Leaving
on a Jet Plane
John Denver
Strum:
D D U U D U (Folk Strum)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Chord Guide |
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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