Ticket To Ride chords by The Carpenters

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


ADVICE: this is how John Carpenter did arrange it and did write it down (Capo 1)

Intro:
A/EA/E    E MajorE      E MajorE E7/G#  A augmentedA
D/F#D/F#    E/G# E MajorE E/D A/C#A/C#    D MajorD
D#dim7D#dim7 G#7G#7 C# minorC#m     C#7-9    D MajorD  D#dim7D#dim7
A/EA/E    A/EA/E

Verse 1:
 A augmentedA           A augmentedA          A augmentedA      A augmentedA
I think I'm going to be sad, I think it's today, yeah,
  A11A11          A augmentedA      Bm/ABm/A   E MajorE
the boy that's driving me mad is going  away

Chorus:
F# minorF#m         Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m         Bm7Bm7  C#m7C#m7  Dmaj7Dmaj7
He's got a ticket to ride, he's got a ticket to ride,
A/EA/E         E11E11        Amaj7/EAmaj7/E   E11E11   Amaj7/EAmaj7/E   E11E11
he's got a ticket to ride and he don't care

Verse 2:
  A augmentedA           A augmentedA          A augmentedA      A augmentedA
He said that living with me was bringing him down, yeah
A11A11        A augmentedA        Bm/ABm/A   E MajorE
He would never be free when I was around

Chorus:
F# minorF#m         Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m         Bm7Bm7  C#m7C#m7  Dmaj7Dmaj7
He's got a ticket to ride, he's got a ticket to ride,
A/EA/E         E11E11        A augmentedA    A augmentedA
he's got a ticket to ride and he don't care

Bridge:
D7D7              D7D7        D7D7                E MajorE
Don't know why he's riding so high, he ought to do right, he ought to do right by me
 D7D7             D7D7        D7D7          F# minorF#m     B7B7    F# minorF#m
before he gets to saying goodbye, he ought to do right, he ought to do right by me

Verse 1: (Reprise)
 A augmentedA           A augmentedA          A augmentedA      A augmentedA
I think I'm going to be sad, I think it's today, yeah,
  A11A11          A augmentedA      Bm/ABm/A   E MajorE
the boy that's driving me mad is going  away

Chorus:
F# minorF#m         Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m         Bm7Bm7  C#m7C#m7  Dmaj7Dmaj7
He's got a ticket to ride, he's got a ticket to ride,
A/EA/E         E11E11        A augmentedA    E11E11
he's got a ticket to ride and he don't care,     Outro: care.

Outro 1:
Ama7   E11E11     X3

Outro 2: (Repeat And Fade Out)
Ama7         E11E11
Think I'm going to be sad