Chords for Elton John - Ticking (Caribou 10 of 13)

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_ [F] An extremely quiet [Bb] child _
They called you in [F] your school report
[Bb] He's _
_ _ [F] always taking interest
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In [Bb] the subjects that he's [F] taught
_ So _
_ _ _ [Am] what was it that brought the squad cars screaming _ [Gm] up your drive? _ _ _
_ _ [C] To notify your parents [Bb] of the manner
In [F] which you died
_ _ [Bb] _
_ _ As St.
[F] Patrick's every Sunday _
[Bb] Father Fletcher [F] heard your sins
Oh _
[Bb] _ _ _ he's [F] unconcerned with competition
[Eb] He [Bb] never cares [F] to win _
But _ _ _ [Am] a bloodstained young hand
That never held [Gm] a gun
And _ _ _ [C] his parents never thought of him
[Dm] As their troublesome
[F] _ Now _ _ _ [Dm] you will never get to heaven [Gm] Mama said
_ [C] Remember Mama said _ [F] [A] Tickin' [Dm] Tickin'
Grow up straight and true [Gm] blue
Run along to bed
[C] _ _ Hear it [F] Hear [Gm] it Tickin' [F] Tickin' _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] They had you holed up in a [Bb] downtown bar
Screaming [F] for a priest _
[Bb] Some _ [Dm] _ _ [F] gook said his brains just [Eb] snapped
[Bb] Then someone [F] called the police
_ _ _ _ [B] You'd knocked an [Am] Ebro waiter
Who had tried to calm [Gm] you down _
_ _ _ _ [C] You'd pulled a gun and told them [Bb] all
To lay still [F] on the ground _
_ _ _ _ _ Promising to hurt no [Bb] one
_ Providing [F] they were still
A [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] young man tried to make a [Eb] break
[Bb] With tear filled [F] eyes you killed
_ _ _ That [Am] gun but felt so smooth and warm
Craving in [Gm] your palm
Oh _ _ your [C] childhood right out in your head
[Bb] They mean to do your [F] harm _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Don't ever ride on the devil's knee [Gm] Mama said
_ [C] Remember Mama said [Gm] [F] Tickin' [A] _ [Dm] Tickin'
Pay your penance well my [Gm] child
Feel where angels tread [C] Hear it [Am] Hear _ [Gm] it [F] Tickin' Tickin' _
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] Within an hour the news had [Bb] reached
The media [F] machine _
A [Bb] _ _ _ [F] male Caucasian with a gun
[Eb] Had [Bb] gone berserkin' [F] Queens
The _ _ _ [Am] _ area had been sealed off
The kids sent [Gm] home from school _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] Fourteen people lying [Bb] dead in a bar
They [Dm] called the [F] kickin' mule
Oh _ _ _ they pleaded to your sanity
[Bb] Put the stake of [F] those inside
Throw [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] out your gun, walk out [Bb] slow
Just keep your [F] hands held high
With _ _ [Am] your palms you pull out rifle shells as
You step down [Gm] the door _ _ _
_ _ [C] Oh you danced in the death like a [Bb] marionette
On the vengeance [F] of the law _ _ _
_ _ [C] [Dm] You slept too long in silence
[Gm] Mama said
_ [C] Remember Mama said
[F] Tickin' [A] Tickin'
[Dm] Crazy boy you'll only wind up with
[Gm] Strange notions in your _ [C] head Hear it Hear [Gm] it [F] Tickin' Tickin' _ _ _
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