| E | B | A | B | E | B | A | B | E | E | B | A | E | |
| I don't want to be standing here with this | ticket for this | outbound plane |
| B | A | E | |
| Cause I've been here before and some | how it doesn't | feel the same. |
| B | A | E | |
| But talk is cheap and we could | talk all night | long and we may |
| B | A | |
| Never figure out just | where our love went | wrong. |
| CHORUS: |
| A | G#m | |
| And I | don't want to be standing here and | I don't want to be talking here |
| F#m | Bii | |
| And | I don't really care who's to blame |
| E | B | A | G#m | |
| Cause if | love won't | fly on it's | own free will |
| F#m | Bii | E | |
| It's going to | catch that | outbound | plane. |
| E | B | A | |
| The old folks say that love's not for | ever any | more |
| E | B | A | E | |
| Because these | young people walk away from | love, alone to | pace the floor | . |
| B | A | |
| Young or old I say that | love is still the | same |
| E | B | A | |
| And you may | walk away from love but you | won't fall over | heels again. |
| CHORUS |
| A | G#m | |
| Two lonely hearts in this | airport knowing, |
| F#m | Bii | |
| Neither one cares where the other | heart is going |
| E | B | A | G#m | |
| But if | love won't | fly on it's | own free | will |
| F#m | Bii | E | |
| it's going to | catch that out | bound | plane. |
| E | B | A | E | |
| That frown you're wearing's just your | halo turned | upside down. |
| B | A | E | |
| Where's the laughter we once | shared back in the | lost and found? |
| B | A | |
| These broken wings are going to | leave me here to | stand my ground |
| E | A | B | |
| And | you can have this ticket, that | lonely plane is | flying out. |
| CHORUS |