C F/C C F/C
"An extremely quiet child" they called you in your school reports
C Fsus/C F/C C F/C
"He's always taken interest in the subjects that he's taught"
Em Dm
So what was it that brought the squad car screaming up your drive
G F C F/C
To notify your parents of the manner in which you died
C F/C C F/C
At St. Patricks every Sunday, Father Fletcher heard your sins
C Fsus/C F/C C F/C
"Oh, he's unconcerned with competition he never cares to win"
Em Dm
But blood stained a young hand that never held a gun
G F C F/C
And his parents never thought of him as their troubled son
C Em/B Am
"Now you'll never get to Heaven"
Dm G C E7
Mama said Remember Mama said Ticking, ticking
Am Dm
"Grow up straight and true blue, Run along to bed"
G G/F Em Dm C
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
C F/C C F/C
They had you holed up in a downtown bar screaming for a priest
C Fsus/C F/C C F/C
Some gook said "His brain's just snapped" then someone called the police
Em Dm
You'd knifed a Negro waiter who had tried to calm you down
G F C F/C
Oh you'd pulled a gun and told them all to lay still on the ground
C F/C C
Promising to hurt no one, providing they were still
C Fsus/C F/C C
E young man tried to make a break, with tear-filled eyes you killed
Em Dm
That gun butt felt so smooth and warm cradled in your palm
G F C
Oh your childhood cried out in your head "they mean to do you harm"
C Em/B Am Dm
"Don't ever ride on the devil's knee" Mama said
G C E7
Remember mama said Ticking, ticking
Am Dm
"Pay your penance well, my child Fear where angels tread"
G G/F Em Dm C
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
C F/C C
Within an hour the news had reached the media machine
C Fsus/C F/C
E male caucasian with a gun had gone berserk in Queens
Em Dm
The area had been sealed off, the kids sent home from school
G F C
Fourteen people lying dead in a bar they called the Kicking Mule
C F/C C
Oh they pleaded to your sanity for the sake of those inside
C Fsus/C F/C C
"Throw out your gun, walk out slow just keep your hands held high"
Em Dm
But they pumped you full of rifle shells as you stepped out the door
G F C
Oh you danced in death like a marionette on the vengeance of the law
C Em/B Am Dm
"You've slept too long in silence" Mama said
G C E7
Remember Mama said Ticking, ticking
Am Dm
"Crazy boy, you'll only wind up with strange notions in your head"
G G/F Em Dm C
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
Outro: C - G/C - Bb/F
- 1. Chord Gitar Elton John - Ticking Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar F)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Elton John - Ticking Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar F)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan