Chords for Elton John - Ticking live in Madison Square Garden

[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] An [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ extremely quiet child, [Bb] they called you in your school [F] report
Without [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] wasting an interest [Eb] in [Bb] something [F] that is taught
So _ _
_ _ [Am] often [B] that both the [Am] squawked child screaming at [Gm] your drive
[C] To [Gm] _ [C] _
[Gm] _ _ [C] notify your parents [Bb] of the manner in [F] which you died
And [Bb] _ _
_ [F] some bad tricks every Sunday, [Bb] _
[F] Father Fletcher heard his sin
Who [Bb] _ _
_ [F] is not concerned with competition, _ [Eb]
[Bb] he never [F] cares to win _ _ _ _
_ [Am] But blood [B] stained the young hands [Am] that never had [Gm] a gun
[C] [Gm] And _ _ _ [C] his parents never thought of [Bb] him as their [F] troubled son _ _ _ _
[C] _ [D] Now you'll never get [Dm] to heaven, _ [Gm] Mama said, _ [C] remember Mama said
[F] Dig in, [A] dig in, [Dm] grow up straight and true [Gm] blue, run along to bed
[C] Hear it, _ [Am] hear [Gm] [Dm] it, [F] dig in, dig in _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [F] Well they had you holed up in a [Bb] downtown bar, _ screaming [F] for a priest
Some _
_ [Bb] _ [F] dude said his brain just snapped, [Cm] _
[Bb] then someone [F] called the police
Well _ _ _ [Am] you knocked a negro with a hoo-hat, tried to [G] calm you [Gm] down
[C] Well [Gm] _ _
_ [C] you pulled a gun and told them [Bb] all to lay still [F] on the ground
_ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ Promising to hurt no one, [Bb] _
provided [F] they were still
Well [Bb] _ _
_ [F] a young man tried to make a [Eb] break, [Bb] with tearful [F] eyes you killed
That _
_ _ [Am] gun felt so [B] smooth and [Am] warm, cradled in [Gm] your palm
_ [C] _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Em] Well your [C] child cried out in your [Dm] head, they [Bb] mean to [F] do you harm _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] Don't ever ride on the devil's knee, [Gm] Mama said, _ [C] remember Mama said
[F] Dig in, [A] dig [Dm] in, pay your balance well my [Gm] child, and see where angels tread
[C] _ Hear it, hear [Gm] it, [F] dig in, dig in _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [F] Within an hour the news had [Bb] reached the [F] media machine
[C] Oh [Bb] _
_ _ [F] a man called Keesie Yonah with a gun, [Eb] _
[Bb] had gone to [F] Sturgeon Queens _ _ _
_ _ [Am] Oh the [B] area had been [Am] sealed off to kids and the whole [Gm] school
_ [C] [Gm] Fourteen _
_ _ _ [C] people lying dead [Dm] in a bar, they called the KKK [F] knew
_ [Bb] Oh _
_ _ [F] they pleaded to your [Bb] sanity, for the sake [F] of those inside
Throw [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] out your gun, walk out [Eb] slow, [Bb] just keep your [F] head held high _ _ _
_ [Am] For the bombs you followed, ruffled shells as you walked out [Gm] the door
Oh _ [C] _
[Gm] _ [C] you danced in death like a marionette, [Bb] on [Dm] the vengeance of the [F] law
You've _ _
[C] _ [Dm] slept too long in silence, [Gm] Mama said, _ _ [C] remember Mama said
[F] Dig in, [A] dig in, [Dm] the crazy party only wind up with [Gm] strange notions in your head
[C] Hear it, _ [Am] hear [Gm] it, [F] dig in, dig in _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
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_ Because one of the biggest moments of my life is when this man came on stage and played us in 1974
And it's something I will never forget
And I'll never forget his friendship and his contribution to humanity and music
So this is a song for John Lennon _ _ _