Randy Newman

“Since you're the ^Dm deleg ^A ate from Kan ^Dm sas
Will you ^Dm kindly t ^A ake the f ^Dm loor
And tell us ^Dm what is ^F Kansas th ^Bb inking
And ^Bdim what is ^A7 Kansas ^Dm for?”
“W ^A7 ell
^Dm Kansas is ^F for the f ^A armer
We stand beh ^Dm ind the l ^F ittle m ^A an
And we need a f ^Dm irehouse ^F in T ^Bb opeka
So ^Bdim help us ^A7 if you ^Dm can”
Ahh da ^Dm da, da d ^A a, da da ^Dm daa
Ah da ^Dm da, da d ^A aaa, da ^Dm daa
Ah da da ^Dm da, da d ^F aaa, da d ^Bb ada
^{Bdim A7 Dm}
“I see the g ^Dm entlem ^A an from ^Dm Utah
Our fr ^Dm iendly B ^F eehive St ^A ate
How c ^Dm an we h ^F elp you ^Bb Utah?
How ^Bdim can we m ^A7 ake ya ^Dm great?”
“ ^A7 Well
We gotta ^Dm irrig ^F ate our des ^A erts
We've got to ^Dm get some th ^F ings to gr ^A ow
And we've gotta t ^Dm ell this c ^F ountry about ^Bb Utah
Bdim A7 NC
Cause nobody seems to know
^{Dm A Dm A
Dm} ove ^F r ^Bb singing, to fade
Chords:
Dm: xx0231
A: x02220
A7: x02020
F: 133211
Bb: 688766
Bdim: xx3434
These are the chords as I hear them. An excellent song
from a wonderful debut by a brilliant songwriter.
- Aaron Fritschner