| G | Em |
| Everybody’s doin’ a br | and new dance now |
| G | Em | |
| (C | ome on, baby, d | o the locomotion) |
| G | Em | |
| I kn | ow you'll get to like it if you g | ive it a chance now |
| G | Em | |
| (C | ome on, baby, d | o the locomotion) |
| C | Am | |
| My l | ittle baby sister can d | o it with ease |
| C | A7 | |
| It’s | easier than learning your | ABCs |
| D7 | G | |
| So c | ome on, come on, do the locomotion with m | e |
| G | |
| You gotta sw | ing your hips now |
| C | |
| C | ome on, baby, jump up, jump back |
| D7 | |
| Oh, well, I th | ink you’ve got the knack |
| G | Em | |
| N | ow that you can do it, l | et’s make a chain now |
| G | Em | |
| (C | ome on, baby, d | o the locomotion) |
| G | Em | |
| Ch | ug-a chug-a motion like a r | ailway train now |
| G | Em | |
| (C | ome on, baby, d | o the locomotion) |
| C | Am | |
| D | o it nice and easy now d | on’t lose control |
| C | A7 | |
| A l | ittle bit of rhythm and a l | ot of soul |
| D7 | G | |
| So c | ome on, come on, do the locomotion with m | e |
| G | Em | |
| M | ove around the floor in a l | ocomotion |
| G | Em | |
| (C | ome on, baby, d | o the locomotion) |
| G | Em | |
| D | o it holding hands if y | ou got the notion |
| G | Em | |
| (C | ome on, baby, d | o the locomotion) |
| C | Am | |
| There’s n | ever been a dance that's so | easy to do |
| C | A7 | |
| It | even makes you happy when you're f | eeling blue |
| D7 | G | |
| So c | ome on, come on, do the locomotion with m | e |
| G | Em | |
| C | ome on, baby, d | o the locomotion (Repeat) |
