Leaving On A Jet Plane - John Denver

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[Verse 1]:

             
All my bags ar

              
e packed I'm r

 
eady to go.
             
I'm standing h

        
ere out side y

our door.
             
I hate to wake

            
 you up to say

               
 good bye.
             
But the dawn i

              
s breaking it 


early morn.
             
The taxi's wai

             
tin he's blown

                
in his horn.
             
Already I’m so

            
 lonesome I co

      
uld die.

*Chorus:
             
So kiss me and

              
 smile for me.
             
Tell me that y

      
ou'll wait for

 me.
             
Hold me like y

            
ou'll never le

         
t me go.
             
Cause I'm leav

             
in on a jet pl

            
ane. 
              
Don't know whe

             
n I'll be back

          
 again. 
            
Oh, babe I hat

      
e to go.


[Verse 2]:

             
There's is man

             
y times I've l

               
et you down.
             
So many times 

       
I've played ar

ound.
             
I tell you now

             
 they don't me

     
an a thing.
             
Every place I 

        
go I'll think 

of you.
             
Every song I s

         
ing I'll sing 

for you.
             
When I come ba

             
ck I'll bring 

              
your wedding r

 
ing

*Chorus:
             
So kiss me and

              
 smile for me.
             
Tell me that y

      
ou'll wait for

 me.
             
Hold me like y

            
ou'll never le

         
t me go.
              
Cause I'm leav

            
in on a jet pl

             
ane. 
              
Don't know whe

             
n I'll be back

          
 again. 
            
Oh, babe I hat

      
e to go.


[Verse 3]:

             
Now the time h

  
as come to lea

ve you.
             
One more time 

    
let me kiss yo

u.
             
Then close you

             
r eyes I'll be

                   
 on my way.
             
Dream about th

  
e days to come

.
             
When I won't h

       
ave to leave a

lone.
             
About the time

             
s I won't have

              
 to say...


*Chorus:
             
So kiss me and

              
 smile for me.
             
Tell me that y

      
ou'll wait for

 me.
             
Hold me like y

            
ou'll never le

         
t me go.
              
Cause I'm leav

            
in on a jet pl

             
ane. 
              
Don't know whe

             
n I'll be back

          
 again. 
            
Oh, babe I hat

   
e to go.


            
I'm leavin on 

                     
a jet plane.
              
Don't know whe

             
n I'll be back

                   
 again. 
             
Oh, babe,  I h

              
ate to go. 

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