C ~
C F
C - F C
1. Leavin‘ home, out on the road, I’ve been down before,
C F C
riding along on this big old jet plane,
I’ve been thinkin’ about my home.
C Ais
F C
But my love light seems so far
away and I feel like it’s all been done,
C Ais
F C
somebody’s tryin’ to make me
stay, you know I’ve got to be movin’ on.
F C F
C
Oh oh, big old jet airliner, don’t carry me too far away,
F C Ais F C
oh oh, big old jet airliner, cause it’s here that I’ve got to stay.
C F C F C
2. Goodbye to all my friends at home, goodbye to you people I’ve
trusted,
C
I’ve got to go out and make my way,
F C
I might get rich, you know I might get
busted.
C
Ais F C
But my heart keeps calling me
backwards as I get on the seven o seven,
C
ridin’ high I got tears in my eyes,
Ais F - C
you know you got to go through
hell before you get to heaven.
F C F C
Big old jet airliner, don’t carry me too far away,
F C Ais F C
oh oh, big old jet airliner, cause it’s here that I’ve got to stay.
C F
C - F C
3. Touchin’ down in New England
town, feel my heat comin’ down,
C
I’ve got to keep on keepin’ on,
- F C
you know the big wheel keeps on spinning around.
C Ais F
C
And I’m goin’ with some
hesitation, you know that I can surely see,
C
that I don’t want to get caught up
- Ais F C
in any of that funky kicks goin’ down in the city.
F C F C
Big old jet airliner, don’t carry me too far away,
F C Ais F C
oh oh, big old jet airliner, cause it’s here that I’ve got to stay.
+ Oh oh ! + CHORUS
+ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ! + CHORUS
F C F C
+ Oh, oh, big old jet airliner,
carry me to my home,
F C Ais F
C
oh, oh, big old jet airliner,
cause it’s there that I belong ......
(Steve Miller Band)