Route 66

Words & Music by Bobby Troup
Recorded by Nat "King" Cole, 1946


   E        A       F#m     E
If you ever plan to motor west,

          A             F#m              E
Travel my way, take the highway that is best.

          C#7     F#7   B7          E  
Get your kicks on Route six - ty - six.


    E         A      F#m   E
It winds from Chicago to L-A,

          A            F#m            E
More than two thousand miles all the way.

         C#7      F#7   B7         E  
Get your kicks on Route six - ty - six.


Bridge:

	   E (tacit)               F#m (tacit)
Now you go through Saint Looey, Joplin, Missouri,

     E                E7
And Oklahoma City is mighty pretty.

	A    F#m     E          F#m  E
You see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico,

  A                 F#m
Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Winona,

E         A       F#m       B7	
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernandino.


       E       A          F#m     E
Won't you get hip to this timely tip:
      A            F#m         E
When you make that California trip
         C#7      F#7   B7          E  
Get your kicks on Route six - ty - six.


Repeat Bridge


Repeat Last Verse


Coda:

	    C#7       F#7   B7         E  
Get your kicks on Route six - ty - six.

	    C#7       F#7   B7         E
Get your kicks on Route six - ty - six.

	    C#7       F#7   B7         E     A    B7     E6
Get your kicks on Route six - ty - six.

Composer Troup had a couple of other claims to fame. From 1972-77 he was a featured performer on the TV show "Emergency." Another claim to fame was the fact he was married to co-star (and recording artist) Jule London, who had gained singing fame more than 15 years previously with "Cry Me A River."

The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.