Rhythm: A D A D A D E7 E7  
  

[Verso 1]
   
       A                     D  
All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go   
    A                D   
I'm standing here outside your door   
  A                D             E7    E7   
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye   
    A                     D   
But the dawn is breaking, it's early morn'    
    A                    D   
The taxi's waiting, he's blowing his horn,    
  A            D                E7    E7   
Already I'm so lonesome I could cry    
   

[Refrão]
   A           D   
So kiss me and smile for me   
A                   D   
Tell me that you'll wait for me   
A                   D            E7   E7   
Hold me like you'll never let me go   
    A       D   
I'm leaving on a jet plane,   
A               D   
Don't know when I'll be back again,   
A       D           E7   E7   
oh babe I'd hate to go 
   

[Verso 2]
   
         A                  D   
There's so many times I've let you down   
A                  D   
So many times I've played around   
    A                 D                 E7      E7   
But now you know that they don't mean a thing   
      A                D   
Every place I go, I'll think of you   
      A                 D   
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you   
     A                D                 E7     E7   
When I come back I'll wear your wedding ring   
    

[Refrão]
   A           D   
So kiss me and smile for me   
A                   D   
Tell me that you'll wait for me   
A                   D            E7   E7   
Hold me like you'll never let me go   
    A       D   
I'm leaving on a jet plane,   
A               D   
Don't know when I'll be back again,   
A       D           A   A   
oh babe I'd hate to go 
   

[Verso 3]
   
A                D   
Now the time has come to leave you   
A              D   
One more time, let me kiss you   
     A                   D             E7    E7   
Then close your eyes and I'll be on my way   
A               D   
Dream about the days to come   
A                   D   
When I won't have to leave alone,   
A                  D           E7   
About the times when I don't have to say...   
   
Outro:   
A           D   
Kiss me and smile for me   
A                  D   
Tell me that you'll wait for me   
A                   D            E7   E7   
Hold me like you'll never let me go...   
    A       D   
I'm leaving on a jet plane,   
A               D   
Don't know when I'll be back again,   
    A       D   
I'm leaving on a jet plane,   
A               D   
Don't know when I'll be back again,   
    A       D   
I'm leaving on a jet plane,   
A               D   
Don't know when I'll be back again,   
A       D           E7   E7   
Oh babe I'd hate to go...