Intro
F# A#m D#m Cb
F#
Twenty minutes before take off
D#m
Sitting here at the airport lounge
Cb
Reminiscing all the good times
C# A#7
You’re going and I’m staying
D#m D#M7 D#m7
What was a tremendously happy love affair
D#m6 Cb
Is about to end in tragedy
C#
It’s a pity
F#
Huge amounts of persuasion
D#m
Only worsens the situation
Cb C#
Leaving was a realization of a dream
A#7 D#m
You’ve wanted to pursue
Ddim
It was the end of you
Cb C#
What else can I do?
F#
I love you
[Chorus]
Cb
Twenty minutes before take off
F#
Just don’t make sense
Cb C# F#
A# dream which took us a lifetime to build
A#7 D#m Cb
Comes apart in just a matter of minutes
Cb C# F# Cb
F# Cb F# Cb
F# Cb Cb C#
(Spoken during adlib:)
Cb C# F# Cb
This is gonna hurt me more
F# Cb F# Cb
Than its gonna hurt you
F# Cb Cb C#
We’ve been together for so long
F# Cb Cb C#
I have to go now
I’m gonna miss you.
[Bridge]
D#m
Twenty minutes before take off
Ddim
The big DC-10 takes you on a journey
Cb
Please return
C# F# F#7
Nobody knows just when
[Chorus]
Cb
Twenty minutes before take off
F#
Just don’t make sense
Cb C# F#
A# dream which took us a lifetime to build
A#7 D#m Cb
Comes apart in just a matter of minutes
[Outro]
D#m
Twenty minutes before take off
Ddim
The big DC-10 takes you on a journey
Cb C# F# Cb F# Cb F#
Please return Nobody knows just when