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