F# Cb/F# F# Cb/F#
"An extremely quiet child" they called you in your school reports
F# Cbsus/F# Cb/F# F# Cb/F#
"He's always taken interest in the subjects that he's taught"
A#m G#m
So what was it that brought the squad car screaming up your drive
C# Cb F# Cb/F#
To notify your parents of the manner in which you died
F# Cb/F# F# Cb/F#
At St. Patricks every Sunday, Father Fletcher heard your sins
F# Cbsus/F# Cb/F# F# Cb/F#
"Oh, he's unconcerned with competition he never cares to win"
A#m G#m
But blood stained a young hand that never held a gun
C# Cb F# Cb/F#
And his parents never thought of him as their troubled son
F# A#m/F D#m
"Now you'll never get to Heaven"
G#m C# F# A#7
Mama said Remember Mama said Ticking, ticking
D#m G#m
"Grow up straight and true blue, Run along to bed"
C# C#/Cb A#m G#m F#
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
F# Cb/F# F# Cb/F#
They had you holed up in a downtown bar screaming for a priest
F# Cbsus/F# Cb/F# F# Cb/F#
Some gook said "His brain's just snapped" then someone called the police
A#m G#m
You'd knifed a Negro waiter who had tried to calm you down
C# Cb F# Cb/F#
Oh you'd pulled a gun and told them all to lay still on the ground
F# Cb/F# F#
Promising to hurt no one, providing they were still
F# Cbsus/F# Cb/F# F#
A# young man tried to make a break, with tear-filled eyes you killed
A#m G#m
That gun butt felt so smooth and warm cradled in your palm
C# Cb F#
Oh your childhood cried out in your head "they mean to do you harm"
F# A#m/F D#m G#m
"Don't ever ride on the devil's knee" Mama said
C# F# A#7
Remember mama said Ticking, ticking
D#m G#m
"Pay your penance well, my child Fear where angels tread"
C# C#/Cb A#m G#m F#
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
F# Cb/F# F#
Within an hour the news had reached the media machine
F# Cbsus/F# Cb/F#
A# male caucasian with a gun had gone berserk in Queens
A#m G#m
The area had been sealed off, the kids sent home from school
C# Cb F#
Fourteen people lying dead in a bar they called the Kicking Mule
F# Cb/F# F#
Oh they pleaded to your sanity for the sake of those inside
F# Cbsus/F# Cb/F# F#
"Throw out your gun, walk out slow just keep your hands held high"
A#m G#m
But they pumped you full of rifle shells as you stepped out the door
C# Cb F#
Oh you danced in death like a marionette on the vengeance of the law
F# A#m/F D#m G#m
"You've slept too long in silence" Mama said
C# F# A#7
Remember Mama said Ticking, ticking
D#m G#m
"Crazy boy, you'll only wind up with strange notions in your head"
C# C#/Cb A#m G#m F#
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
Outro: F# - C#/F# - Bb/F
- 1. Chord Gitar Elton John - Ticking Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar B)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Elton John - Ticking Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar B)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan