Leaving on a Jet Plane

John Denver

Strum: D D U U D U (Folk Strum)

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Chord Guide

32 1

C: x32010

134211

F: 133211

231

Am: x02210

3 4

G: 3x0003

3 1

G7: 3x0001

231

Dm: xx0231

C F

All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go

C F
I’m standin’ here outside your door

C Am G G7
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye

C F
But the dawn is breakin’, it’s early morn
C F

The taxi’s waitin’, he’s blowin’ his horn

C F G G7
Already I’m so lonesome, I could die

Chorus:

C F C F
So kiss me and smile for me, Tell me that you’ll wait for me

C Dm G7
Hold me like you’ll never let me go

C F C F
’Cause I’m leavin’ on a jet plane, Don’t know when I’ll be back again

C Am G7
Oh babe, I hate to go

C F
There’s so many times I’ve let you down

C F
So many times I’ve played around

C Am G G7
I tell you now, they don’t mean a thing

C F
Every place I go, I’ll think of you

C F
Every song I sing, I’ll sing for you

C Am G G7
When I come back, I’ll bring your wedding ring

Chorus

C F
Now the time has come to leave you
C F

One more time, let me kiss you

C Am
Then close your eyes, I’ll be on my way

C F
Dream about the days to come

C F
When I won’t have to leave alone

C Am G G7
About the times, I won’t have to say

Chorus

Repeat last three lines of chorus

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