LEAVING ON A

JET PLANE CHORDS CHART
BY JOHN DENVER

Strumming:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D   DU    U DU

Intro: G C G C D D

Verse:
             G                             C
All my bags are packed I’m ready to go
         G                    C
I’m standing here outside your door,
    G                         C                        D D
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye.
                G                              C
But the dawn is breaking it’s early mor’n
         G                           C
The taxi waiting he is blowing his horn
              G                       C           D D
Already I’m so lonesome I could cry.

Chorus:
       G                    C
So kiss me and smile for me,
G                         C
tell me that you’ll wait for me,
G                                C                  D D
hold me like you will never let me go.
                  G        C
Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane,
  G                      C
don’t know when I’ll be back again.
G                C         D
Oh babe I hate to go.

Verse:
             G                             C
There’s so many times I’ve let you down,
G                               C
So many times I’ve played around.
    G                         C                   D D
I tell you now that they don’t mean a thing.
  G                      C
Every place I’ll go I’ll think of you.
    G                        C   
Every song I’ll sing, I’ll sing for you
          G                     C                            D D
When I come back I’ll bring your wedding ring.

Chorus:
       G                    C
So kiss me and smile for me,
G                         C
tell me that you’ll wait for me,
G                                C                  D D
hold me like you will never let me go.
                  G        C
Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane,
  G                      C
don’t know when I’ll be back again.
G                C         D
Oh babe I hate to go.

Verse:
                G                              C
Now the time has come I’m leaving you.
        G                          C
Just one more time let me kiss you.
           G                            C                   D D
Then close your eyes and I’ll be on my way.
                  G                       C
You can dream about the days to come,
              G                    C
when I won’t have to leave you alone,
                  G                    C                   D D
about the times when I won’t have to say.

Chorus:
       G                    C
So kiss me and smile for me,
G                         C
tell me that you’ll wait for me,
G                                C                  D D
hold me like you will never let me go.
                  G        C
Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane,
  G                      C
don’t know when I’ll be back again.
G                C         D
Oh babe I hate to go.