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--10-7----- D |-12--12--10-12--12-12--10-7----- A |-12--10--8--12--12-10--8--5----- E |-10---------10--10--------------
Chords ------
Intro: D5 followed by main riff * 4
D5 G5 D5 , Main Riff Well if you ever plan to motor west
G5 D5 , Main Riff Travel my way, take the highway that's the best
A5 G5 D5 , Main Riff Get your kicks on Route 66
G5 D5 , Main Riff Well it winds from Chicago to LA
G5 D5 , Main Riff More than two thousand miles all the way
A5 G5 D5 , Main Riff Get your kicks on Route 66
D5 D5 Well it goes to St. Louis, down to Missouri
D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 [Strike chord at these points] Oklahoma City looks so, so pretty
G5 D5 You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico
A5 G5 Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Wynonna
D5 Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino
D5 G5 D5 , Main Riff If you get hip to this kind of tip
G5 D5 , Main Riff And go take that California trip
A5 G5 D5 , Main Riff Get your kicks on Route 66
[Chord sequence from Behind The Wheel, played 3 semitones higher]
Dm Fm Bbm7 C# [two bars each, play 4 times]
[Following chords as for previous verses]
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
If you get hip to this kind of tip And go take that California trip Get your kicks on Route 66