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Kansas City

Words and Music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (both at age 19) - 1952

Became a #1 hit when it was recorded by Wilbert Harrison in 1959 and also received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Verse:
C	-	-	C7
F	-	C	-
G7	F7	C	-
Chorus:
C	-	-	C7
F	-	C	-
G7	F7	C	-
-	-	-	C7
F	-	C	-
G7	F7	C	-     (repeat chorus)

8-beat intro. Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

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

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

They got a crazy way of lov'in there and Im gonna get me some.

 

Chorus:

I'm gonna be standin' on the corner,  Twelfth street and Vine.

I'm gonna be standin' on the corner,  Twelfth street and Vine.

With my Kansas City baby and a bottle of Kansas City wine.

Well I might take a train,  I might take a plain,  But if I have to walk,  I'm goin' just the same.

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

They got a crazy way of lov'in there and I'm gonna get me some.

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Performer Links:

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Listen to the Sacramento Banjo Band perform "Kansas City" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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