Chords for Elton John - Ticking (1974) With Lyrics!

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_ _ [F] An extremely quiet [Bb] child, they call you in your [F] school report
_ [Bb] He's _ _ _ [F] always taking interest [Eb]
in [Bb] the subjects that he's [F] taught
_ So _ _ _ _ [Am] what was it that caused the squad car screaming _ [Gm] up your drive?
To _ _ _ _ [C] notify your parents [Bb] of the manner in which you [F] died? _
_ [Bb] _ _ As [F] in Patrick's every Sunday, [Bb] _ Father Fletcher heard you [F] sing
Oh, _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] he's unconcerned with [Eb] competition, [Bb] he never cares to [F] win
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] But bloodstained young man that never held [Gm] a gun
And _ _ _ [C] his parents never thought of him [Bb] as their troubled [F]
son
Now _ _ _ [C] [Dm] you'll never get to heaven, [Gm] Mama said _
[C] Remember Mama said, [F] dig in, [A] dig [Dm] in
Grow up straight and true [Gm] blue, run along to bed
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Hear it, [F] hear [Gm] it, dig [F] in, dig in
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[F] They had you holed up in a [Bb] downtown bar, screaming for a [F] priest
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Some [F] gook said his brains just snapped, [Eb] then [Bb] someone called [F] the police _ _ _ _ _
[B] You'd knock the negro [Am] waiter who had tried to calm [Gm] you down _ _ _ _
Oh, [C] you'd pull the gun and told them [Bb] all to lay still [F] on the ground _ _ _ _ _
_ Promising to hurt no [Bb] one, _ providing they were [F] still
A _ [Bb] _ [Dm] _
_ [F] young man tried to make a break, [Eb] _
[Bb] with tear-filled eyes [F] you killed
That _ _ _ [Am] gun but felt so smooth and warm, grazing in [Gm] your palm _ _ _ _
Oh, you [C] child who'd look right out into your [Bb] hair, they mean to do you [F] harm _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ Don't ever ride on the devil's knee, [Gm] Mama said
_ [C] Remember Mama said, [Bb] [F] dig [A] in, dig [Dm] in
Pay your penance while my [Gm] child feel where angels tread
_ [C] Hear it, hear [Gm]
it, dig [F] in, dig in
Within _
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_ [Bb] _ [F] _ an hour the news had reached [Bb] _
the media [F] machine
_ A [Bb] _
_ _ [F] male Caucasian with a gun [Eb] _
[Bb] had gone to search [F] in Queens _ _ _
_ _ [Am] The area had been sealed off, the kids sent home [Gm] from school _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] Fourteen people lying dead in [Bb] a bar they [Dm] called the [F] Kicking Mule
_ Oh, _ _ _ they pleaded to your sanity [Bb] _
for the sake of those [F] inside
Throw [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] out your gun, walk out [Bb] slow
Just keep your [F] hands held high, _ _ _ with [Am] your palms so full of rifle shells as you step down [Gm] the door _ _ _
_ _ [C] Oh, you danced in the desert like a [Bb] marionette on the penance of the [F] law
_ You _
_ _ [C] [Dm] slipped to a longing silence, [Gm] Mama said
_ [C] Remember Mama said, [F] dig in, [A] dig in
[Dm] Crazy for your lonely wind up with [Gm] strange notions in your head
_ [C] Hear it, _ hear [Gm] it, dig [F] in, dig in _ _ _
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