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--10-7-----
D|-12--12--10-12--12-12--10-7-----
A|-12--10--8--12--12-10--8--5-----
E|-10---------10--10--------------

Chords
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Intro: D5 followed by main riff * 4

        D5       G5            D5, Main Riff 
Well if you ever plan to motor west

       G5                                  D5, Main Riff
Travel my way, take the highway that's the best

         A5      G5       D5, Main Riff
Get your kicks on Route 66

                   G5         D5, Main Riff
Well it winds from Chicago to LA

          G5                     D5, Main Riff
More than two thousand miles all the way

         A5       G5       D5, Main Riff
Get your kicks on Route 66

        D5                 D5
Well it goes to St. Louis, down to Missouri

D5       D5         D5  D5 D5     [Strike chord at these points]
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

   D5      G5                  D5, Main Riff
If you get hip to this kind of tip

    G5                      D5, Main Riff
And go take that California trip

         A5       G5       D5, Main Riff
Get your kicks on Route 66

[Chord sequence from Behind The Wheel, played 3 semitones higher]

Dm   Fm   Bbm7   C#    [two bars each, play 4 times]

[Following chords as for previous verses]

Well it goes to St. Louis, down to Missouri
Oklahoma City looks so, so pretty
You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Wynonna
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino

If you get hip to this kind of tip
And go take that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66

         A5       G5       D5, Main Riff
Get your kicks on Route 66

[Repeat to fadeout]