| G | |
| I'm goin' to Kansas | City |
| Kansas City, here I come |
| C | |
| I'm goin' to Kansas | City |
| G | |
| Kansas City, here I | come |
| D | |
| They've got | crazy women there and |
| C | G | |
| I'm goin' down to get me | some |
| Well, I might take a train, I might take a plane |
| But if I have to walk, I'm goin' just the same |
| C | |
| I'm goin' to Kansas | City |
| G | |
| Kansas City, here I | come |
| D | |
| They've got | crazy women there and |
| C | G | |
| I'm goin' down to get me | some |
| Verse 2: |
| Well bye, bye bye baby bye |
| Wooo so long, bye bye baby I'm gone |
| Well bye, bye bye baby bye |
| (instrumental; same pattern as verses) |
| Verse 3: |
| I'm a holl'rin' and screamin' |
| Baby please come home |
| Well, I'm a holl'rin' and screamin' |
| Don't you leave me all alone |
| Well, I'm a holl'rin' and I'm screamin' |
| Baby please come home |
| (repeat verse 2) |
| Verse 4: |
| Hey hey hey hey |
| I miss my baby, I don't mean maybe |
| I miss my baby, I don't mean maybe |
| I miss my baby, I don't mean maybe |
| I'll miss my baby until the day I die |