By The Box Tops
Written by Wayne Carson Thompson
| Intro | Am |
| Am | F |
| Give me a ticket for an | aeroplane |
| G | D |
| Ain't got time to take a | fast train |
| Am | F |
| Lonely days are gone, | I'm a-goin' home |
| E | Am | |
| Cause my | baby just wrote me a | letter |
| Am | F |
| I don't care how much money I | gotta spend |
| G | D |
| Got to get back to my | baby again |
| Am | F |
| Lonely days are gone, | I'm a-goin' home |
| E | Am | |
| My | baby just wrote me a | letter |
|
| Am | F |
| Give me a ticket for an | aeroplane |
| G | D |
| Ain't got time to take a | fast train |
| Am | F |
| Lonely days are gone, | I'm a-goin' home |
| E | Am | |
| Cause my | baby just wrote me a | letter |
|
| Am | F |
| Give me a ticket for an | aeroplane |
| G | D |
| Ain't got time to take a | fast train |
| Am | F |
| Lonely days are gone, | I'm a-goin' home |
| E | Am | |
| Cause my | baby just wrote me a | letter |
| E | Am | |
| Cause my | baby just wrote me a | letter |
| Outro |
| C# | G# | F# | C# | G# |
| C# | G# | F# | C# | G# |
| F# |