Ticket To Ride chords by The Carpenters

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


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

Intro:
A/E    E      E E7/G#  A
D/F#    E/G# E E/D A/C#    D
D#dim7 G#7 C#m     C#7-9    D  D#dim7
A/E    A/E

Verse 1:
 A           A          A      A
I think I'm going to be sad, I think it's today, yeah,
  A11          A      Bm/A   E
the boy that's driving me mad is going  away

Chorus:
F#m         Dmaj7 F#m         Bm7  C#m7  Dmaj7
He's got a ticket to ride, he's got a ticket to ride,
A/E         E11        Amaj7/E   E11   Amaj7/E   E11
he's got a ticket to ride and he don't care

Verse 2:
  A           A          A      A
He said that living with me was bringing him down, yeah
A11        A        Bm/A   E
He would never be free when I was around

Chorus:
F#m         Dmaj7 F#m         Bm7  C#m7  Dmaj7
He's got a ticket to ride, he's got a ticket to ride,
A/E         E11        A    A
he's got a ticket to ride and he don't care

Bridge:
D7              D7        D7                E
Don't know why he's riding so high, he ought to do right, he ought to do right by me
 D7             D7        D7          F#m     B7    F#m
before he gets to saying goodbye, he ought to do right, he ought to do right by me

Verse 1: (Reprise)
 A           A          A      A
I think I'm going to be sad, I think it's today, yeah,
  A11          A      Bm/A   E
the boy that's driving me mad is going  away

Chorus:
F#m         Dmaj7 F#m         Bm7  C#m7  Dmaj7
He's got a ticket to ride, he's got a ticket to ride,
A/E         E11        A    E11
he's got a ticket to ride and he don't care,     Outro: care.

Outro 1:
Ama7   E11     X3

Outro 2: (Repeat And Fade Out)
Ama7         E11
Think I'm going to be sad