Leaving On A Jet Plane
Written by John Denver, Peter Paul and Mary

Midi 1 (G101)      Midi 2 (G136)
Midi 3 (G115)       Midi 4 (G100)
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Sung by Peter, Paul and Mary and by John Denver

      

 6  -6    7   -7    6     -4     5 5  6  -6   6      7  -7    6   -4    
All my | bags are packed, I'm | ready to go, I'm | standing here out | 
   5     6   -6   6     7  -7  -6   6     7 -7  -6   6     -6    RR  6   -6     
| side your door, I | hate to wake you | up to say good | bye.  |   But the |
    7  -7   6  -4    -4     5  6  -6     6     7 -7    6 -4    -4 
| dawn is breakin', it's | early morn', the | taxi's waitin', he's |
    5  5   6   -6    5    7 -7  -6  6     7  -7  -6  6      -6
| blowin' his horn. Al | ready I'm so | lonesome I could | die. |

Chorus:
-8     -8  -7  -8     7    -7  6     -8   7  -7    -8       7   -7  6
So  | kiss me and | smile for me, | tell me that you'll | wait for me, |
   -8   7  -7   -8       7 -7   -6  6 -6      -6   -8    -8  -7  8 -8 7    -8
| hold me like you'll | never let me go. | 'Cause I'm | leaving on a jet plane, |
    -8   -7   -8      7  -8  7   -7 -6   RRR-8    7    -7 -6   6   -6
| Don't know when | I'll be back again. |   Oh | babe, I hate to | go. |

Verse 2:
  6     -6   7 -7   6    -4     5   6   -6    6   7 -7   6    -4   
There's so | many times I've | let you down, so | many times I've |
     5   6  -6   6    7    -7  -6     7   -7    -6  6     -6     RR  6 -6
| played around, I | tell you now | they don't mean a | thing.  |   Ev'ry |
    7  -7  6  -4      5   6  -6   6  6     7  -7  6  -4       5   6   -6    5
| place I go I'll | think of you ev'ry | song I sing I'll | sing for you. When |
  7  -7   -6   6       7    -7   -6  6     -6
| I come back I'll | bring your wedding | ring. |

Chorus: (start with So ...)

Verse 3:
   7   -7   6   -4     5   6   -6   6      7   -7    6     5   6  -6   -6      6
| Now the time has | come to leave you, | one more time | let me kiss you, | then |
    7    -7   -6       7  -7 -6  6    -6      7   -7 6   -4    -4   6  -6     6
| close your eyes, | I'll be on my | way. | Dream about the | days to come, when |
  7   -7    6  -4     5   6 -6   5     7   -7  -6    7  -7    -6   6    -6
| I won't have to | leave alone, a | bout the time | I won't have to | say.

Chorus:  (start with So ...)

 -8 -7     8 -8 7    -8      -8   -7   -8      7  -8  7   -7 -6
leaving | on a jet plane, | don't know when | I'll be back again. |
  -8     7   -7 -6   6   -6
| Oh | babe, I hate to | go.  (fade)  

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