Mr. Freddie's Kokomo Blues

Mr. Freddie's Kokomo Blues-Freddie Spruell
Spruell and Carl Martin, 12 and 6-string guitars, respectively, in E position, standard tuning

INTRO SOLO, 4 BARS +

Won't you come on, baby, come on, baby, and let's go back to Kokomo
That's a small town way up in Michigan, tell daddy, don't you want to go?

Now, these women 'round Chicago screamin', holl'in' 'bout the times so hard
And the women in Kokomo, baby, they drinkin' liquor from rail 'cross the bar
Why don't you come on, baby, come on, and let's go back to Kokomo
Yes, I'm leavin' here tomorrow mornin', tell me, baby, don't you want to go?

Kokomo is about the best city, I declare, that I have ever saw
You can break 'em down both night and day, and won't be worried and bothered with no law
Why don't you come on, baby, come on, and let's go back to Kokomo
Yes, I'm leavin' here tomorrow mornin', now tell daddy, don't you want to go?

Now, I'll tell you all about that city, I declare, it ain't no great large town
But everywhere you go in Kokomo, baby, you find the womens there breakin' 'em down
Why don't you come on and go with me, baby, I declare I'm goin' back to Kokomo
Yes, I'm leavin' here tomorrow mornin', baby, tell me, don't you want to go?

Listen now, Mary had a little lamb, I mean, its fleece was white as snow
Mary take that little lamb with her to 'most every place that she go
She went down to the depot agent, said, "Give me a ticket back to Kokomo."
Depot agent looked down at Mary's lamb, said, "Mary, I declare your lamb can't go."
She 'lowed, "Yes, come on, baby, come on, I declare I'm goin' back to Kokomo
Why don't you come on, baby, listen, tell me, don't you want to go?"

I'm gonna buy you a ticket, baby, only cost us $19.75
I have buyed you a ticket, baby, only cost us $19.75
When that train leave tomorrow mornin', I wants to catch that mornin' train and ride


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