by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Intro: Last line of verse - Melvin Kicks it off
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| I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City here I c | ome, |
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| I'm goin' t | o Kansas City, Kansas City, here I | come. |
| C | G7 | C | G7 |
| They got some | crazy little women there, and I'm gonna get me | one. |
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| I'm gonna be standin' on the corner, Twelfth Street and V | ine. |
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| I'm gonna be | standin' on the corner, | Twelfth Street and Vine. |
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| With my | Kansas City baby, and a | bottle of Kansas City | wine. |
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| If I s | tay with that woman I know I'm going to d | ie |
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| Have to f | ind a friendly baby that's the reason w | hy |
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| I'm goin' t | o Kansas City, K | ansas City, here | I come. |
| G7 | F | C | |
| They got some | crazy little women there, and I | 'm gonna get me | one. |
| G7 | F | C | |
| They got some | crazy little women there, and I | 'm gonna get me | one. |