Locomotion chords by Carole King

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Eb

Difficulty: Intermediate

Locomotion - Carole King

Note: Instrumental only chords use | to denote a bar and / to denote a repeat.


Intro:
| N.C | / | / | / | Eb | Eb Cm Bb | Eb | Eb Cm Bb |

Chorus:
Eb         Cm         Eb
Everybody's doing a brand new dance now
       Cm
Come on baby do the locomotion
 Eb
I know you'll get to like
    Cm          Eb
If you give it a chance now
       Cm
Come on, baby do the locomotion
  Ab           F
My little baby says you can do it with me
   Ab            F7
It's easier than learning your A, B, C's
  Eb
So, come on,
     Bb           Eb
Come on, do the locomotion with me

Verse 1:
                Ab7
You gotta swing your hips now
          Eb
Come on baby, jump up, jump down
    Bb        Bb7
Well, I think you got the knack
  Eb
Oh, now that you can do it
Cm           Eb
Let's make a train now

Chorus:
       Cm
Come on, baby do the locomotion
Eb             Cm       Eb
Jiggle to the motion like a railway train, now
       Cm
Come on, baby do the locomotion
Ab            F
Do it nice and easy now, don't be too slow
 Ab              F7
A little bit of rhythm and and whole lot of soul
Eb        Bb           Eb
Come on, come on, do the locomotion with me

Instrumental:
| Eb | / | Ab7 | / | Eb | / | Bb | Bb7 |
| Eb | Cm | 4x
| Ab | F | Ab | F7 | Eb | Bb |
| Eb7 | / | Ab7 | / | Eb | / | Bb | / |

Chorus:
Eb             Cm     Eb
Move around the floor in a locomotion
       Cm
Come on, baby do the locomotion
Eb               Cm        Eb
Do it holding hands it makes you get the notion
       Cm
Come on, baby do the locomotion
Ab           F
Everybody sees it's so easy to do
  Ab                F7
It even makes you happy when you're feeling blue
  Eb        Bb           Eb
So, come on, come on, do the locomotion with me

Bridge:
              Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion
              Eb
Come on, do the locomotion
              Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion
              Eb Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion

Let me hear you say
Eb
Yeah, yeah
Ab7
Yeah, yeah
  Eb
Oh yeah, oh yeah
   Ab7
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah
    Eb
I saida hey now

Hey now.
    Ab7
I saida hey now

Hey now
    Eb
I saida hey hey now

Hey hey now
    Ab7
I said yeah yeah

Yeah yeah
  Eb
Oh oh

Oh oh
  Ab7
Oh oh

Oh oh
  Eb
Oh oh woe

Oh oh woe
  Ab7
And let's go go go go go

Outro:
Eb             Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion
              Eb
Come on, do the locomotion
              Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion
              Eb
Come on, do the locomotion
              Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion
              Eb
Come on, do the locomotion
              Ab7
Come on, do the locomotion
              Eb
Come on, do the locomotion

Come on, come on
Bb           Eb
Do the locomotion with me