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Chords in this song8
Main Riff
There are a couple of ways to play the main riff :
e|-------------------|-------------------| B|-------------------|-------------------| G|---7-12---10-7---7-|-12---10-7---------| D|---7-12---10-7---7-|-12---10-7---------| A|---5-10---8--5---5-|-10---8--5---------| E|-------------------|-------------------|
or
e|----------------------|-------------------| B|----------------------|-------------------| G|------12---10---------|-12---10-----------| D|---12-12---10-12---12-|-12---10-12--------| A|---12-10---8--12---12-|-10---8--12--------| E|---10---------10---10-|---------10--------|
Chords
D5: x-5 -7 -7 -x-x or 10-12-12-x-x-x
F5: x-8 -10-10-x-x
G5: x-10-12-12-x-x or 3-5-5-x-x-x
A5: x-12-14-14-x-x or 5-7-7-x-x-x
Intro
(followed by main riff) x4
Verse 1
D5 G5 D5 (riff)
Well, if you ever plan to motor west
G5 D5 (riff)
Travel my way, take the highway that's the best
A5 G5 D5 (riff)
Get your kicks on Route 66
D5 G5 D5 (riff)
Well, it winds from Chicago to LA
G5 D5 (riff)
More than two thousand miles all the way
A5 G5 D5 (riff)
Get your kicks on Route 66
Bridge
Well, it goes to St. Louis, down to Missouri
Oklahoma City looks so, so pretty
You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Wynonna
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino
Chorus
D5 G5 D5 (riff)
If you get hip to this kind of tip
G5 D5 (riff)
And go take that California trip
A5 G5 D5 (riff)
Get your kicks on Route 66
[Interlude] (all x4, flute arranged for guitar)
e|-9---------------|-------------|-12----------------|-------------| B|---10-------9-10-|-------------|----13-------12-13-|-------------| G|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------| D|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------| A|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------| E|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
e|-------------20-19-|-------------|-------------20-19-|-------------| B|-18----------------|-------------|-18----------------|-------------| G|----16-------------|-------------|----16-------------|-------------| D|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------| A|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------| E|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
Bridge
Well, it goes to St. Louis, down to Missouri
Oklahoma City looks so, so pretty
You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Wynonna
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino
Chorus
D5 G5 D5 (riff)
If you get hip to this kind of tip
G5 D5 (riff)
And go take that California trip
A5 G5 D5 (riff)
Get your kicks on Route 66
Outro
A5 G5 D5 (riff)
Get your kicks on Route 66
(Repeat x5 and fade out)
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