Twenty Minutes Before Take-off

Intro
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  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
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          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)
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... when