Key: G 🎸 Verse 1: G 70 miles an hour down a gravel road G Crank down the window, get the paper throwed C High on the banks, don’t hit the flowers G Read all about it in the wee wee hours D C We’re front page news, we’re the big headline Bb7 We’re coming to your town G We’re the Kansas City Times
🎸 Verse 2: G I never read further than the fold in the page G Gotta keep my eye on the temperature gauge C Steering with my knees, rolling with my hands G Thermos full of coffee and a lap full of rubber bands D C Taking in the scenery and the scene of the crime Bb7 G I’m the news of the world I’m the Kansas City Times {Bridge] C Campy Campaneris stole a base last night G I’m stealing fire from the meteorites C Coming down around me like a heavenly dome Am D In three more hours I’ll be heavenly home 🎸 Solo: G G C G D C Bb7 G {Bridge] C Marilyn Maye’s at the Top of the Crown G Milton Abel Betty Miller are holding it down C At the Playboy Club where I’ve never been Am D And I never will, amen, amen, amen 🎸 Verse 3: G I’m way out ahead of the county snow plows G My big old Plymouth gets stuck every now and then C I get some farmer to tractor me out G Then I’m back on the road, running the route D C Mull Singing Convention I harmonize Bb7 G Glory Hallelujah I’m the Kansas City Times D G I’m the Kansas City Times D G Kansas City Times
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