Kokomo    (intro) (midi)

 

       G

    Aruba, Jamaica, oh I wanna take ya,

             C

    Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama,

             G                                                                   C

    Key Largo, Montego, baby, why don't we go, Jamaica.

 

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1. Off the Florida Keys,               there's a place called Kokomo,

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    that's where you wanna go to get away from it all.

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    Bodies in the sand,      tropical drink melting in your hand,

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    we'll be falling in love to the rhythm of a steel drum band.

 

    Down in Koko(mo).

 

    G                                                                 

Aruba, Jamaica, oh,  I wanna take ya to

         C

Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama.

         G                                                                        C

Key Largo, Montego, oh, I wanna take her down to Kokomo.

         Am                                        G               

We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow,

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that's where we wanna go,

                               G

way down in Kokomo.

 

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Martinique, that Monserate mystique.

 

   G                         Bm  Dm                                     C       

2.   We'll put out to sea,       and we'll perfect our chemistry,

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    by and by we'll defy a little bit of gravity.

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    Afternoon delight,      cocktails and moonlit nights

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    that dreamy look in your eye give me a tropical contact high,

 

    way down in Koko(mo).  + CHORUS

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+ Port Au Prince, I wanna catch a glimpse.

 

3. Instr. : (= stanza 2, lines 1 + 2)  G - Bm - Dm - C - Am - G - Am - D

G                    Bm    Dm                            C

    Everybody knows      a little place like Kokomo,

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    now if you wanna go and get away from it all,

 

    go down to Koko(mo).   + CHORUS ......

 

(capo 5th)

 

    (The Beach Boys)