Kansas City Blues

Words & Music:

Jimmy Witherspoon

 

Here's the intro lick as played by the Beatles:

                G              C7              G  C7  C#7  D7

E --------------3---------------x--------------3---x---x---x---|

B --------------0---------------1--------------0---1---2---3---|

G -----------0--0------------0--3------------0-0---3---4---5---|

D --0 h.o.2-----0---0 h.o.2-----2---0 h.o.2----0---2---3---4---|

A --------------2---------------3--------------2---3---4---5---|

E --------------3---------------x--------------3---x---x---x---|

 

 

    G

I'm goin' to Kansas City,

G                                 G7

Kansas City, here I come.  Yeah!  Yeah!

    C

I'm goin' to Kansas City,

C                   G             G7

Kansas City, here I come.  Yeah!  Yeah!

G7            D7

They got some crazy little women there

    C7               G     C7   C#7   D7

And I'm gonna get me some.

 

Well, I'll be standing on the corner between 12th Street & Vine.

Yeah, I'll be standing on the corner between 12th Street & Vine.

With my Kansas City baby and my bottle of sweet cherry wine.

 

Well, I might take a boat, I might take a plane.

I might even walk, I'll get there just the same.

'Cause I'm going to, Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come.

They got some crazy little women there & I'm gonna get me some.

 

Keep your hands off of her, she don't belong to you.

Keep your hands off of her, she don't belong to you.

She's mine, all mine, no matter what she do.

 

I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come.

I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come.

They got some crazy little women there & I'm gonna get me some.

 




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