Leaving On a Jet Plane - John Denver.
tab - Rhett S (rhette28@yahoo.com)

Here are some essential notes, before you start picking.

1) the time of the piece is straight 4/4.
2) each tab-note is ,basically, an 8th note.
3) there are truly only 3 root chords: D,C,G.
4) yes, I know this is a country song from 1967, but it's
a classic. so, play.


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Intro ..first measure is only 2/4
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 D         D               D7              D7sus4  
e|-3-2-----|--0------------|-------2-------3|-------3-------2||
B|-------3-|------3---0---1|-----------1----|---1-------1----||
D|-----2---|----2-------0--|---2-----2------|-2-------2------||
G|-0-------|0-------0------|-0---0-------0--|-----0-------0--||
A|---------|---------------|----------------|----------------||
E|---------|---------------|----------------|----------------||

 D7               
e|-------2-------0|--------------------||
B|---1-------1----|---1---1------------||
D|-2-------2------|-2---------2---0----||
G|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0------||
A|----------------|---------0----------||
E|----------------|--------------------||

                           All  my.....
     

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First Verse. Tabs are the same for subsequent verses
(match up tab and words by the chords listed)
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 G                C               G               C
e|------3--------|------0--------|------3--------|------0-------||
B|--0-------0----|--1-------1----|--0-------0----|--1------1----||
D|--------------0|----0---------0|--------------0|----0--------0||
G|----0-------0--|------------2--|----0-------0--|-----------2--||
A|---------------|3-------3------|---------------|3-------3-----||
E|3-------3------|---------------|3-------3------|--------------||
  
 G                C               G               C
e|------3--------|------0--------|------3--------|------0-------||
B|--0-------0----|--1-------1----|--0-------0----|---------1----||
D|--------------0|----0---------0|--------------0|----0--------0||
G|----0-------0--|------------2--|----0-------0--|0h2--------2--||
A|---------------|3-------3------|---------------|3-------3-----||
E|3-------3------|---------------|3-------3------|--------------||

 D        Dsus4   D
e|------2-------3-|------3p2-----------||
B|--3-------3-----|--3---------3-------||
D|----2-------2---|----2-----------0---|| repeat 2x for verse
G|0-------0-------|0---------0---0-----||
A|----------------|--------------------||
E|----------------|--------------------||


       G                C
All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go.
    G              C
I'm standing here, outside your door.
  G                C              D   - Dsus7 - D.
I hate to wake you up to say good-bye              


(the below is the 2x of tab)

         G                      C
But the, dawn is breaking, it's early morn.
    G                    C
The taxi's waiting, it's blowing his horn.
  G            C                D    - Dsus7 - D
Already I'm so lonesome I could die.


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Chorus  (first time)
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you have it!
the chorus tab is exactly the same as the verse tab.
Except the last 2 measures of D-Dsus7-D are alittle different

   G           C
So kiss me and smile to me.
G                   C
Tell me that you'll wait for me.
G                   C            D   Dsus7  D
Hold me like you'll never let me go. 
         G       C
Cuz, I'm leaving on a jet plane.
G                   C
  I don't know when I'll be back again.
G     C               D   Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
  Oh, babe, I hate to go.

I'm not going to retab what's above in the verse, but what
 goes here is the same (Thumb,index, thumb,middle) pick
form as at the end of verse 1, except the chords are
different:

D	(2 0 0 2 3 2)
Dsus4   (2 0 0 2 3 3)
Dsus2   (2 0 0 2 3 0)

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2nd Verse- tab the same.
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           G               C
There's so many times I've let you down.
   G               C
So many times I've played around.
  G              C                 D   Dsus4 D
I tell you know, they don't mean a thing.
     G            C
Everyplace I go I think of you,
     G             C
everysong I sing I sing for you,
     G                C                    D   Dsus4 D
when I come back I'll bring you're wedding ring.


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Now, play the chorus again, just as before.
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...
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3rd Verse.  Same tab as 1st and 2nd
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G                C
Now the time has come to leave you.
G               C
  One more time let me kiss you.
G                     C             D   Dsus4 D
  Close your eyes and I'll be on my way.
G               C 
Dream about the days to come when 
G               C
I won't have to leave alone,
 G                    C              D  Dsus4 D
about those days when I wont have to say


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now, do the chorus again, just as before but append the 
following (I'm going to list the chords- the tabs are the 
form as before- pretty simple)
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chorus...then...

        G       C
But I'm leaving on a jet plane
G                 C
  don't know when I'll be back again
G    C       C       D  Dsus4  D Dsus2 D D7 G.
  Oh babe, I hate to go