[Intro]
G C Am C G D7
[Strophe]
D7     G                    C 
All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go, 
    G                C 
I'm standing here outside the door 
  G                C             D7 
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye. 
        G                      C 
But the dawn is breakin', it's early morn', 
    G                    C 
The Taxi's waitin', he's blowin' his horn. 
  G            C                D7 
Already I'm so lonesome I could cry.
[Refrain]
   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 never let me go.  
           G       C 
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane, 
 G               C              D7 
 Don't know when I'll be back again. 
   G       C       D7 
Oh babe, I hate to go.
[Strophe]
D7         G               C                G               C 
There's so many times I've let you down. So many times I've played around 
  G            C                 D7 
I tell you now they don't mean a thing. 
      G               C                   G             C 
Ev'ry place I go I'll think of you, Ev'ry song I sing I sing for you. 
G                     C                  D7 
When I come back I'll wear your wedding ring.
[Refrain]
   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 never let me go.  
           G       C 
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane, 
 G               C              D7 
 Don't know when I'll be back again. 
   G       C       D7 
Oh babe, I hate to go.
[Strophe]
        D7       G    C             G                 C 
Now the time has come to leave you, One more time let me kiss you, 
     G                C             D7 
Then close your eyes, I'll be on my way. 
D7              G       C           G               C 
Dream about the days to come,  When I won't have to leave alone, 
 G              C               D7 
About the times I won't have to say.
[Refrain]
   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 never let me go.  
           G       C 
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane, 
 G               C              D7 
 Don't know when I'll be back again. 
   G       C       D7 
Oh babe, I hate to go.