Kansas City Chords

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Kansas City by Peggy Lee is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, A7, B7 and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			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 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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