A#/F F
Promising to hurt no one, providing they were still
F A#sus/F A#/F F
A young man tried to make a break, with tear-filled eyes you killed
Am Gm
That gun butt felt so smooth and warm cradled in your palm
C A# F
Oh your childhood cried out in your head "they mean to do you harm"
F Am/E Dm Gm
"Don't ever ride on the devil's knee" Mama said
C F A7
Remember mama said Ticking, ticking
Dm Gm
"Pay your penance well, my child Fear where angels tread"
C C/A# Am Gm F
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
F A#/F F
Within an hour the news had reached the media machine
F A#sus/F A#/F
A male caucasian with a gun had gone berserk in Queens
Am Gm
The area had been sealed off, the kids sent home from school
C A# F
Fourteen people lying dead in a bar they called the Kicking Mule
F A#/F F
Oh they pleaded to your sanity for the sake of those inside
F A#sus/F A#/F F
"Throw out your gun, walk out slow just keep your hands held high"
Am Gm
But they pumped you full of rifle shells as you stepped out the door
C A# F
Oh you danced in death like a marionette on the vengeance of the law
F Am/E Dm Gm
"You've slept too long in silence" Mama said
C F A7
Remember Mama said Ticking, ticking
Dm Gm
"Crazy boy, you'll only wind up with strange notions in your head"
C C/A# Am Gm F
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
Outro: F - C/F - Bb/F
- 1. Chord Gitar Elton John - Ticking Kunci Dasar - Chords.id
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Elton John - Ticking Kunci Dasar - Chords.id
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan