Route 66

Words & Music:

Bobby Troup (1946)

 

   G        C9            G

If you ever plan to motor west,

       C9                               G

Travel my way; take the highway that is best.

         Am7      D7          G

Get your kicks on Route sixty-six.

 

It winds from Chicago to L.A.,

More than two thousand miles all the way.

Get your kicks on Route sixty-six.

 

BRIDGE:

        G[stop chord]           C9[stop chord]

Now you go through Saint Louis, Joplin, Missouri,

    G                G7

And Oklahoma City is mighty pretty.

    C9            G

You see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico,

Am7           D7    Am7            D7

Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Winona,

G        Bdim     Am7      D7

Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino..

 

Won't you get hip to this timely tip

When you make that California trip?

         Am7      D7          G

Get your kicks on Route sixty-six.

Get your kicks on Route sixty-six.

Get your kicks on Route sixty-six.

 




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