One-way Ticket Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays421

One-way Ticket by Steam Powered Giraffe is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A, Bm, Gb and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: D 
D  
Well lets get packin'. get back on track in 
G                   A 
The lovely morning sun 
D  
We've got a song in our heart and a dream in our heads 
G                          A           D 
Hearts in our heads, and dreams of a song  
D                       A              G          A          D 
We'll sing it all day long. c'mon now board that train with me 

D                              G 
I've got a one-way ticket to destiny 
D                     A 
A one-way road to my future. 
      Bm       A            D      G 
And a two-way love with a special girl  
                G 
She's gonna be right back 
G                 D 
Right back in my arms 

D 
That road is long, you can't go wrong, 
G                    A 
With blue skies up above 
D 
We've got the sun in our face and the wind in our wheels 
G                      A            D 
Smile for the day and sail to the stars 
D                A               G         A         D 
Make a wish and see. c'mon now board that train with me 

D                              G 
I've got a one-way ticket to destiny 
D                     A 
A one-way road to my future 
       Bm     A                D       G 
And an intersection that will seal my fate 
             G 
As a man so happy  
G            D 
Happy to be free 

D 
As we roll along with this train ride song 
G                            A 
You know we'll meet lots of friends 
D 
Like the cowboy who's a samurai 
G                        A          D 
Boy, what a combo, holy cow what a guy 
D                        A 
The conductor plays the bass 
          G             A 
And the train it has a face 

Bm                          D 
Stormy days are around the bend. 
Gb                       G 
No wrenches, water, or outlets 
Bm                          D 
Roll across a sea of burning oil 
Gb                                           G 
As mechanical sea serpents swarm around the train 

Bm                              D 
Under a cloud that won't stop crying 
Gb                                   G 
Raining down on a mountain what spits fire 
Bm                                  D 
The sky and ground used to love so well 

     Bm           A 
So we play them a song, 
      Bm           A 
And we right their wrongs, 
     G              D 
And everybody gets along 

D                               G 
We've got a one-way ticket to destiny 
D                      A 
A one-way road to our future 
      Bm       A            D       G 
And a two-way love that we know so well 
 Bm                   A 
'cause that is all you need to live 

D                     G 
A one-way ticket to destiny 
D                     A 
A one-way road to our future 
      Bm       A            D       G 
And a two-way love that we know so well 
 Bm                  A 
'cause that is all we need to live 

D                      G 
A one-way ticket to destiny 
D                      A 
A one-way road to our future 
      Bm       A            D       G 
And a two-way love that we know so well 

 Bm                   A 
'cause that is all you need to live 
Bm             A 
That is all you need to live 
C                        Bm 
Love is all you need to live 
C                        D 
Love is all you need to live
 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante