Intro: F-Am-Dm-Bb-

  F
   Twenty minutes before take off
  Dm
   Sitting here at the airport lounge
  Bb
   Reminiscing all the good times
          C               A7
   You’re going and I’m staying
  Dm           Dm+M7                 Dm7
   What was a tremendously happy love affair
     Dm6                Bb
   Is about to end in tragedy
           C
   It’s a pity

  F
   Huge amounts of persuasion
  Dm
   Only worsens the situation
  Bb                         C
   Leaving was a realization of a dream
            A7         Dm
   You’ve wanted to pursue
                     Ddim
   It was the end of you
                    Bb-C
   What else can I do?
           F
   I love you

                Chorus 
  Bb
   Twenty minutes before take off
  F
   Just don’t make sense
     Bb                      C          F
   A dream which took us a lifetime to build
    A7             Dm                Bb
   Comes apart in just a matter of minutes

   Adlib: Bb-C-F-Bb-
          F-Bb-F-Bb-
          F-Bb-Bb,C

   (Spoken during adlib:)
   This is gonna hurt me more 
   Than it’s gonna hurt you
   We’ve been together for so long
   I have to go now
   I’m gonna miss you.

               Bridge
  Dm
   Twenty minutes before take off
        Ddim
   The big DC-10 takes you on a journey
  Bb
   Please return
     C                F-F7
   Nobody knows just when

   (Repeat Chorus)

   (Repeat Bridge except last word)

                F-Bb-F-Bb-F
          ... when