CFC
Packing my suitcase writing a tearstained goodbye note
FG7C
Staying so long to a love gone wrong and that's all she wrote
FCF
Leaving behind what once was mine with sad re-gr-ets
CG7C
But it's all gone now and I'm leaving town on my heartbreak express
FC
Walking in the rain with a heart full of pain to the train depot
FG7C
The only thing that's gonna keep me warm now is my overcoat
FCF
Lost and lonely waiting in line at the ticket d-e-sk
CG7C
Hey Mr. would you give me a one-way ticket on my heartbreak express
FC
I'm gonna roll on down the line
D7G7
I'm gonna go so far I'm gonna get it off my mind
FCF
It hurts to know it ain't enough when you give your b-e-st
CG7C
Get a ticket to ride and I'm leaving tonight on my heartbreak express
FC
Oh I couldn't hold a candle to the flaming beauty that caught his eye
FG7C
It's killing me now but I won't stay around and let him watch me die
FCF
Oh it just goes to show that you never do know cause I never would've gue-ssed
CG7C
I'd be sitting here now on a train sorrow bound called the Heartbreak Express
FC
I'm gonna roll on down the line
D7G7
I'm gonna go so far I'm gonna get it off my mind
FCF
Maybe someday somewhere someway I will for-get
CG7C
But there's no going back so roll on down my track you old heartbreak express
G7C
Feeling alone while a low whistle moans on the heartbreak express
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.