Route 66

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Route 66

Year: 2004 - Album: Remixes 81-04

Written by Bobby Troup

Key: D

Route 66 Key AA

Route 66 Key A#A#

Route 66 Key BB

Route 66 Key CC(one step down)

Route 66 Key C#C#(half step down)

Route 66 Key DD(original key)

Route 66 Key D#D#(half step up)

Route 66 Key EE(one step up)

Route 66 Key FF

Route 66 Key F#F#

Route 66 Key GG

Route 66 Key G#G#

	  		Main Riff
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There are several ways to play the main riff :

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
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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

         A5       G5       D5, Main Riff
Get your kicks on Route 66

Repeat to fadeout

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