Kansas City Kitty
Music by Walter Donaldson
Key: C
Lyrics by Edgar Leslie
Copyright 1929

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File Created 10/31/20
File Updated 09/13/2021

Verse 1:

C                     G7
Chicago Charlie was a good time
Dm7G7 C
Ro-me-o
He'd love a gal, then whisper,
G7         Dm7   G7C
"good-bye, cheer-i-o"

E7           Am
Just like Na-po-leon,
E7               Am
Love got Charlie too
       D7          G       Ddim
Here's how Chicago Charlie said
   D7      Am7 D7 G7  DbdimG7
He met his Wat-er-loo

Chorus 1:

C             Ab7
I left Frisco Kate
C                   E7  A7
Swingin' on the Gold-en Gate
     D7          G7              C
When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me!
DbdimG7


C             Ab7
I left Ma and Pa,
       C       E7 A7
Out in O-ma-ha-ha-ha
     D7          G7              C
When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me

E7                              A7
She comes from Missouri and she showed me
D7                            G7   G7+
Like a Texas steer she buf-fa-loed me

C             Ab7
Ev'ry Jim and Jack
        C               E7 A7
Got the well known Hack-en-sack
     D7          G7              C
When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me!
DbdimG7


Verse 2:

C
Chicago Charlie's singing,
G7       Dm7 G7  C
“No more wed-ding bells."
He's got a sore throat singing
G7       Dm7G7 C
”no more ba by-yells."

E7           Am
They wake the neighbors
E7                 Am
When they start to cry
    D7             G     Ddim
And Charlie has to pac-i-fy them
D7        Am7 D7 G7DbdimG7
With this lul-la-by

Chorus 2:

C                 Ab7
I just played the chill
        C          E7   A7
For the famous Dia-mond Lill
     D7          G7              C
When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me!
DbdimG7


C               Ab7
Folks in New Ro-chelle
       C             E7       A7
Said, "He ain't done right by Nell"
      D7          G7              C
Since Kansas City Kitty smiled at me!

E7                                A7
I gave Georgia Brown my watchcase Sunday
D7                                   G7  G7+
I gave Louisville Lou the "works" on Mon-day

C                 Ab7
I passed up those Queens,
           C       E7    A7
Like you'd pass up Boston Beans
     D7          G7              C  A7
When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me!

     D7          G7              C
When Kansas City Kitty smiled at me
B6C6


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