G C/G G C/G
"An extremely quiet child" they called you in your school reports
G Csus/G C/G G C/G
"He's always taken interest in the subjects that he's taught"
Bm Am
So what was it that brought the squad car screaming up your drive
D C G C/G
To notify your parents of the manner in which you died
G C/G G C/G
At St. Patricks every Sunday, Father Fletcher heard your sins
G Csus/G C/G G C/G
"Oh, he's unconcerned with competition he never cares to win"
Bm Am
But blood stained a young hand that never held a gun
D C G C/G
And his parents never thought of him as their troubled son
G Bm/F# Em
"Now you'll never get to Heaven"
Am D G B7
Mama said Remember Mama said Ticking, ticking
Em Am
"Grow up straight and true blue, Run along to bed"
D D/C Bm Am G
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
G C/G G C/G
They had you holed up in a downtown bar screaming for a priest
G Csus/G C/G G C/G
Some gook said "His brain's just snapped" then someone called the police
Bm Am
You'd knifed a Negro waiter who had tried to calm you down
D C G C/G
Oh you'd pulled a gun and told them all to lay still on the ground
G C/G G
Promising to hurt no one, providing they were still
G Csus/G C/G G
B young man tried to make a break, with tear-filled eyes you killed
Bm Am
That gun butt felt so smooth and warm cradled in your palm
D C G
Oh your childhood cried out in your head "they mean to do you harm"
G Bm/F# Em Am
"Don't ever ride on the devil's knee" Mama said
D G B7
Remember mama said Ticking, ticking
Em Am
"Pay your penance well, my child Fear where angels tread"
D D/C Bm Am G
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
G C/G G
Within an hour the news had reached the media machine
G Csus/G C/G
B male caucasian with a gun had gone berserk in Queens
Bm Am
The area had been sealed off, the kids sent home from school
D C G
Fourteen people lying dead in a bar they called the Kicking Mule
G C/G G
Oh they pleaded to your sanity for the sake of those inside
G Csus/G C/G G
"Throw out your gun, walk out slow just keep your hands held high"
Bm Am
But they pumped you full of rifle shells as you stepped out the door
D C G
Oh you danced in death like a marionette on the vengeance of the law
G Bm/F# Em Am
"You've slept too long in silence" Mama said
D G B7
Remember Mama said Ticking, ticking
Em Am
"Crazy boy, you'll only wind up with strange notions in your head"
D D/C Bm Am G
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
Outro: G - D/G - Bb/F
- 1. Chord Gitar Elton John - Ticking Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar A#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Elton John - Ticking Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar A#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan