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