Locomotion chords by Carole King

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: Eb MajorEb

Difficulty: Intermediate

Locomotion - Carole King

Note: Instrumental only chords use | to denote a bar and / to denote a repeat.


Intro:
| N.C | / | / | / | Eb MajorEb | Eb MajorEb C minorCm Bb majorBb | Eb MajorEb | Eb MajorEb C minorCm Bb majorBb |

Chorus:
Eb MajorEb         C minorCm         Eb MajorEb
Everybody's doing a brand new dance now
       C minorCm
Come on baby do the locomotion
 Eb MajorEb
I know you'll get to like
    C minorCm          Eb MajorEb
If you give it a chance now
       C minorCm
Come on, baby do the locomotion
  AbAb           FF
My little baby says you can do it with me
   AbAb            F7F7
It's easier than learning your A, B, C's
  Eb MajorEb
So, come on,
     Bb majorBb           Eb MajorEb
Come on, do the locomotion with me

Verse 1:
                Ab7Ab7
You gotta swing your hips now
          Eb MajorEb
Come on baby, jump up, jump down
    Bb majorBb        Bb7Bb7
Well, I think you got the knack
  Eb MajorEb
Oh, now that you can do it
C minorCm           Eb MajorEb
Let's make a train now

Chorus:
       C minorCm
Come on, baby do the locomotion
Eb MajorEb             C minorCm       Eb MajorEb
Jiggle to the motion like a railway train, now
       C minorCm
Come on, baby do the locomotion
AbAb            FF
Do it nice and easy now, don't be too slow
 AbAb              F7F7
A augmentedA little bit of rhythm and and whole lot of soul
Eb MajorEb        Bb majorBb           Eb MajorEb
Come on, come on, do the locomotion with me

Instrumental:
| Eb MajorEb | / | Ab7Ab7 | / | Eb MajorEb | / | Bb majorBb | Bb7Bb7 |
| Eb MajorEb | C minorCm | 4x
| AbAb | FF | AbAb | F7F7 | Eb MajorEb | Bb majorBb |
| Eb7Eb7 | / | Ab7Ab7 | / | Eb MajorEb | / | Bb majorBb | / |

Chorus:
Eb MajorEb             C minorCm     Eb MajorEb
Move around the floor in a locomotion
       C minorCm
Come on, baby do the locomotion
Eb MajorEb               C minorCm        Eb MajorEb
Do it holding hands it makes you get the notion
       C minorCm
Come on, baby do the locomotion
AbAb           FF
Everybody sees it's so easy to do
  AbAb                F7F7
It even makes you happy when you're feeling blue
  Eb MajorEb        Bb majorBb           Eb MajorEb
So, come on, come on, do the locomotion with me

Bridge:
              Ab7Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion
              Eb MajorEb
Come on, do the locomotion
              Ab7Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion
              Eb MajorEb Ab7Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion

Let me hear you say
Eb MajorEb
Yeah, yeah
Ab7Ab7
Yeah, yeah
  Eb MajorEb
Oh yeah, oh yeah
   Ab7Ab7
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah
    Eb MajorEb
I saida hey now

Hey now.
    Ab7Ab7
I saida hey now

Hey now
    Eb MajorEb
I saida hey hey now

Hey hey now
    Ab7Ab7
I said yeah yeah

Yeah yeah
  Eb MajorEb
Oh oh

Oh oh
  Ab7Ab7
Oh oh

Oh oh
  Eb MajorEb
Oh oh woe

Oh oh woe
  Ab7Ab7
And let's go go go go go

Outro:
Eb MajorEb             Ab7Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion
              Eb MajorEb
Come on, do the locomotion
              Ab7Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion
              Eb MajorEb
Come on, do the locomotion
              Ab7Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion
              Eb MajorEb
Come on, do the locomotion
              Ab7Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion
              Eb MajorEb
Come on, do the locomotion

Come on, come on
Bb majorBb           Eb MajorEb
Do the locomotion with me