{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1023249,"song":"The Clock Was Tickin","artist":"Brandon Flowers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11225828-the-clock-was-tickin-chords-by-brandon-flowers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1023249?type=chord","rating":4.74547,"votes":30,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe teacher had you write a letter, you were eight years old[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAbout the man that you'd become and the positions you'd hold[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut this was long before you and Jackie Geronimo met[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the Prelude Park at midnight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow when it came to bells and whistles, Jackie did not lack[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when she kissed you on the kisser, boy, you kissed her back[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow you tell her that you love her and she cuts you slack[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen you drink with your buddies on the weekend[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the weeks fly by and the years roll on[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G/F#[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou spend your whole life dropping nickels in the bucket[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWakin' up at dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd while Jackie bestowed the joys of fingerlickin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]C/A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe clock up on the wall was tickin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou got yourself a job cleaning hospital floors[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut Jackie had a baby, then she had five more[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey'd pay you just enough to drag your ass to the store[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo buy bread, milk and Better Homes & Gardens[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nJackie flips the pages and she dreams little dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA cottage in the country built with real wood beams[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a baby in the bedroom, he's starting to scream[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe holds him though he probably won't remember[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the weeks fly by and the years roll on[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]G/F#[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSometimes dreams are all you got to keep you going when the day gets long[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you gave up so many just to make a livin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]C/A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe clock up on the wall was tickin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow the kids are all grateful when they left the nest[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd Jackie wasn't perfect but she did her best[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou cease the opportunity to get you some rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut you can't sleep on account of screaming grandkids[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe golden years are meant to leave a gleam in your eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou're starting to discover it's a great big lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey work you like a dog til you quit or you die[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut you can't quit cause Jackie needs the benefits[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the weeks fly by and the years roll on[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G/F#[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey say patience is a virtue but the doctor says she don't have long[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou stood up and tried your damndest not to listen[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]C/A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the clock up on the wall was tickin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Stick]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen they told you to clear the room, that's when it hit you[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou watched as the caravan took your sweetheart away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe arguments and fights and money troubles seem so worthless[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs the kids throw yellow roses on her grave[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the weeks fly by and the years roll on[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G/F#[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe house is quiet now and everything inside it seems to know she's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a picture of you both sixteen years old just kissing[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]C/A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that clock up on the wall was tickin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou always thought she had a chance and it was somewhere hidden[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow you've come to the conclusion that she never did[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHave a chance, that is[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG C D C Am D\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Stick]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG C D C Am D\nG C D C Am D\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\nG C D C Am D\nG C D C Am D\nG C D C Am 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