as sung by Peggy Lee on the album "Peggy Lee Sings Cross Country"
E
I'm goin' to Kansas City. Kansas City, here I come.
A A7 E
I'm goin' to Kansas City. Kansas City, here I come.
B7
They got some swingin little fellas there,
A E B7
And I'm gonna get me one.
E E7
I'm gonna pack my clothes, leave at the crack of dawn.
A A7 E
I'm gonna pack my clothes, leave at the crack of dawn.
B7 A E
And everybody will be sleepin won know I gone.
A E
Might take a train, might take a plane.
A E E7
If I have to walk, I'm going just the same.
E
I going to Kansas City. Kansas City here I come
B7 A E
They got some swingin little fellas there. I gonna get me one.
Instrumental solo
E
I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come,
A A7 E
I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come.
B7 A E
They got some swingin little fellas there, and I'm gonna get me one
B7 A E
They got some swingin little fellas there'm gonna get me one.
On another recording, Peggy Lee sang this additional Bridge:
If I stay with that man I'm surely gonna die.
Got to find a brand-new baby and that's the reason why