How to Play Ticket To L.A. on Guitar?

Brett Young - Ticket To L.A. can be played in the key of D using the D, Bm, G, A chords. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Ticket To L.A. with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Brett Young - Ticket To L.A. Chords

Chord reference D, Bm, G, A

Rhythm tips ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[D] [Bm] [G] [D]Gate 22, 2 hour delay, [D]she was waiting on a plane to L.A [Bm]I didn’t see the harm in sitting down, [A]at the wrong gate [D]She said hello, where you headed to? I didn’t lie, but I bent the [Bm]truth Said I’d go anywhere with you, [A]and before [G]long

It was [D]midnight in the middle of JFK, trying to take her mind off the falling rain [Bm] I was saying anything to make her laugh, [G]never wanted anything so bad, [D]She got me wishing that she could stay, doesn’t even know that I missed my plane, [Bm]not a single thing I wouldn’t [G]trade, for a ticket to L.A, [D]a ticket to L.A [Bm] [G]

[D]She opened up after a drink, [D]said she’s starting law school in the spring [Bm]And by the time that she had three, [A]I knew almost everything [D]Lightning flashed across the sky, [D]I said it probably wasn’t safe to fly [Bm] Secretly I hoped that she’d be [A]stuck with me all night

It was [D]midnight in the middle of JFK, trying to take her mind off the fallin’ rain [Bm] I was saying anything to make her laugh, [G]never wanted anything so bad [D]She got me wishing that she could stay, [D]doesn’t even know that I missed my plane [Bm]Not a single thing I wouldn’t [G]trade, for a ticket to [A]L.A [Bm]

Now gate 22 is calling out her [A]name She wrote her [G]number on my hand and walked away

[D]Alone here in the middle of JFK, [D]sitting at a bar at an empty gate [D]I’d do anything to bring her back, [G]never wanted anything so bad [D]She got me wishing that she could stay, [D]doesn’t even know that I missed my plane Not a single thing I wouldn’t [G]trade, for a ticket to [D]L.A, a ticket to [Bm]L.A [G]

A ticket to [D]L.A, a ticket to [Bm]L.A, a ticket to [D]L.A [Bm] A ticket to [D]L.A

Artist Brett Young

Album Ticket To L.A.

Genres Country

Year 2018

Key D

Brett Young - Ticket To L.A. can be played in the key of D using the D, Bm, G, A chords.

For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Ticket To L.A. with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.