Kansas City
Intro / Verse:
D Em G D 2x
The
D
river is deep and the
river is deep and the
Em
river is wide, and the
river is wide, and the
G
girl that I love is on the
girl that I love is on the
D
other side.
other side.
She wants to
D
move to Kansas City,
move to Kansas City,
Em
move to Kansas City:
move to Kansas City:
“
G
Move, pretty baby, where the
Move, pretty baby, where the
D
sky is so blue.”
sky is so blue.”
D Em G D 2x
She’s
D
walking down Ellum,
walking down Ellum,
Em
turning down Main,
turning down Main,
G
trying to find someone to
trying to find someone to
D
sell her cocaine.
sell her cocaine.
She wants to
D
move to Kansas City,
move to Kansas City,
Em
move to Kansas City:
move to Kansas City:
“
G
Move, pretty baby, where the
Move, pretty baby, where the
D
sky is so blue.”
sky is so blue.”
D Em G D 2x
With a
D
dayful of promises
dayful of promises
Em
dead on her lips, Mark 1
dead on her lips, Mark 1
G
5:34 tucked
5:34 tucked
D
next to her hip,
next to her hip,
she wants to
D
move to Kansas City,
move to Kansas City,
Em
move to Kansas City:
move to Kansas City:
“
G
Move, pretty baby, where the
Move, pretty baby, where the
D
sky is so blue.”
sky is so blue.”
I
D
jumped in the water and
jumped in the water and
Em
started to drown. I
started to drown. I
G
thought of her walking and
thought of her walking and
D
turned back around.
turned back around.
I want to
D
move to Kansas City,
move to Kansas City,
Em
move to Kansas, I want
move to Kansas, I want
G
pretty baby, where the
pretty baby, where the
D
sky is so blue.
sky is so blue.
D Em G D 2x
With her
D
pair of old wings that
pair of old wings that
Em
opened just once,
opened just once,
she can
G
walk on two feet now, she can
walk on two feet now, she can
D
go where she wants.
go where she wants.
She can even
D
move to Kansas City,
move to Kansas City,
Em
move to Kansas City,
move to Kansas City,
G
move, pretty baby, where the
move, pretty baby, where the
D
sky is so blue.
sky is so blue.
And I’ll
D
tell you one thing that you
tell you one thing that you
Em
should never do
should never do
never
G
let no woman tell
let no woman tell
D
you she loves you.
you she loves you.
She’ll
D
call you “baby,” she’ll
call you “baby,” she’ll
Em
look in your eye,
look in your eye,
then she’ll
G
get on that airplane and
get on that airplane and
D
wave
wave
“bye bye bye bye bye bye, baby.”
And if
D
I could believe what I
I could believe what I
Em
want to believe,
want to believe,
I’d
G
hold you all close and
hold you all close and
D
take you with me,
take you with me,
all of
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you to Kansas City,
you to Kansas City,
Em
you to Kansas City with
you to Kansas City with
G
me, yeah, where the
me, yeah, where the
D
sky is so blue.
sky is so blue.
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