GC
1) All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go
2) There's so many times I've let you down
3) Now the time has come to leave you
GC
1) I'm standing here outside your door
2) So many times I've played around
3) One more time, let me kiss you
GCD
1) I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
2) I tell you now, they don't mean a thing
3) Then close your eyes, I'll be on my way
GC
1) But the dawn is breakin' it's early morn
2) Every place I go, I'll think of you
3) Dream about the days to come
GC
1) The taxi's waitin' he's blowin' his horn
2) Every song I sing, I'll sing for you
3) When I won't have to leave alone
GCD
1) Already I'm so lonesome I could die
2) When I come back I'll bring your wedding ring
3) About the times I won't have to say:
Chorus: (1, 2 & 3)
GCGC
So kiss me and smile for me; tell me that you'll wait for me
GCD
Hold me like you'll never let me go
GC
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
GCG
Don't know when I'll be back again
CD
Oh, babe, I hate to go....
(3rd Verse only repeat last three lines)
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.