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Roadrunner

Jonathan Richman

Chords used in this song: F#, B, C#
F#Chord: F#
BChord: B
C#Chord: C#

Capo III

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


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


[Interlude]
B  B  F#  4x


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


[Interlude]
B  B  F#  4x


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


[Interlude]
B  B  F#  8x


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


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

(Radio On!) I got the car from Massachusetts,
                            B  B  F#
got the

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

(Radio On!) Got the, late at night, (?),
                          B  B  F#
rock & roll late at night

(Radio On!) The factories and the auto signs got the power
                 B  B  F#
of modern sounds
                    B  B  F#
(Radio On!) Alright

B  B  F# 4x
B  B  C#  F#
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