Leaving on a Jet Plane – John Denver – John Denver

Leaving on a Jet Plane – John Denver 

Intro: G C G C

G                                        C
All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go

G                              C     
I’m standing here outside your door

G             C                             D
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye

G                                          C
but the dawn is breaking it’s really morn’

G                              C  
the Taxi’s waiting he’s blowing his horn

G                       C                                D
already I’m so lonesome I could die

G                         C
so kiss me and smile for me

G                         C
tell me that you wait for me

G                      C                               D
hold me like you’ll never let me go

G                               C
cause I’m leaving on a jet plane

G                                 C                        G    C                            D
don’t know when I’ll be back again, oh babe I hate to go

 

 

G                                       C
there’s so many times I’ve let you down

G                         C
so many times I’ve played around

G                              C                        D    
I tell you now they don’t mean a thing

G                          C      
every place I go I’ll think of you

G                            C
every song I sing I’ll sing for you

G                                C                                    D
when I come back I’ll bring your wedding ring

G                         C
so kiss me and smile for me