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Here is another tab/chord chart for a song from the 
Roadrunner
This song has two chords that are played the same throughout the
song. It is in the key of A. The main riff for the entire song is:
e|----D2-D2-A0-|
B|----3-3-2-|
G|----2-2-2-|
D|----0-0-2-|
A|----X-X-0-|
E|----X-X-X-|
[Intro]
One, two, three, four, five, six
[Verse]
  D    D    ARoadrunner, roadrunner
  D    D    AGoing faster miles an hour
  D    D    AGonna drive past the Stop 'n' Shop
  D    D    AWith the radio on
  D    D    AI'm in love with Massachusetts
  D    D    AAnd the neon when it's cold outside
  D    D    AAnd the highway when it's late at night
  D    D    AGot the radio on
[Chorus]
  DI'm lDike the rAoadrunner
 D   D      Ax2
  D    D        AAlright
[Verse]
  D    D    AI'm in love with modern moonlight
  D    D    A128 when it's dark outside
  D    D    AI'm in love with Massachusetts
  D    D    AI'm in love with the radio on
  D    D    AIt helps me from being alone late at night
  D    D    AIt helps me from being lonely late at night
  D    D    AI don't feel so bad now in the car
  D    D    ADon't feel so alone, got the radio on
[Chorus]
  DLDike the rAoadrunner,   That's right
 D   D       Ax3
[Verse]
  D    D    ASaid welcome to the spirit of 1956
  D    D    APatient in the bushes next to '57
  D    D    AThe highway is your girlfriend as you go by quDick
SubDurban trAees, suburban speed
And it smells like hDeaven. I sDay
ARoadrunner once, 
N.C.             A  A  
Roadrunner twice
N.C.                         E  
I'm in love with rock & roll   and I'll be out all night
[Chorus]
RAoadrunner,   That's right
   D     D     A(Keep playing the pattern until verse]
[Verse]
  D  DWeAll now
  D    D    ARoadrunner, roadrunner
  D    D    AGoing faster miles an hour
  D    D    AGonna drive to the Stop 'n' Shop
  D    D    AWith the radio on at night
  D    D    AAnd me in love with modern moonlight
  D    D    AMe in love with modern rock & roll
  D    D    AModern girls and modern rock & roll
  D    D    ADon't feel so alone, got the radio on
[Chorus]
  DLDike the rAoadrunner, Okay, now you sing Modern Lovers
DRadiDo  AOn!  I got the AM
DRadiDo  AOn!  Got the car, got the AM
DRadiDo  AOn!  Got the AM sound, got the
DRadiDo  AOn!  Got the rockin' modern neon sound
DRadiDo  AOn!  I got the car from Massachusetts, got the
DRadiDo  AOn! I got the power of Massachusetts when it's late at night
DRadiDo  AOn! I got the modern sounds of modern Massachusetts
DRadiDo  AOn! I've got the world, got the turnpike, got the
DRadiDo  AOn! I've got the, got the power of the AM
DRadiDo  AOn! Got the, late at night, hit 'em wide, rock & roll late at night
DRadiDo  AOn! The factories and the auto signs got the 
DRadiDo  AOn! power of modern sounds
DRadiDo  AOn!   Aaalright
DRadiDo  AOn!
D   D   A
D   D   A
    D      D    ARight
    D      D    ABye bye!
E  E  E  A

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Roadrunner

by The Modern Lovers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Here is another tab/chord chart for a song from the

Roadrunner

This song has two chords that are played the same throughout the

song. It is in the key of A. The main riff for the entire song is:

D D A

e|----2-2-0-|

B|----3-3-2-|

G|----2-2-2-|

D|----0-0-2-|

|----X-X-0-|

|----X-X-X-|

[Intro]

One, two, three, four, five, six

[Verse]

D D A

Roadrunner, roadrunner

D D A

Going faster miles an hour

D D A

Gonna drive past the Stop 'n' Shop

D D A

With the radio on

D D A

I'm in love with Massachusetts

D D A

And the neon when it's cold outside

D D A

And the highway when it's late at night

D D A

Got the radio on

[Chorus]

D D A

I'm like the roadrunner

D D A

Alright

[Verse]

D D A

I'm in love with modern moonlight

D D A

128 when it's dark outside

D D A

I'm in love with Massachusetts

D D A

I'm in love with the radio on

D D A

It helps me from being alone late at night

D D A

It helps me from being lonely late at night

D D A

I don't feel so bad now in the car

D D A

Don't feel so alone, got the radio on

[Chorus]

D D A

Like the roadrunner, That's right

D D A

[Verse]

D D A

Said welcome to the spirit of 1956

D D A

Patient in the bushes next to '57

D D A D

The highway is your girlfriend as you go by quick

D A

Suburban trees, suburban speed

D D

And it smells like heaven. I say

Roadrunner once,

A A

N.C.

Roadrunner twice

N.C.

I'm in love with rock & roll and I'll be out all night

[Chorus]

Roadrunner, That's right

D D A

(Keep playing the pattern until verse]

[Verse]

D D A

Well now

D D A

Roadrunner, roadrunner

D D A

Going faster miles an hour

D D A

Gonna drive to the Stop 'n' Shop

D D A

With the radio on at night

D D A

And me in love with modern moonlight

D D A

Me in love with modern rock & roll

D D A

Modern girls and modern rock & roll

D D A

Don't feel so alone, got the radio on

[Chorus]

D D A

Like the roadrunner, Okay, now you sing Modern Lovers

D D A

Radio On! I got the AM

D D A

Radio On! Got the car, got the AM

D D A

Radio On! Got the AM sound, got the

D D A

Radio On! Got the rockin' modern neon sound

D D A

Radio On! I got the car from Massachusetts, got the

D D A

Radio On! I got the power of Massachusetts when it's late at night

D D A

Radio On! I got the modern sounds of modern Massachusetts

D D A

Radio On! I've got the world, got the turnpike, got the

D D A

Radio On! I've got the, got the power of the AM

D D A

Radio On! Got the, late at night, hit 'em wide, rock & roll late at night

D D A

Radio On! The factories and the auto signs got the

D D A

Radio On! power of modern sounds

D D A

Radio On! Aaalright

D D A

Radio On!

D D A

Right

D D A

Bye bye!

E E E A

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