Kokomo Tabs & Lyrics by Adam Green
Kokomo
guitar tabs lyrics
Song: Kokomo
Artist: Adam Green
Tabbed by: Pautu
Standard tuning
n/chord:
Aruba, Jamaica, uh I wanna take ya, Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego, baby why don't we go to Jamaica...
Verse 1:
C Cmaj7
Off the Florida Keys
C7 F Fm
There's a place called Kokomo
C Dm G7
That's where you wanna go to get away from it all
C Cmaj7
Bodies in the sand
C7 F Fm
Tropical drink melting in your hand
C Dm
We'll be falling in love to the rhythm of a steel drum band
G
Way down in Kokomo
Chorus:
C F
Aruba, Jamaica, uh I wanna take ya to Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama
C F
Key Largo, Montego...Baby why don't we go down to Kokomo,
Fm C (*fill-> A sting: 3-2-0
We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow last note hits at the
following Am chord)
Am Dm G
That's where we want to go
(C)
Way down in Kokomo
End-fill:
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|--3---2h3---2h3-2h3-2h3------|
E|-------------------------3\--|
Verse 2:
C Cmaj7
We'll go out to sea
C7 F Fm
And perfect our chemistry
C Dm G7
By and by we'll defy a little bit of gravity (uoho)
C Cmaj7
Afternoon delights
C7 F Fm
Cocktails and moonlit nights
C Dm G
That dreamy look in your eye gives me a tropical contact high
Way down in Kokomo
-->(Chorus w/ both fills)
-->(saxo solo) over verse chords (C Cmaj7 C7 F Fm C Dm G)
Verse 3:
C Cmaj7
Everybody knows (everybody knows)
C7 F Fm
A little place like Kokomo
C Dm G
Now if you wanna go to get away from it all
go down to Kokomo
-->Chorus x2 (first time acapella, till 'Way down in Kokomo' where guitar comes
in again (no end-fill in here) and continues for the second time):
G
...Way down in Kokomo
C F
Aruba, Jamaica, uh I wanna take ya to Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama
C F
Key Largo, Montego...Baby why don't we go down to Kokomo,
Fm C (*fill)
We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow
Am Dm
That's where we want to go
G C C C
Way down in Ko-ko-mo
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\ : slide down
h : hammer-on
