"Leaving on a Jet Plane" Midis

Serving as Peter, Paul and Mary's only #1 hit song, most people don't realize that this tune was actually written by John Denver.

Originally titled 'Babe. I Hate to Go.' this song allowed John to make his first big mark on the music world.

'Leaving on a Jet Plane' was written on an evening when John decided to "stay put" and not go to a party with his roommate, Jim Cunningham. In his 1994 autobiography "Take Me Home," he says that he started out that evening working on an oil painting.

"I was playing around with an idea. I had a six-pack of beer and a couple of sandwiches. And then I picked up my guitar and wrote a song with my soul wide open and my mind picturing the scene as if it stood before me, real enough to touch. I called it 'Babe, I Hate to Go.'

"I wrote the song not so much out of the experience of feeling that way for someone, as out of the longing to have someone to love. When I got through, I knew I'd written the best song yet."

"Leaving on a Jet Plane" Words and Music by John Denver All my bags are packed I'm ready to go. I'm standin' here outside your door. I hate to wake you up to say goodbye. But the dawn is breakin', it's early morn. The taxi's waitin', he's blownin' his horn. Already I'm so lonesome I could die. So kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you'll wait for me. Hold me like you'll never let me go. 'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane. Don't know when I'll be back again. Oh, babe I hate to go. There's so many times I've let you down So many times I've played around. I tell you now they don't mean a thing. Every place I go I'll think of you. Ev'ry song I sing I'll sing for you. When I come back I'll bring your wedding ring. So kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you'll wait for me. Hold me like you'll never let me go. 'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane. Don't know when I'll be back again. Oh, babe I hate to go. Now the time has come to leave you. One more time let me kiss you. Then close your eyes and I'll be on my way. Dream about the days to come. When I won't have to leave alone. About the times I won't have to say Kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you'll wait for me. Hold me like you'll never let me go. 'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane. Don't know when I'll be back again. Oh, babe I hate to go. I'm leavin' on a jet plane. Don't know when I'll be back again. Oh, babe, I hate to go.

At Least 4 additional midi sequence versions will become available here soon.

This version of "Jet Plane" has been sequenced by ChartChai MeeSangNin.
Hailing from Bangkok, Thailand, ChartChai has become one of the the most
prolific midi sequencers on the Internet! Since e-mailing him about 2 years ago
to express my admiration for his rendition of "Annie's Song," he's added 14 more
John Denver songs to his collection. You may e-mail him at jeridu@yahoo.com

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