Leaving On A Jet Plane - John Denver


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[Verse 1]
             
All my bags ar

              
e packed, I’m 


ready to go
             
I’m standing h

             
ere, outside t

      
he door
             
I hate to wake

             
 you up and sa

      
y goodbye
             
But the dawn i

            
s breaking, it

s early morn
             
The taxi’s wai

      
tin, it’s blow

in its horn
             
Already Im so 

             
lonesome I cou

   
ld die

[Chorus]
             
So kiss me and

 
 smile for me
             
Tell me that y

      
ou’ll wait for

 me
             
Hold me like y

             
ou never let m

  
e go
             
Cause Im leavi

   
ng on a jet pl

ane
             
Don’t know whe

             
n I’ll be back

        
 again
             
Oh babe I hate

    
 to go

[Verse 2]
             
There so many 

      
times I’ve let

 you down
             
So many times 


I’ve played ar

ound
             
I tell you now

             
, they don’t m

       
ean a thing.
             
Every place I 

     
go I think of 

you
             
Every song I s

    
ing I sing for

 you
             
When I’ll come

             
 back I’ll buy

            
 you Burger Ki

ng (or I’LL WE

AR YOUR WEDDIN

G RING)
 
[Chorus]
             
So kiss me and

 
 smile for me
             
Tell me that y

      
ou’ll wait for

 me
             
Hold me like y

             
ou never let m

  
e go
             
Cause Im leavi

   
ng on a jet pl

ane
             
Don’t know whe

             
n I’ll be back

        
 again
             
Oh babe I hate

    
 to go

[Verse 3]
             
Well now the t

        
ime has come t

o leave you
             
One more time 

        
please let me 

kiss you
             
Then close you

             
r eyes and I’l

           
l be on my way

.
             
Dream about th

  
e days to come
             
When I won’t h

       
ave to leave y

ou alone
             
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 never let m

  
e go
             
Cause Im leavi

   
ng on a jet pl

ane
             
Don’t know whe

             
n I’ll be back

        
 again
             
Oh babe I hate

    
 to go