Kokomo

Original Album
Still Cruisin'
Written By
John Phillips/Mike Love/Terry Melcher/Scott Mc Kenzie
Produced By
Terry Melcher
Lead Vocals
Mike with Carl
Recorded On
1988
Length
3:37
Notes
  • The surprising 1988 Beach Boys #1. Probably assisted by the Tom Cruise film "Cocktail" on which the Beach Boys perform this song, this became the fourth #1 for the group and the first charttopper since "Good Vibrations."
  • Co-written with Scott McKenzie of "San Francisco" fame and John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas.
Lyrics
Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take you
Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego baby why don't we go
Jamaica

Off the Florida Keys
There's a place called Kokomo
That's where you wanna go to get away from it all

Bodies in the sand
Tropical drink melting in your hand
We'll be falling in love
To the rhythm of a steel drum band
Down in Kokomo

Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take you
To Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego baby why don't we go

Ooo I wanna take you down to Kokomo
We'll get there fast
And then we'll take it slow
That's where we wanna go
Way down to Kokomo

To Martinique, that Monserrat mystique

We'll put out to sea
And we'll perfect our chemistry
By and by we'll defy a little bit of gravity

Afternoon delight
Cocktails and moonlit nights
That dreamy look in your eye
Give me a tropical contact high
Way down in Kokomo

Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take you
To Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego baby why don't we go

Ooo I wanna take you down to Kokomo
We'll get there fast
And then we'll take it slow
That's where we wanna go
Way down to Kokomo

Port Au Prince I wanna catch a glimpse

Everybody knows
A little place like Kokomo
Now if you wanna go
And get away from it all
Go down to Kokomo

Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take you
To Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego baby why don't we go

Ooo I wanna take you down to Kokomo
We'll get there fast
And then we'll take it slow
That's where we wanna go
Way down to Kokomo

Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take you
To Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego baby why don't we go

Ooo I wanna take you down to Kokomo
Chords
C............................................................................F
Aruba, Jamaica ooh I wanna take you, Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
..........C...........................................................................F
Key Largo, Montego, baby why don't we go, Jamaica

.................G7.......C..Cmaj7..Gm7........................F
Off the Florida Keys, there's a place called Kokomo
Fm.............................C............................D7...............G7
That's where you wanna go to get away from it all
...........................C..Cmaj7..Gm7......................F
Bodies in the sand, tropical drink melting in your hand
Fm.............................C.......................................D7.........................G7....................C
We'll be falling in love to the rhythm of a steel drum band, down in Kokomo

C..............................................................................F
Aruba, Jamaica ooh I wanna take you to Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
..........C....................................................................................F
Key Largo, Montego, ooh I wanna take you down to Kokomo
...........Fm.............................................C
We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow
Am7.......................Dm7...G7....................................C
That's where we wanna go way down to Kokomo

.........C
To Martinique, that Monserrat mystique

..............................C..Cmaj7..Gm7.......................F
We'll put out to sea, and we'll perfect our chemistry
Fm...........................C..........................D7.......G7
By and by we'll defy a little bit of gravity
.......................C..Cmaj7..Gm7.............F
Afternoon delight, cocktails and moonlit nights
Fm..........................................C.....................................D7.................G7............................C
That dreamy look in your eye give me a tropical contact high way down in Kokomo

C
Port Au Prince I wanna catch a glimpse

...................C..Cmaj7..Gm7.....................F
Everybody knows a little place like Kokomo
Fm...................C............................D7......................G7...........................C
Now if you wanna go and get away from it all, go down to Kokomo

Chart prepared by Francis Greene
Sheet Music
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