Leaving On A Jet Plane - John Denver

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[Intro]


[Verse 1]
             
All my bags ar

              
e packed, I'm 


ready to go
             
I'm standing h

       
ere outside yo

ur door
             
I hate to wake

             
 you up to say

      
 goodbye
             
But the dawn i

              
s breaking, it

   
's early morn,
             
The taxi's wai

           
ting, he's blo

wing 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
           
I'm leaving on

 a jet plane
             
   Don't know 

     
when I'll be b

ack again
            
  Oh babe, I h

       
ate to go

[Verse 2]
             
There's so man

             
y times I've l

et you down
             
So many times 

     
I've played ar

ound
             
 I tell you no

             
w they don't m

      
ean 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
           
I'm leaving on

 a jet plane
             
   Don't know 

     
when I'll be b

ack again
            
  Oh babe, I h

       
ate 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
           
I'm leaving on

 a jet plane
             
   Don't know 

     
when I'll be b

ack again
            
  Oh babe, I h

       
ate to go