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One Way Ticket Tab by Neil Sedaka

One Way Ticket tab by Neil Sedaka

Guitar Tab

ONE WAY TICKET (TO THE  BLUES)

As recorded by Neil Sedaka
(From the 1961 Album NEIL SEDAKA SINGS LITTLE DEVIL AND HIS OTHER HITS)

Words and Music by Hank Hunter & Jack Keller

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Banjo'


 Intro
  Q=124
  Am6
 4/4
  Gtr I (Cl. El. Gtr.)
   E E Q   E E Q     E E  E E  E E  E E
|-19------19------|-19---19---19---19---|
|-17------17------|-17---17---17---17---|
|-17------17------|-17---17---17---17---|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|


   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--||
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--||
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||


   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Am6
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||--19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
||o-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
||--17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|


  Dm9
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|


  E7
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


                            1.
                   To Coda
  Am6
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19---||
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--o||
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17---||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------o||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||


                            Bridge
  2.
                          $$
                               G
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  S  S E  S  S E  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-||---15-15---15-15---15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-||---15-15---15-15---15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-||---16-16---16-16---16-16-16-16-16-16-|
|-------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------------------|


    C
  E  S  S E  S  S E  S  S  S  S  S  S
|---12-12---12-12---12-12-12-12-12-12--|
|---13-13---13-13---13-13-13-13-13-13--|
|---12-12---12-12---12-12-12-12-12-12--|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|


    E7
  E  S  S E  S  S E  S  S  S  S  S  S
|---10-10---10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|----9--9----9--9----9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|----9--9----9--9----9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|


    Am                                    E7
  E  S  S E  S  S E  S  S  S  S  S  S   E  S  S E  S  S E  S  S  S  S  S  S
|---17-17---17-17---17-17-17-17-17-17-|---10-10---10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|---17-17---17-17---17-17-17-17-17-17-|----9--9----9--9----9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|---17-17---17-17---17-17-17-17-17-17-|----9--9----9--9----9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


                                      To Dbl. Coda       D.S. al Coda
    Am                                 B7              E7
  E  S  S E  S  S  S  S  S  S  E E   E E Q  E E Q    E E E E E E E E
|---17-17---17-17-17-17-17-17-17---|---7-7----7-7--|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
|---17-17---17-17-17-17-17-17-17---|---7-7----7-7--|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9---||
|---17-17---17-17-17-17-17-17-17---|---8-8----8-8--|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9---||
|----------------------------------|---------------|-------------------||
|----------------------------------|---------------|-------------------||
|----------------------------------|---------------|-------------------||


                            Interlude
  &
                             Am6
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-||-19-19-19-19-19--19-19-19-|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-||-17-17-17-17-17--17-17-17-|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-||-17-17-17-17-17--17-17-17-|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Banjo arr. for Gtr.)
|  W                          E  E  E  E  Q.        E
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||-----7--9-10--9---------7-|
|-------------------------||--7-----------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|


                             Dm9
   E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E
|-19-19-19-19-19--19-19-19-|-12-12-12-12-12--12-12-12-|
|-17-17-17-17-17--17-17-17-|-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|
|-17-17-17-17-17--17-17-17-|-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  Q.        E    E  E  E  E  Q.        E
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----7--9-10--9---------7-|
|-----7--9-10--9---------7-|--7-----------------------|
|--7-----------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|


                             E7
   E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-12-12-12-12-12--12-12-12-|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
|-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  Q.        E    W
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----7--9-10--9-----------|-------------------------|
|--7-----------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|


                            Am6
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  W                         W
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


       D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E E E E E E E E
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--||---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--||---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--||---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||
|--------------------------||-----------------||
|--------------------------||-----------------||
|--------------------------||-----------------||
|
|                          Gtr II
|  W                          W
|--------------------------||-----------------||
|--------------------------||-----------------||
|--------------------------||-----------------||
|--------------------------||-----------------||
|--------------------------||-----------------||
|--------------------------||-----------------||


 4th Verse
  Am6
   E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-19-19-19-19-19--19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--|
|-17-17-17-17-17--17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--|
|-17-17-17-17-17--17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  Q.        E    E  E  E  E  H
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----7--9-10--9---------7-|-----7--9--7--9-----------|
|--7-----------------------|--7-----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|


  Dm9
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  E7
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  Am6
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


   Outro
    E7
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||--16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
||o-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
||--16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|


  Am6
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  Dm9
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-o||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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