Chords for Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver (Cover by Beth Williams Music)

_ Hello my beautiful friends.
I'm singer-songwriter Beth Williams here in Colorado, USA.
Thank you so much for joining, and if you've been here before, welcome back.
I'm glad you're here.
Full disclosure, I've been wrestling with allergies and a cough that I can't seem to get rid of because of the allergies,
but I didn't want to miss a week of singing.
So what I'm going to do is a real simple song that I used to sing back in the 70s.
It's a tune from John Denver called Leaving on a Jet Plane.
It was written in 1966, and I haven't sung it in a long time,
but I'm going to sing it in a real low key to make it easy on my voice.
I'm going to put the lyrics and the chords below in case you'd like to sing and play along, which I would love it if you do.
Okay?
[Ab] So here we go.
And at the very least, please be sure and tap your toes, okay?
Okay. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ All my bags are packed, [Db] ready to go.
[Ab] _
I'm standing [Db] here outside your [Abm] door.
Hate to wake you [Fm] up to say [Bbm] goodbye.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ But [Ab] the dawn is breaking, [Db] it's early [Ab] morn. _
Taxi's waiting, [Db] he's blowing [Ab] his horn. _
Already I'm [Fm] so lonesome, I [Bbm] could _ [Eb] cry.
_ _ _ [Abm] So kiss me and smile for me.
Tell me that you'll wait for me.
Hold me like [Fm] you'll never let [Bbm] me go.
[Ebm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] [Ab] I'm leaving _ on a jet plane.
Don't know when I'll be back again.
_ _ [Eb] [Fm] Oh babe, I hate [Bbm] to go.
[F] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] There's so many times [Db] I've let you [Ab] down.
So many [Db] times I've played [Ab] around.
I tell you [Eb] now, [Fm] they don't mean [Bbm] a _ [Eb] thing.
_ _ [Ab] Every place I go, [Db] I'll think of you.
[Ab] Every song I sing, [Db] I'm singing for [Ab] you.
When I come [Eb] back, [Fm] I'll wear your wedding [Bbm] ring.
[Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab]
So kiss me and smile for me. _
Tell me that [Db] you'll wait for [Eb] [Ab] me.
Hold me like [Fm] you'll never _ [Bbm] let me _ go.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] I'm _ leaving _ on a jet plane.
Don't [F] know when I'll be [Bb] back [Abm]
again.
[Eb] Oh [Fm] babe, I hate to [Bbm] go.
[Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now the [Eb] time has come to leave [Bb] you.
One more [Eb] time, let me kiss you.
[Bb] Then close your [Gm]
eyes, I'll be [Eb] on [Cm] my way.
[Fm] _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] Dream about [Eb] the days to come [Bb] when I won't [Eb] have to leave alone.
_ [Bb] About the [Ab] [Gm] times I [Ab] won't [Cm] have to say.
[Eb] _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ Kiss me and [Eb] smile for me.
[Bb] Tell me that you'll wait [Eb] for [Bb] me.
Hold me [Cm] like you'll [Gm] never [Cm] let me _ [Fm] go.
[F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] I'm leaving [Eb] on a jet plane.
[Bb] Don't know [Eb] when I'll be back [Bb] _ again.
[Eb] Oh babe, I [Cm] hate to go.
[Ab] _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Cm] I hate to [Abm] go.
[F] _
_ So [Bb] _ kiss me and [Eb] smile for me.
_ [Bb] Tell me that [Eb] you'll wait for me.
_ [Bb] Hold me [Fm] like [Gm] you'll never let [C] me [Ab] go.
_ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] I'm leaving [Eb]
on a jet [Bb] plane.
Leaving [Eb] _
on a jet plane.
[Bb] _ Leaving _ [Eb]
on a jet plane.
[Bb] _ Leaving _ [Eb]
on a jet plane.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Thank you so much for being here and for listening.
[Abm] I'll see you next time.
[Gb] Sometimes life is _ bittersweet.
[B] The things you lose, you find a way [Gb] to keep.
_ _ _ _ _ Love's that way, so it seems.
No matter [B] where you are, you can hold someone [Gb] in your