[Intro]

C G G C Am D7 D7  x2


[Verse 1]

       G                    C
All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go.
    G                C
I'm standing here outside your door.
  G                Am             D7
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye.
        G                      C
But the dawn is breaking, it's early morn.
    G                    C
The taxi's waitin', he's blowin' his horn.
 G              Am               D7
Already I'm so lonesome I could die.


[Chorus]

   G           C
So kiss me and smile for me.
 G                  C
Tell me that you'll wait for me.
G                   Am            D7
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
           G       C                G
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane.
                C                   G
Don't know when I'll be back again.
    Am              D7
Oh, babe, I hate to go.


[Verse 2]

           G               C
There's so many times I've let you down.
   G               C
So many times I've played around.
  G            C                 D7
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                  D7
When I come back I'll bring your wedding ring.


[Verse 3]

G                C
Now the time has come to leave you.
G              C
One more time, let me kiss you.
     G                C             D7
Then close your eyes, I'll be on my way.
G               C
Dream about the days to come.
     G               C
When I won't have to leave alone.
 G              C               D7
About the times I won't have to say...


[Chorus]

    G       C               G
I'm leavin' on a jet plane.
                C                   G
Don't know when I'll be back again.
    C              D7    G
Oh, babe, I hate to go.