Locomotion chords by Carole King

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Eb

Difficulty: Intermediate

Locomotion - Carole King

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


Intro:
| N.C | / | / | / | Eb | Eb Cm Bb | Eb | Eb Cm Bb |

Chorus:
Eb                  Cm                  Eb
Everybody's doing a brand new dance now
             Cm
Come on baby do the locomotion
  Eb
I know you'll get to like
       Cm                   Eb
If you give it a chance now
              Cm
Come on, baby do the locomotion
    Ab                      F
My little baby says you can do it with me
     Ab                        F7
It's easier than learning your A, B, C's
    Eb
So, come on,
         Bb                     Eb
Come on, do the locomotion with me

Verse 1:
                               Ab7
You gotta swing your hips now
                   Eb
Come on baby, jump up, jump down
        Bb                Bb7
Well, I think you got the knack
    Eb
Oh, now that you can do it
Cm                      Eb
Let's make a train now

Chorus:
              Cm
Come on, baby do the locomotion
Eb                          Cm              Eb
Jiggle to the motion like a railway train, now
              Cm
Come on, baby do the locomotion
Ab                       F
Do it nice and easy now, don't be too slow
  Ab                           F7
A little bit of rhythm and and whole lot of soul
Eb                Bb                     Eb
Come on, come on, do the locomotion with me

Instrumental:
| Eb | / | Ab7 | / | Eb | / | Bb | Bb7 |
| Eb | Cm |  4x
| Ab | F | Ab | F7 | Eb | Bb |
| Eb7 | / | Ab7 | / | Eb | / | Bb | / |

Chorus:
Eb                         Cm          Eb
Move around the floor in a locomotion
              Cm
Come on, baby do the locomotion
Eb                             Cm               Eb
Do it holding hands it makes you get the notion
              Cm
Come on, baby do the locomotion
Ab                     F
Everybody sees it's so easy to do
   Ab                               F7
It even makes you happy when you're feeling blue
    Eb                Bb                     Eb
So, come on, come on, do the locomotion with me

Bridge:
                           Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion
                           Eb
Come on, do the locomotion
                           Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion
                           Eb Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion

Let me hear you say
Eb
Yeah, yeah
Ab7
Yeah, yeah
   Eb
Oh yeah, oh yeah
      Ab7
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah
        Eb
I saida hey now

Hey now.
        Ab7
I saida hey now

Hey now
        Eb
I saida hey hey now

Hey hey now
       Ab7
I said yeah yeah

Yeah yeah
   Eb
Oh oh

Oh oh
   Ab7
Oh oh

Oh oh
   Eb
Oh oh woe

Oh oh woe
    Ab7
And let's go go go go go

Outro:
Eb                         Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion
                           Eb
Come on, do the locomotion
                           Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion
                           Eb
Come on, do the locomotion
                           Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion
                           Eb
Come on, do the locomotion
                           Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion
                           Eb
Come on, do the locomotion

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