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Leaving On A Jet Plane – Key & Guitar Solo Scale

Leaving On A Jet Plane by John Denver is in G major. To solo over it, start with the G major pentatonic. Its relative minor pentatonic (E minor) has the same notes and the same shapes.

The scale for soloing over Leaving On A Jet Plane

e|---------------------3-5-|
B|-----------------3-5-----|
G|-------------2-4---------|
D|---------2-5-------------|
A|-----2-5-----------------|
E|-3-5---------------------|

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Leaving On A Jet Plane – John Denver

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