Chords for Perry Como - Route 66 (Como Swings) (5)

Mister, _ _ you [A] may [Dbm] have traveled [E] near or far,
[A] But you haven't seen [Db] the country, [Gb] till you've seen the country by car.
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Mister, [Dbm] _ _ may I _ recommend a royal route?
_ It [Ab] starts in [B] Illinois, [C] _ _ [Db] _
[B] let me tell you, boy,
_ If _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] you ever [Em] plan to motor west,
_ _ [E] _ _ Travel [A] my way, [D] take the highway, [E] that's the [Bb] best. _
_ _ _ [E] Yes, [Gb] your kick's on Route 66,
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_ _ _ It [E] winds from Chicago [Ab] to L.A., _
_ _ [A] More than [Gb] two _ thousand miles all the way. _ _
_ [Gb] Yes, your [A] kick's _ [B] on Route [E] 66.
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[Abm] _ Now you go [E] through St.
Louis, [Em] Joplin, Missouri,
And [E] Oklahoma City is a mighty pretty,
You'll see, [A] _ _ [Em] Camarillo, _ _ Gallup, _ [Ab] New [E] Mexico,
_ _ [B] Flagstaff, [Abm] Arizona, [A] don't forget [B] Winona,
Kingsman, [Bb] Barstow, San [Gb] _
[B] Bernardino.
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[E] Won't you get hip [B] to this timely tip,
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[E] When you make that [Bm] _ California trip,
_ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] Yes, your kick's [B] on Route [Eb] 66,
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Springfield, [G] Illinois, _ [G] _ _ [Am]
Springfield, [F] Missouri, [Eb] too,
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Seven states, [G] count them, seven, [B] spread out in [C] front of you.
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_ _ [F] You'll [G] _ like the aroma _ [Bb] of Tulsa, _ _ [Ab]
Oklahoma,
_ _ _ [D] Albuquerque and _ [G] Tucumcari, make New Mexico _ [D] extraordinary,
_ _ [Bb] You'll want to own [D] a _ piece of [F] Arizona,
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_ [G] Needles, _ [A] [Bb] Essex, Hamboy, [B] Azusa,
_ [C] No one in Santa Cala's a [E] loser,
[F] So _ [Bb] get hip [C] to this timely tip,
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Now when you [Fm] make that [D] _ California trip,
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[Gm] If [C] Annie Jo [Am] tells you [Dm] to go some other [Am] way,
Say, Knicks, [D] get your [B] kicks _ [Am] on Route _ [F] 66. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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