Chords for Mos Def - Leaving On A Jet Plane

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Mos Def -  Leaving On A Jet Plane chords
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[B] [Ebm] Yeah.
play, Levi.
[B] I'm really easy, I'm [Ebm] gonna explain.
[B] be back again.
me.
[B] I will, I'm a traveling man.
[B] of things I got to do.
boo, I'm [B] a traveling man.
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[B] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] Yeah.
Yo, yo, it's time to play, Levi.
All right.
See you at the end. _ _ _
[B] I'm really easy, I'm [Ebm] gonna explain.
I don't know when I'll [B] be back again.
Kiss me and smile [Ebm] for me.
Tell me that you'll wait for me.
[B] Hold me like you know [Ebm] I'll never go.
Even though you know [B] I will, I'm a traveling man.
Moving [Ebm] through places, space and time.
Got a lot [B] of things I got to do.
[Ebm] But God willing, I'm coming back to you.
Baby boo, I'm [B] a traveling man.
Moving [Ebm] through places, space and time.
Got a lot of things [B] I got to do.
[Ebm] But God willing, I'm coming back to you.
Baby boo, [B] I'm leaving.
[Abm] Well, go ahead [Ebm] and leave the call heard around the world
from the wives of MCs.
These cats is paying more than half a pound.
I got my bag of snatches down.
I got to say, but we could probably run a blackout town.
Scenarios like this is tear jerkers for the modern MC.
I ate a blue collar worker, because this thing called rhyming.
No different from coal mining.
We both on assignment to unearth [B] the diamond.
But you start climbing and them eyes [Ebm] start shining.
You be struggling and striving and they think you [B] prime time.
And maintain and keep silent.
Make an observation.
This confrontation.
This is the daily operation.
My concentration.
Stay focused on my [Ebm] recitation.
About to reach my destination.
When the walls of hesitation.
Baby, make the preparation, because this ain't no recreation.
This is pro ball.
And we letting you know, y'all.
[B] It's a show, y'all.
Doing this for [Ebm] dough, y'all.
This is a phone call.
And I'm ready to blow, y'all.
About [B] to go, y'all.
Been a pleasure to know y'all.
And I'm letting you know.
I'm leaving on [Ebm] a jet plane.
I don't know if I'll [B] be back again.
Kiss me and smile [Ebm] for me.
Tell me not to wait [B] for me.
Hold me like you know [Ebm] I'll never go.
Even though you know I will.
[B] I'm a traveling man.
Moving [Ebm] through places.
Facing time.
Got a lot of things [B] I got to do.
But it's [Ebm] all I'm coming back to do.
Baby boo.
[B] I'm a traveling man.
Moving [Ebm] through places.
Facing time.
Got a lot of things [B] I got to do.
But it's [Ebm] all I'm coming back to do.
But baby boo.
I'm leaving.
But [Abm] don't willing [C] I'll be back home.
To [Ebm] drop these heavy ass bags up off my [B] backbone.
Around the world with a catalog of rap songs.
My baby girl is walking.
Been away for that long.
But no you haven't.
Well at least you shall receive to me.
My hometown is like a whole different scenery.
The old time is on the stoop [Ebm] lane.
And usually the new jacks up in the park smoking greenery.
Easily taken for granted when you up in it.
But it's sweet [N] sinning when you been down for a minute.
Move around city limits.
Break them down with the finish.
There ain't no winning.
Classical B-boy image.
Collect the winners.
Because that's the reason that we came here.
This thing is not a game here.
The fortune not the fame here.
From New York to the Cadillacs.
Cali and the [Ebm] Cadillacs.
Chicago know we innovate.
Infiltrate Virginia State.
DC make me send you late.
Philly know we penetrate.
Georgia make us generate.
[B] Let's celebrate.
You get the pace.
They celebrate on [Abm] my jams in [Ebm] foreign lands.
Even your mans in Japan know [B] who I am.
Minna-san.
Make everybody out and be fun.
Say Ichiban.
Make God my know where you're itching from.
Vietnam and none.
Excuse me that's a phone call.
It's a show y'all.
Trying to get this dough y'all.
About to blow y'all.
Been a pleasure to know y'all.
[Ebm] _ And I'm glad you know.
[B] I'm leaving on a jet plane.
I don't know if I'll be back [Abm] again.
Kiss me and smile [Ebm] for me.
Tell me that you'll wait [B] for me.
Hold me.
Like you know [Ebm] I'm never gone.
Even though you know I will.
[B] I'm a traveling man.
Moving [Ebm] through space and time.
Got a [B] lot of things I got to do.
[Ebm] I'm coming back to you.
Baby, [B] I'm a traveling man, moving [Ebm] to places, facing time.
Got a [B] lot of things I got to do.
But God [Ebm] willing, I'm coming back to you.
Back to you.
[B] I'm leaving.
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ I'll be back to you.
I'm leaving.
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Ebm] I'll be back to you.
Over the world we [B] go.
DC, [Ebm] all over the world we go.
We ain't all over the world we [B] go.
We can't relax all over [Ebm] the world we go.
Love all over the world we go.
Depends we go over the world we go.
Power we go over the world we go. _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm coming back to you.
Baby, I'm a traveling man, _ [Abm] moving to [Ebm] places, facing time.
Got a lot [Gb] of things I got to do.
But God willing, I'm [Ebm] coming back to you. _
_ I'm coming back to you.
I'm coming back to you.
I'm coming _ _ [Gb] back to you.
I'm coming [Ebm] back to _ _ _
[Am] _ you.
1 [Bb]-2-1-2.
_ All aboard. _

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