Intro
 
C#m 
 
Chorus
 
C#m 
One way ticket, one way ticket 
F#m 
One way ticket, one way ticket 
G#                                    C#m 
One way ticket, one way ticket to the blues. 
 
Verse
 
C#m 
Choo choo train tuckin' down the track 
F#m 
Gotta travel on it never comin' back 
     G#                              C#m 
Ooh, ooh got a one way ticket to the blues. 
 
Bye my love, my babe is leavin' me 
F#m 
Now, only tear drops are all that I could see. 
     G#                              C#m 
Ooh, ooh got a one way ticket to the blues 
 
Bridge
 
B                    E 
Gotta take a trip to lonesome town 
G#                        C#m 
Gonna stay at heartbreak hotel. 
  F#m                    G# 
A fool such as I such as I 
C#            D#7           G# 
Will never, I cry my tears away. 
 
Chorus 2
 
C#m 
One way ticket, one way ticket 
F#m 
One way ticket, one way ticket 
G#                                    C#m 
One way ticket, one way ticket to the blues. 
 
Verse 2
 
C#m 
Choo choo train tuckin' down the track 
F#m 
Gotta travel on it never comin' back 
     G#E                             C#m 
Ooh, ooh got a one way ticket to the blues. 
         C#m   F#m                     G# 
Gotta go on, yeah take it on truck it on 
                            C#m 
Got a one way ticket to the blues. 
 
Bridge 2
 
B                    E 
Gotta take a trip to lonesome town 
G#                        C#m 
Gonna stay at heartbreak hotel. 
  F#m                    G# 
A fool such as I such as I 
C#            D#7           G# 
Will never, I cry my tears away. 
 
Chorus 3
 
C#m 
One way ticket, one way ticket 
F#m 
One way ticket, one way ticket 
G#                                    C#m 
One way ticket, one way ticket to the blues. 
C#m 
Choo choo train tuckin' down the track 
F#m 
Gotta travel on it never comin' back 
     G#      C#m