A# Eb/A# A# Eb/A#
"An extremely quiet child" they called you in your school reports
A# Ebsus/A# Eb/A# A# Eb/A#
"He's always taken interest in the subjects that he's taught"
Dm Cm
So what was it that brought the squad car screaming up your drive
F Eb A# Eb/A#
To notify your parents of the manner in which you died
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At St. Patricks every Sunday, Father Fletcher heard your sins
A# Ebsus/A# Eb/A# A# Eb/A#
"Oh, he's unconcerned with competition he never cares to win"
Dm Cm
But blood stained a young hand that never held a gun
F Eb A# Eb/A#
And his parents never thought of him as their troubled son
A# Dm/A Gm
"Now you'll never get to Heaven"
Cm F A# D7
Mama said Remember Mama said Ticking, ticking
Gm Cm
"Grow up straight and true blue, Run along to bed"
F F/Eb Dm Cm A#
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
A# Eb/A# A# Eb/A#
They had you holed up in a downtown bar screaming for a priest
A# Ebsus/A# Eb/A# A# Eb/A#
Some gook said "His brain's just snapped" then someone called the police
Dm Cm
You'd knifed a Negro waiter who had tried to calm you down
F Eb A# Eb/A#
Oh you'd pulled a gun and told them all to lay still on the ground
A# Eb/A# A#
Promising to hurt no one, providing they were still
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D young man tried to make a break, with tear-filled eyes you killed
Dm Cm
That gun butt felt so smooth and warm cradled in your palm
F Eb A#
Oh your childhood cried out in your head "they mean to do you harm"
A# Dm/A Gm Cm
"Don't ever ride on the devil's knee" Mama said
F A# D7
Remember mama said Ticking, ticking
Gm Cm
"Pay your penance well, my child Fear where angels tread"
F F/Eb Dm Cm A#
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
A# Eb/A# A#
Within an hour the news had reached the media machine
A# Ebsus/A# Eb/A#
D male caucasian with a gun had gone berserk in Queens
Dm Cm
The area had been sealed off, the kids sent home from school
F Eb A#
Fourteen people lying dead in a bar they called the Kicking Mule
A# Eb/A# A#
Oh they pleaded to your sanity for the sake of those inside
A# Ebsus/A# Eb/A# A#
"Throw out your gun, walk out slow just keep your hands held high"
Dm Cm
But they pumped you full of rifle shells as you stepped out the door
F Eb A#
Oh you danced in death like a marionette on the vengeance of the law
A# Dm/A Gm Cm
"You've slept too long in silence" Mama said
F A# D7
Remember Mama said Ticking, ticking
Gm Cm
"Crazy boy, you'll only wind up with strange notions in your head"
F F/Eb Dm Cm A#
Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking
Outro: A# - F/A# - Bb/F
- 1. Chord Gitar Elton John - Ticking Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Elton John - Ticking Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan