Ticking chords by
Elton John

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Key: F major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
F F 
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"An extremely quiet
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F F 
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child" they called you in your school report
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Eb Eb 6
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"He's always taken interest in
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F F 
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the subjects that he's taught"
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So what was it that brought the squad
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car screaming up your drive
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To notify your parents of the manner
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F F 
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in which you died

Verse 2
F F 
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At St. Patrick's every Sunday,
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F F 
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Father Fletcher heard your sins
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"Oh, he's un concerned with competition
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F F 
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he never  cares to win"
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But blood stained a young hand
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that never held a gun
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And his parents never thought of him
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as their troubled son
F F 
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Verse 3
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"Now you'll never get to
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Heaven" Mama said
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Remember Mama said
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A A 
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Ticking, ticking
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"Grow up  straight and true blue
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Run along to bed"
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F F 
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Am Am 
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Gm Gm 3
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Hear it, hear it, ticking,
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ticking
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F F 
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Verse 4
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F F 
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They had you holed up in a downtown
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bar screaming for a priest
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F F 
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Some gook said "His brain's just snapped"
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F F 
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then someone called the police
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You'd knifed a Negro waiter
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Gm Gm 3
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who had tried to calm you down
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Oh you'd pulled a gun and told them all
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to lay still on the ground
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Verse 5
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F F 
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Promising to hurt no one,
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F F 
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Dm Dm 
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providing they were still
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F F 
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A   young man tried to make a break,
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F F 
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with tear-filled eyes eyes you killed
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That gun butt felt so smooth
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and warm cradled in your palm
C C 
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Oh your childhood cried out in your head
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"they mean to do you harm"
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Verse 6
Dm Dm 
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"Don't ever ride on the
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devil's knee" Mama said
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Remember mama said
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Ticking, ticking
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"Pay your penance well, my child
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Fear where angels tread"
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Am Am 
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Gm Gm 3
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Hear it, hear it, ticking,
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ticking
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F F 
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Verse 7
C C 
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F F 
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Within an hour the news had reached
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F F 
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the media machine
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Eb Eb 6
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A male Caucasian with a gun
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F F 
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had gone berserk in Queens
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The area had been sealed off,
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the kids sent home from school
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Fourteen people lying dead in a bar they
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called the Kicking Mule
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Verse 8
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F F 
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Oh they pleaded to your sanity for the
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sake of those inside
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"Throw out your gun,
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F F 
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walk out slow just keep your hands held high"
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But they pumped you full of rifle shells
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as you stepped out the door
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Oh you danced in death like a marionette
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on the vengeance of the law
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Verse 9
C C 
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Dm Dm 
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"You've slept too long
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in silence" Mama said
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Remember Mama said
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Ticking, ticking
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"Crazy boy, you'll only wind up
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with strange notions in your head"
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Gm Gm 3
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Hear it, hear it, ticking,
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ticking