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Roadrunner

Jonathan Richman

Chords used in this song: D, G, A
DChord: D
GChord: G
AChord: A

Capo VII

[Verse]
                            G  G  D
one two three four five six
                       G  G  D
Roadrunner, roadrunner
                            G  G  D
Going faster miles an hour
                                   G  G  D
Gonna drive past the Stop 'n' Shop
                  G  G  D
With the radio on


[Verse]
                               G  G  D
I'm in love with Massachusetts
                                    G  G  D
And the neon when it's cold outside
                                        G  G  D
And the highway when it's late at night
                 G  G  D
Got the radio on
                        G  G  D
I'm like the roadrunner


[Interlude]
G  G  D  4x


[Verse]
        G  G  D
Alright
                                  G  G  D
I'm in love with modern moonlight
                           G  G  D
128 when it's dark outside
                               G  G  D
I'm in love with Massachusetts
                              G  G  D
I'm in love with the radio on
                                           G  G  D
It helps me from being alone late at night
                                            G  G  D
It helps me from being lonely late at night
                                    G  G  D
I don't feel so bad now in the car
                                      G  G  D
Don't feel so alone, got the radio on
                    G  G  D
Like the roadrunner
             G  G  D
That's right


[Interlude]
G  G  D  4x


[Verse]
                                   G  G  D
Said welcome to the spirit of 1956
                                   G  G  D
Patient in the bushes next to '57
                                                  G  G  D
The highway is your girlfriend as you go by quick
                               G  G  D
Suburban trees, suburban speed
                                   G  G  D
And it smells like heaven(thunder)
                          G  G  \
And I say roadrunner once
                  G  G  \
Roadrunner twice
                                                       G  G  D
I'm in love with rock & roll and I'll be out all night
            G  G  D
Roadrunner
             G  G  D
That's right


[Interlude]
G  G  D  8x


[Verse]
          G  G  D
Well now
                       G  G  D
Roadrunner, roadrunner
                           G  G  D
Going faster miles an hour
                                 G  G  D
Gonna drive to the Stop 'n' Shop
                           G  G  D
With the radio on at night
                                     G  G  D
And me in love with modern moonlight
                                   G  G  D
Me in love with modern rock & roll
                                    G  G  D
Modern girls and modern rock & roll
                                      G  G  D
Don't feel so alone, got the radio on
                    G  G  D
Like the roadrunner
                                 G  G  D
O.K., now you sing Modern Lovers


[Outro]
                         G  G  D
(Radio On!) I got the AM
                                    G  G  D
(Radio On!) Got the car, got the AM
                                      G  G  D
(Radio On!) Got the AM sound, got the
                                               G  G  D
(Radio On!) Got the rockin' modern neon sound

(Radio On!) I got the car from Massachusetts,
                            G  G  D
got the

(Radio On!) I got the power of Massachusetts
                        G  G  D
when it's late at night
                                                            G  G  D
(Radio On!) I got the modern sounds of modern Massachusetts
                                                           G  G  D
(Radio On!) I've got the world, got the turnpike, got the
                                                  G  G  D
(Radio On!) I've got the, got the power of the AM

(Radio On!) Got the, late at night, (?),
                          G  G  D
rock & roll late at night

(Radio On!) The factories and the auto signs got the power
                 G  G  D
of modern sounds
                    G  G  D
(Radio On!) Alright

G  G  D 4x
G  G  A  D
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