Ticket to Ride by the Beatles is often interpreted as referring to the cards prostitutes in Hamburg, Germany, would carry, indicating a clean bill of health. However, John Lennon later explained that the song was about a girl who no longer needed a man and was asserting her independence, metaphorically having a ticket to ride.
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A
I think I'm gonna be sad I think it's today, yeah
Bm
E
The girl that's driving me mad is going away
F#m
D
F#m
G7M
She's got a ticket to ride she's got a ticket to ride
F#m
E
A
She's got a ticket to ride and she don't care.
A
She said that living with me Is bringing her down, yeah
Bm
E
She would never be free when I was around
F#m
D
F#m
G7M
She's got a ticket to ride she's got a ticket to ride
F#m
E
A
She's got a ticket to ride and she don't care.
D7
I don't know why she's riding so high
E
She ought to think twice she ought to do right by me
D7
Before she gets to saying goodbye
E
She ought to think twice she ought to do right by me
A
I think I'm gonna be sad I think it's today, yeah
Bm
E
The girl that's driving me mad is going away, yeah
F#m
D
F#m
G7M
She's got a ticket to ride she's got a ticket to ride
F#m
E
A
She's got a ticket to ride and she don't care.
D7
I don't know why she's riding so high
E
She ought to think twice she ought to do right by me
D7
Before she gets to saying goodbye
E
She ought to think twice she ought to do right by me
A
She said that living with me Is bringing her down, yeah
Bm
E
She would never be free when I was around
F#m
D
F#m
G7M
She's got a ticket to ride she's got a ticket to ride