Ticking chords by Elton John
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Intro 1
(D major) (A major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(A major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (G major)
Verse 1
(D major) "An extremely quiet
child" (G major) they called you in your school (D major) report (G major)
(D major) "He's always taken interest (C major) in
the (G major) subjects that he's taught" (D major)
So (F sharp minor) what was it that brought the squad
car screaming up your drive (E minor)
To (A major) notify your parents of the manner
(G major) in which you died (D major) (G major)
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Verse 2
At St. (D major) Patrick's every Sunday,
(G major) Father Fletcher heard your sins (D major) (G major)
"Oh, he's (D major) un concerned with competition
(C major) he nev (G major) er cares to win" (D major)
But (F sharp minor) blood stained a young hand
that never held a gun (E minor)
And his (A major) parents never thought of him
as (G major) their (B minor) (G major) troubled son
(D major)
Verse 3
"Now you'll (B minor) never get to
Heaven" (E minor) Mama said
Re (A major) member Mama said
Tick (D major) ing, tick (F sharp major) ing
"Grow (B minor) up straight and true blue
Run (E minor) along to bed"
Hear (A major) it, hear (D major) it, (F sharp minor) (E minor) ticking,
(D major) ticking
(A major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 4
(A major) (G major)
They had (D major) you holed up in a down (G major) town
bar screaming for a priest (D major) (G major)
(B minor) Some (D major) gook said "His brain's just snapped"
(C major) then (G major) someone called the (D major) police
You'd knifed a Negro (F sharp minor) waiter
who had tried (D major) to (F sharp minor) calm you down (E minor)
Oh you'd pulled (A major) a gun and told them all
(G major) to lay still (B minor) on (G major) the ground
(D major)
Verse 5
(G major)
(B minor) Promising (D major) to hurt no one,
(G major) providing they were still (D major) (G major) (B minor)
(G major) A young (D major) man tried to make a break,
(C major) with tear-filled (G major) eyes eyes you killed (D major)
That gun (F sharp minor) butt felt so smooth
and warm cradled in your (E minor) palm
Oh your child (A major) hood cried out in your head
(G major) "they mean to do you harm"
(D major)
Verse 6
(B minor) "Don't ever ride on the
devil's knee" (E minor) Mama said
Re (A major) member mama said
Tick (D major) ing, tick (F sharp major) ing
"Pay (B minor) your penance well, my child
Fear (E minor) where angels tread"
Hear (A major) it, hear (F sharp minor) it, (E minor) ticking,
(D major) ticking
(A major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 7
(A major) (G major)
With (D major) in an hour the news had reached
(G major) the media machine (D major) (G major)
A male (D major) Caucasian with a gun (C major)
had gone (G major) berserk in Queens (D major)
The (F sharp minor) area had been sealed off,
the kids sent home from school (E minor)
(A major) Fourteen people lying dead in a bar (G major) they
called (B minor) the (G major) Kicking Mule
(D major)
Verse 8
(G major)
Oh they (D major) pleaded to your sanity (G major) for the
sake of those in (D major) side (G major)
(D major) "Throw out your gun,
walk out slow (G major) just keep your hands held (D major) high"
But they (F sharp minor) pumped you full of rifle shells
as you stepped out the door (E minor)
Oh you (A major) danced in death like a marionette
(G major) on the vengeance of the law
(D major)
Verse 9
(A major) "You've slept (B minor) too long
in silence" (E minor) Mama said
Re (A major) member Mama said
(D major) Ticking, (F sharp major) ticking
(B minor) "Crazy boy, you'll only wind up
with strange (E minor) notions in your head"
(A major) Hear it, hear it, (E minor) ticking,
(D major) ticking
Outro 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(A major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Ticking
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