Ticking

Ticking easy guitar chords by Elton John

N/A
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • D

  • A

  • G

  • C

  • F#m

    2
  • Em

  • Bm

    2
  • F#

    2
  • D

  • A

  • G

  • C

  • F#m

    2
  • Em

  • Bm

    2
  • F#

    2
  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    "An extremely 
    quiet 

    child" 
    they 
    called 
    you in 
    your 
    school 
    report 

    "He's always 
    taken 
    interest 
    in 

    the 
    subjects 
    that 
    he's 
    taught" 

    So 
    what 
    was 
    it that 
    brought 
    the squad 

    car 
    screaming 
    up 
    your drive 

    To 
    notify 
    your 
    parents 
    of 
    the 
    manner 

    in 
    which 
    you died 

    Verse 2
    At St. 
    Patrick's 
    every 
    Sunday, 

    Father 
    Fletcher 
    heard 
    your sins 

    "Oh, he's 
    un
    concerned 
    with competition 

    he nev
    er 
    cares 
    to win" 

    But 
    blood 
    stained 
    a young 
    hand 

    that 
    never 
    held 
    a gun

    And 
    his 
    parents 
    never 
    thought 
    of him 

    as 
    their 
    troubled 
    son 

    Verse 3

    "Now 
    you'll 
    never 
    get 
    to 

    Heaven" 
    Mama 
    said 

    Re
    member 
    Mama 
    said 

    Tick
    ing, 
    tick
    ing 

    "Grow 
    up 
    straight 
    and 
    true 
    blue 

    Run 
    along 
    to bed" 

    Hear 
    it, 
    hear 
    it, 
    ticking, 

    ticking 

    Verse 4

    They 
    had 
    you holed 
    up 
    in 
    a down
    town 

    bar 
    screaming 
    for 
    priest 

    Some 
    gook 
    said 
    "His 
    brain's 
    just 
    snapped" 

    then 
    someone 
    called 
    the 
    police 

    You'd 
    knifed 
    a Negro 
    waiter 

    who had 
    tried 
    to 
    calm 
    you down 

    Oh 
    you'd 
    pulled 
    a gun 
    and 
    told 
    them all 

    to lay 
    still 
    on 
    the 
    ground 

    Verse 5

    Promising 
    to 
    hurt 
    no 
    one, 

    providing 
    they 
    were 
    still 

    young 
    man 
    tried 
    to 
    make 
    a break, 

    with 
    tear-filled 
    eyes 
    eyes 
    you killed 

    That 
    gun 
    butt 
    felt 
    so 
    smooth 

    and warm 
    cradled 
    in your 
    palm 

    Oh 
    your child
    hood 
    cried 
    out 
    in 
    your head 

    "they mean 
    to do 
    you 
    harm" 


    Verse 6
    "Don't 
    ever 
    ride 
    on the 

    devil's 
    knee" 
    Mama 
    said 

    Re
    member 
    mama 
    said 

    Tick
    ing, 
    tick
    ing 

    "Pay 
    your 
    penance 
    well, 
    my 
    child 

    Fear 
    where 
    angels 
    tread" 

    Hear 
    it, 
    hear 
    it, 
    ticking, 

    ticking 

    Verse 7

    With
    in 
    an hour 
    the news 
    had 
    reached 

    the media 
    ma
    chine 

    A male 
    Caucasian 
    with 
    a gun 

    had 
    gone 
    berserk 
    in Queens 

    The 
    area 
    had 
    been 
    sealed 
    off, 

    the kids 
    sent 
    home 
    from 
    school 

    Fourteen 
    people 
    lying 
    dead 
    in a bar 
    they 

    called 
    the 
    Kicking 
    Mule 

    Verse 8

    Oh they 
    pleaded 
    to 
    your 
    sanity 
    for the 

    sake 
    of those 
    in
    side 

    "Throw 
    out 
    your gun, 

    walk 
    out 
    slow 
    just 
    keep 
    your 
    hands 
    held 
    high" 

    But they 
    pumped 
    you full 
    of 
    rifle 
    shells 

    as 
    you 
    stepped 
    out 
    the door 

    Oh 
    you 
    danced 
    in 
    death 
    like 
    a marionette 

    on 
    the vengeance 
    of the 
    law 

    Verse 9

    "You've slept 
    too 
    long 

    in silence" 
    Mama 
    said 

    Re
    member 
    Mama 
    said 

    Ticking, 
    ticking 

    "Crazy 
    boy, 
    you'll 
    only 
    wind 
    up 

    with strange 
    notions 
    in your 
    head" 

    Hear 
    it, 
    hear 
    it, 
    ticking, 

    ticking 

    Outro 1


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