Main Riff
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There are several ways to play the main riff :

e|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|-7--12--10-7--7-12--10-7--------
D|-7--12--10-7--7-12--10-7--------
A|-5--10--8--5--5-10--8--5--------
E|--------------------------------

or

e|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|-----12--10--------12--10-7-----
D|-12--12--10-12--12-12--10-7-----
A|-12--10--8--12--12-10--8--5-----
E|-10---------10--10--------------

Chords
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Intro: B5 followed by main riff 4

B5 B5 B5, Main Riff
Well if you ever plan to motor west

B5 B5, Main Riff
Travel my way, take the highway that's the best

F5 B5 B5, Main Riff
Get your kicks on Route 66

B5 B5, Main Riff
Well it winds from Chicago to LA

B5 B5, Main Riff
More than two thousand miles all the way

F5 B5 B5, Main Riff
Get your kicks on Route 66

B5WelB5l it goes to St. Louis, down to Missouri

B5 B5 B5 B5 B5 [Strike chord at these points]
Oklahoma City looks so, so pretty

B5YouB5'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico

F5FlaB5gstaff, Arizona, don't forget Wynonna

B5Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino

B5 B5 B5, Main Riff
If you get hip to this kind of tip

B5 B5, Main Riff
And Go take that California trip

F5 B5 B5, Main Riff
Get your kicks on Route 66

[Chord sequence from Behind The Wheel] [played 3 semitones higher]

b c fis7 C# [two bars each] [play 4 times]

[Following chords as for previous verses]

Well it goes to St. Louis, down to Missouri
Oklahoma City looks so, so pretty
You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Wynonna
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino

If you get hip to this kind of tip
And Go take that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66

F5 B5 B5, Main Riff
Get your kicks on Route 66

[Repeat to fadeout]