Route 66 by Depeche Mode
(B-side of single "Behind The Wheel")
[Main Riff]
There are a couple of ways to play the main riff :
D5 G5 F5 D5 D5 G5 F5 D5
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-----------|
D|---12-12---10-12---12-|-12---10-12--------|
A|---12-10---8--12---12-|-10---8--12--------|
E|---10---------10---10-|---------10--------|
[Chords]
D5: x-5 -7 -7 -x-x or 10-12-12-x-x-x
F5: x-8 -10-10-x-x
G5: x-10-12-12-x-x or 3-5-5-x-x-x
A5: x-12-14-14-x-x or 5-7-7-x-x-x
[Intro]
D5
(followed by main riff) x4
[Verse 1]
D5 G5 D5 (riff)
Well, if you ever plan to motor west
G5 D5 (riff)
Travel my way, take the highway that's the best
A5 G5 D5 (riff)
Get your kicks on Route 66
D5 G5 D5 (riff)
Well, it winds from Chicago to LA
G5 D5 (riff)
More than two thousand miles all the way
A5 G5 D5 (riff)
Get your kicks on Route 66
[Bridge]
D5 D5
Well, it goes to St. Louis, down to Missouri
D5 D5 D5 D5 D5
Oklahoma City looks so, so pretty
G5 D5
You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico
A5 G5
Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Wynonna
D5
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino
[Chorus]
D5 G5 D5 (riff)
If you get hip to this kind of tip
G5 D5 (riff)
And go take that California trip
A5 G5 D5 (riff)
Get your kicks on Route 66
[Interlude] (all x4, flute arranged for guitar)
Dm Fm
e|-9---------------|-------------|-12----------------|-------------|
B|---10-------9-10-|-------------|----13-------12-13-|-------------|
G|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
D|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
A|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
E|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
Bb Ab
e|-------------20-19-|-------------|-------------20-19-|-------------|
B|-18----------------|-------------|-18----------------|-------------|
G|----16-------------|-------------|----16-------------|-------------|
D|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
A|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
E|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
[Bridge]
D5 D5
Well, it goes to St. Louis, down to Missouri
D5 D5 D5 D5 D5
Oklahoma City looks so, so pretty
G5 D5
You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico
A5 G5
Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Wynonna
D5
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino
[Chorus]
D5 G5 D5 (riff)
If you get hip to this kind of tip
G5 D5 (riff)
And go take that California trip
A5 G5 D5 (riff)
Get your kicks on Route 66
[Outro]
A5 G5 D5 (riff)
Get your kicks on Route 66
(Repeat x5 and fade out)Route 66 chords and lyrics
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Route 66 by Depeche Mode (B-side of single "Behind The Wheel") [Main Riff] or [Intro] [Verse 1] [Bridge] [Chorus] [Bridge] [Chorus] [Outro] (Repeat x5 and fade out)
Route 66 Chords by Depeche Mode
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