{"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":1779998,"song":"Ticking","artist":"Elton John","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1779998-ticking-chords-by-elton-john/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1779998?type=chord","rating":4.9836,"votes":36,"content":"[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch]\r\n\"An extremely quiet child\" they called you in your school reports[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bbsus/F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch]\r\n\"He's always taken interest in the subjects that he's taught\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] \r\nSo what was it that brought the squad car screaming up your drive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch]\r\nTo notify your parents of the manner in which you died[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch] \r\nAt St. Patricks every Sunday, Father Fletcher heard your sins[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bbsus/F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, he's unconcerned with competition he never cares to win\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] \r\nBut blood stained a young hand that never held a gun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch] \r\nAnd his parents never thought of him as their troubled son[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am/E[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\n\"Now you'll never get to Heaven\" [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] \r\nMama said Remember Mama said Ticking, ticking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n\"Grow up straight and true blue, Run along to bed\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nHear it, hear it, ticking, ticking[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch] \r\nThey had you holed up in a downtown bar screaming for a priest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bbsus/F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch] \r\nSome gook said \"His brain's just snapped\" then someone called the police[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] \r\nYou'd knifed a Negro waiter who had tried to calm you down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch] \r\nOh you'd pulled a gun and told them all to lay still on the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nPromising to hurt no one, providing they were still[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bbsus/F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA young man tried to make a break, with tear-filled eyes you killed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] \r\nThat gun butt felt so smooth and warm cradled in your palm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nOh your childhood cried out in your head \"they mean to do you harm\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am/E[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] \r\n\"Don't ever ride on the devil's knee\" Mama said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] \r\nRemember mama said Ticking, ticking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n\"Pay your penance well, my child Fear where angels tread\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nHear it, hear it, ticking, ticking[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nWithin an hour the news had reached the media machine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bbsus/F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch] \r\nA male caucasian with a gun had gone berserk in Queens[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] \r\nThe area had been sealed off, the kids sent home from school[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nFourteen people lying dead in a bar they called the Kicking Mule[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nOh they pleaded to your sanity for the sake of those inside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bbsus/F[/ch] [ch]Bb/F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Throw out your gun, walk out slow just keep your hands held high\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] \r\nBut they pumped you full of rifle shells as you stepped out the door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nOh you danced in death like a marionette on the vengeance of the law[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am/E[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n\"You've slept too long in silence\" Mama said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] \r\nRemember Mama said Ticking, ticking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n\"Crazy boy, you'll only wind up with strange notions in your head\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nHear it, hear it, ticking, ticking[/tab]\r\n\r\nOutro: [ch]F[/ch] - [ch]C/F[/ch] - [ch]Bb/F[/ch]","plain_text":"Outro: F - C/F - Bb/F","chords":["F","Bb/F","Bbsus/F","Am","Gm","C","Bb","Am/E","Dm","A7","C/Bb","A","C/F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}