There are a couple of ways to play the main riff :
D5G5F5D5D5G5F5D5E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|---7-12---10-7---7-|-12---10-7---------|
D|---7-12---10-7---7-|-12---10-7---------|
A|---5-10---8--5---5-|-10---8--5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
or
E|----------------------|-------------------|
B|----------------------|-------------------|
G|------12---10---------|-12---10-----------|
D|---12-12---10-12---12-|-12---10-12--------|
A|---12-10---8--12---12-|-10---8--12--------|
E|---10---------10---10-|---------10--------|
[Chords]
D5: x-5 -7 -7 -x-x or 10-12-12-x-x-x
F5: x-8 -10-10-x-x
G5: x-10-12-12-x-x or 3-5-5-x-x-x
A5: x-12-14-14-x-x or 5-7-7-x-x-x
[Intro]
D5
(followed by main riff) x4
[Verse 1]
D5G5D5 (riff)
Well, if you ever plan to motor west
G5D5 (riff)
Travel my way, take the highway that's the best
A5G5D5 (riff)
Get your kicks on Route 66
D5G5D5 (riff)
Well, it winds from Chicago to A
G5D5 (riff)
More than two thousand miles all the way
A5G5D5 (riff)
Get your kicks on Route 66
[Bridge]
D5D5
Well, it goes to St. Louis, down to Missouri
D5D5D5D5D5
Oklahoma City looks so, so pretty
G5D5
You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico
A5G5
Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Wynonna
D5
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino
[Chorus]
D5G5D5 (riff)
If you get hip to this kind of tip
G5D5 (riff)
And go take that California trip
A5G5D5 (riff)
Get your kicks on Route 66
[Interlude] (all x4, flute arranged for guitar)
DmFmE|-9---------------|-------------|-12----------------|-------------|
B|---10-------9-10-|-------------|----13-------12-13-|-------------|
G|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
D|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
A|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
E|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|BbAbE|-------------20-19-|-------------|-------------20-19-|-------------|
B|-18----------------|-------------|-18----------------|-------------|
G|----16-------------|-------------|----16-------------|-------------|
D|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
A|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
E|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
[Bridge]
D5D5
Well, it goes to St. Louis, down to Missouri
D5D5D5D5D5
Oklahoma City looks so, so pretty
G5D5
You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico
A5G5
Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Wynonna
D5
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino
[Chorus]
D5G5D5 (riff)
If you get hip to this kind of tip
G5D5 (riff)
And go take that California trip
A5G5D5 (riff)
Get your kicks on Route 66
[Outro]
A5G5D5 (riff)
Get your kicks on Route 66