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Roadrunner by The Modern Lovers - Guitar Chords

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            Modern Lovers - Roadrunner

Here is another tab/chord chart for a song from the 
Modern Lovers' 1976 album, *The Modern Lovers.* 
I would be extremely interested in hearing from 
anybody with corrections, comments, etc.

Thanks, 
michael mccullough


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-|
A|----X-X-0-|
E|----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    x2

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     x3


[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

A
Roadrunner once, 
N.C.            A A
Roadrunner twice
N.C.                         E
I'm in love with rock &amp; roll   and I'll be out all night


[Chorus]
 A                      
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 &amp; roll
D D A
      Modern girls and modern rock &amp; 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 &amp; 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

D   D   A
D   D   A
          Right
D   D   A    
          Bye bye!
E  E  E  A
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