Chord Gitar Elton John - Ticking Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar F#)

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