"Leaving On a Jet Plane" by John Denver (Chord Chart)

Song Info

  • Key: G major
  • Chord Family: G,G Whiz
  • Skills: Basic Strumming, Open Chords

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INTRO
/G---/C--- (2X)
       Ah-Ah Ah-Ah

VERSE 1
       G                    Cadd9
All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go
    G                 Cadd9   
I'm standing here outside your door
  G                Em7             D
I hate to wake you up to say good-bye.
        G                      Cadd9
But the dawn is breaking, it's early morn,
    G                    Cadd9     
The taxi's waiting, he's blowing his horn
   G            Em7              D
Already I'm so lonesome I could cry


CHORUS
   G            Cadd9
So kiss me and smile for me
G                     Cadd9
  Tell me that you'll wait for me
G                     Em7           D            
  Hold me like you’ll never let me go.
    G                Cadd9       
I'm leaving on a jet plane
G                 Cadd9               G
  Don't know when I'll be back again
   Em7          D
Oh babe, I hate to go


VERSE 2
          G                Cadd9
There's so many times I've let you down
  G                Cadd9
So many times I've played around

  G            Em7               D
I tell you now they don't mean a thing
      G                Cadd9
Every place I go I'll think of you
      G                Cadd9
Every song I sing I'll sing for you
     G                Em7         D
When I come back I'll wear your wedding ring


CHORUS


VERSE 3
G                Cadd9                 
Now the time has come to leave you
G               Cadd9
  One more time let me kiss you
G                      Em7           D
  Then close your eyes I'll be on my way
G               Cadd9
Dream about the days to come 
    G               Cadd9
When I won't have to leave alone
  G                Em7             D
About the times I won't have to say


CHORUS
   G           Cadd9             
Oh kiss me and smile for me
G                  Cadd9
  Tell me that you'll wait for me
G            Em7           D
Hold me like you’ll never let me go
         G      Cadd9       
Coz I'm leaving on a jet plane
G                 Cadd9          G
  Don't know when I'll be back again
   Em7            D
Oh babe I hate to go
     G      Cadd9       
I'm leaving on a jet plane
G                   Cadd9      G
  Don't know when I'll be back again
Em7               D
  Oh babe I hate to go


OUTRO
I'm... 
G        Cadd9
 leaving on a let plane  (x8)
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