Leaving on a Jet Plane
(CDFG) CF/CF/CFG/CF/CF/CFG // CF/CF/CFG/CF/CFC/CG
All my bags are packed; I',m ready to go.
I'm standing here outside your door.
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye.
But the dawn is breakin'; it's early morn.
The taxi's waitin'; he's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome I could cry.
So kiss me and smile for me;
Tell me that you'll wait for me;
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane,
Don't know when I'll be back again.
Oh, babe, I hate to go.
There's so many time I've let you down,
So many times I've played around.
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing.
Every place I go, I'll think of you;
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you.
When I come back, I'll bring your wedding ring.
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Now the time has come to leave you.
One more time, let me kiss you.
Close your eyes, I'll be on my way.
Dream about the days to come,
When I won't have to leave alone,
About the time I won't have to say:
CHORUS
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Written by John Denver. Copyright 1967 by Cherry Lane Music Co.
Peter Paul and Mary made a million-selling recording of the song
in 1969 that helped to focus the spotlight on John Denver's
emerging talents.
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