Kansas City chords by Otis Gibbs

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
C majorC G/BG/B


Verse 1:

A minorAm           FF      C majorC     C majorC G/BG/B
 There's a light that fades from a young man

A minorAm          FF       C majorC           G+G
 When you're old and gray, well, ya can't find the time of day

A minorAm        FF       C majorC           FF
 Ain't no one to meet, seekin' shelter from the dead end streets

   C majorC     G+G      C majorC   C majorC G/BG/B
In a hotel room  in Kansas City

Verse 2:

A minorAm          FF          C majorC    C majorC G/BG/B
 From the sunflower state, a fool came a-callin'

A minorAm        FF       C majorC        G+G
 Sat down at the bar where the uptown ramblers meet

A minorAm       FF      C majorC          FF
 Half a mile away you can still hear them guitars ring

     C majorC        G+G      C majorC   C majorC G/BG/B
They were ringin' for you  in Kansas City


Instrumental:
A minorAm  FF  C majorC C majorC G/BG/B
A minorAm  FF  C majorC  G+G
A minorAm  FF  C majorC  FF
C majorC  G+G  C majorC C majorC G/BG/B


Verse 3:

A minorAm           FF        C majorC    C majorC G/BG/B
 I could sit here for days waiting for answers

A minorAm         FF        C majorC         G+G
 Or I could hop a train, what the hell have I got to lose?

A minorAm            FF      C majorC    FF
 A augmentedA million things on my mind, just a hobo passin' time

     C majorC         G+G      C majorC   C majorC G/BG/B
And I was thinkin' about you  in Kansas City

Verse 4:

A minorAm       FF     C majorC
 For a time I lived in a day's dream

A minorAm       FF       C majorC        G+G
 When I last awoke I was in somebody else's head

A minorAm         FF   C majorC           FF
 Seven hours in a car, 45 minutes singin' in a bar

     C majorC         G+G      C majorC   C majorC G/BG/B
And I was thinkin' about you  in Kansas City


Verse 5:

A minorAm           FF      C majorC     C majorC G/BG/B
 There's a light that fades from a young man

A minorAm          FF       C majorC           G+G
 When you're old and gray, well, ya can't find the time of day

A minorAm        FF       C majorC           FF
 Ain't no one to meet, seekin' shelter from a dead end street

   C majorC     G+G      A minorAm  FF
In a hotel room  in Kansas City

   C majorC         G+G      C majorC   G+G C majorC
I was thinkin' about you  in Kansas City