Chords for The Beach Boys "Kokomo"

Tempo:
115.6 bpm
Chords used:

C

F

Fm

G

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Beach Boys "Kokomo" chords
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I wanna take you to Bermuda, Panama, Colombia, Monterrey, Santiago, Honolulu, visit the
Latin, we go to Jamaica, visit the Florida [C] Keys.
[Gm] There's a place [F] called Kokomo, [Fm] that's where [C] you wanna go, take [D] it away from it all.
[G]
[C] Bodies in the sand, [Gm] topical drinking, [F] we'll [Fm] be falling [C] in love, to the rhythm [D] of a steel
unit [G] band, down in [C] Copa.
Aruba, Jamaica, who I wanna [E] take it, [F] Bermuda, Bahama, got my pretty [Bb] mama, [C] Hidalgo, Montego, maybe [Bb] Guadalquivir.
We [F] gotta go to Kokomo, [Fm]
get there fast [C] enough to make it slow, [Am]
that's where [Dm] we wanna go,
[G]
we gotta [C] go to Kokomo.
We are going to the Monterrey station, you have to see, [Gm] we'll perfect [F] our chemistry,
[Fm] by and by we'll [C] defy a little [D] bit of gravity.
[G]
[C]
Afternoon delight, [Gm] cocktails [F] and moonlit nights, [Fm] that dreamy looking [C] crowd, give me a [D] topical
contact, [G]
way down in [C] Copa.
Aruba, Jamaica, who I wanna [Bb] take it, [F] Bermuda, Bahama, got my pretty [Bb] mama, [Cm] Hidalgo, Montego,
maybe Guadalquivir.
We [F] gotta go to Kokomo, [Fm]
get there fast [C] enough to make it slow, [Am]
that's where [Dm] we wanna go,
[G]
we gotta go [C] to Kokomo.
Prince, I wanna catch a glimpse,
[Gm] [C] [F]
[Fm] [C]
[D] [G]
[C] everybody knows, [Gm] a little place [F] like Kokomo.
[Fm] Now if you [C] wanna go, and [D] get away for a little while, [G]
go down to [C] Kokomo.
Aruba, Jamaica, who I wanna take it, [F] Bermuda, Bahama, got my pretty [Bb] mama, [C] Hidalgo, Montego,
maybe Guadalquivir.
We gotta go [F] to Kokomo, [Fm]
get there fast [C] enough to make it slow, [Am]
that's where [Dm] we wanna go,
[G]
we gotta go to [C] Kokomo.
Aruba, Jamaica, who I wanna take it, [F] Bermuda, Bahama, got my pretty mama, [C] Hidalgo, Montego,
[N]
Key:  
C
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F
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Fm
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G
2131
Gm
123111113
C
3211
F
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Fm
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I wanna take you to Bermuda, Panama, _ Colombia, Monterrey, Santiago, Honolulu, visit the
Latin, we go to Jamaica, visit the Florida [C] Keys. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ There's a place [F] called Kokomo, _ [Fm] _ that's where [C] you wanna go, take [D] it away from it all.
[G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ Bodies in the sand, _ [Gm] _ topical drinking, [F] we'll _ _ _ [Fm] _ be falling [C] in love, to the rhythm [D] of a steel
unit [G] band, down in [C] Copa.
Aruba, Jamaica, who I wanna [E] take it, [F] Bermuda, Bahama, got my pretty [Bb] mama, [C] Hidalgo, Montego, maybe [Bb] Guadalquivir.
We [F] gotta go to Kokomo, [Fm]
get there fast [C] enough to make it slow, [Am] _
that's where [Dm] we wanna go,
[G] _
we gotta [C] go to Kokomo.
We are going to the Monterrey station, _ you have to _ see, [Gm] _ we'll perfect [F] our chemistry,
_ _ [Fm] by and by we'll [C] defy a little [D] bit of gravity.
_ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
Afternoon delight, _ [Gm] _ cocktails [F] and moonlit nights, [Fm] that dreamy looking [C] crowd, give me a [D] topical
contact, _ [G]
way down in [C] Copa.
Aruba, Jamaica, who I wanna [Bb] take it, [F] Bermuda, Bahama, _ got my pretty [Bb] mama, [Cm] Hidalgo, Montego,
maybe Guadalquivir.
We [F] gotta go to Kokomo, [Fm]
get there fast [C] enough to make it slow, [Am] _
that's where [Dm] we wanna go,
[G]
we gotta go [C] to Kokomo.
Prince, I wanna catch a glimpse, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ everybody _ knows, _ _ [Gm] a little place [F] like Kokomo.
_ [Fm] _ Now if you [C] wanna go, and [D] get away for a little while, [G]
go down to [C] Kokomo.
Aruba, Jamaica, who I wanna take it, [F] Bermuda, Bahama, _ got my pretty [Bb] mama, [C] Hidalgo, Montego,
maybe Guadalquivir.
We gotta go [F] to Kokomo, _ [Fm]
get there fast [C] enough to make it slow, [Am] _
that's where [Dm] we wanna go,
_ [G]
we gotta go to [C] Kokomo.
Aruba, Jamaica, who I wanna take it, [F] Bermuda, Bahama, got my pretty mama, [C] Hidalgo, Montego, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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Among the tracks on the album The Finest, written by Roland Gift and David Steele, this one stands out.

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