Leaving On A Jet Plane:The Kendalls.
#52 on BB Hot Country on STOP Records
in 1970.
(Intro)
F Bb F Bb F
(Verse 1)
F Bb
All my bags are packed I'm ready to go.
F Bb
I'm standing here outside your door.
F Bb C7
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye.
F Bb
But the dawn is breaking it’s early morn.
F Bb
The taxi's waiting he's blowing his horn.
F Bb C7
Already I'm so lonesome I could cry.
(Chorus)
F Bb F
So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that
Bb
you'll wait for me.
F Bb C7
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
F Bb F
I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know when
Bb F Bb C7
I'll be back again..ohhh, babe, I hate to go.
(Verse 2)
F Bb
There's so many times I've let you down.
F Bb
So many times I've played around.
F Bb C7
I tell you now they don't mean a thing.
F Bb
Every place I go, I think of you.
F Bb
Every song I sing, I sing for you.
F Bb C7
When I come back I'll wear your wedding ring.
(Chorus)
F Bb F
So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that
Bb
you'll wait for me.
F Bb C7
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
F Bb F
I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know when
Bb F Bb C7
I'll be back again..oh, babe, I hate to go.
(Verse 3)
Gb B Gb
Now the time has come to leave you, one more
B
time let me kiss you.
Gb B Db7
Then close your eyes and I'll be on my way.
Gb B Gb
Dream about the days to come, when I won't
B
have to leave alone.
Gb B Db7
About the times I won't have to say..
(Chorus)
Gb B Gb
So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that
B
you'll wait for me.
Gb B Db7
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
Gb B Gb
I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know when
B Gb B Db7
I'll be back again..oh, babe, I hate to go.
(Outro)
Gb B
Ooooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo...
Gb B
Ooooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo...
Gb B Db7
Ooooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo..
Gb B Gb
Ooooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-
B
oooo-oooo..
Gb B Db7
Ooooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo..(Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.