Leaving on a Jet Plane
John Denver, 1966· Songs Well-Known in America · p.196
G C
All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go
There’s so many times I’ve played around,
Now the time has come to leave you,
G C
I’m standing here, outside your door,
So many times, I’ve let you down,
One more time, let me kiss you,
G D D7
I hate to wake you up to say good-bye.
I tell you now, they don’t mean a thing,
Hold me now, I’ll be on my way,
G C
But the dawn is breaking, it’s early morn’
Every place I go, I dream of you,
Dream about, the days to come,
G C
Taxi’s waiting, he’s blowin’ his horn,
Every song I sing, I sing for you,
When I won’t have to leave you alone,
G D D7
Al-ready, I’m so lonesome, I could cry. (So)
When I come back, I’ll wear your wedding ring. (So)
A-bout the time when I won’t have to say,
Chorus:
G C G C
Kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you’ll wait for me
G C D
Hold me like you’ll never let me go…
G C
‘Cause I’m leavin’ on a jet plane,
G C G
Don’t know when I’ll be back again,
C D
Oh Babe, I hate to go…