Chords for Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (Thrice) Live Long Version
Tempo:
152.25 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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One, two, three, four, five, six.
[A] Rollin' rollin', rollin' rollin'
[D] [A] Rollin' faster miles an hour
[D] [A] Gonna drive past the stop and [D] shop
To feel in touch with the modern [D] world
cold night
it's late at [D] night
on
[A] Rollin' rollin', rollin' rollin'
[D] [A] Rollin' faster miles an hour
[D] [A] Gonna drive past the stop and [D] shop
To feel in touch with the modern [D] world
cold night
it's late at [D] night
on
100% ➙ 152BPM
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One, two, three, four, five, six.
_ _ [A] Rollin' rollin', rollin' rollin'
[D] _ _ [A] Rollin' faster miles an hour
[D] _ _ [A] Gonna drive past the stop and [D] shop
_ [A] _ On a cold winter night
To _ feel in touch with the modern [D] world
_ [A] Not feel so lonely in the cold night
[D] _ _ [A] Not feel so lonely when it's late at [D] night
_ [A] _ Have the radio on
[D] And feel like [A] a road runner _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] Now I'm in love with my own [D] loneliness
_ [A] _ It doesn't bother me to feel so alone
_ At least I'm not stayin' alone [D] at home
_ [A] I'm out explorin' the modern world
_ By the pine trees and the Howard Johnson's
[D] _ _ [A] On Route 128 when it's late at [D] night
_ [A] Well we're headin' from the North Shore to the South Shore
_ [A] Well I see _ Route 3 [D] in my sight
And I'm [A] a road runner
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Well, I [A] say hello to the spirit of 1956 _
Patient in the bushes next to 57 _ _
The highways meld me cold for an [D] hour
As I drive by so quick in the rubber tree
And so it smells like heaven
Say, road runner once, [C#] road runner twice
I'm in [G#m] love with this feelin' now
[E] And I'll be out on the highway
[A] I'm a road runner
_ _ Got [D] the radio [A] on
That's right, I got the AM
[D] I _ [A] got the power
I got the AM, I got the power
[D] _ _ [A] And I feel in touch with the world
_ _ [A] As I drive by in the dark
[D] _ _ _ Let's go down to Route 128 _
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Now here we [D] are by the [A] industrial park _ _
_ _ [D] _ [A] But it's late after dark
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Well now, it's 20 degrees outside It's cold
_ [Am] Put my hand outside the window
Roll it down
[Dm] My hand's [A] cold already _ _
_ _ [D] _ [A] Well, I can see Boston now
[D] _ _ [Am] I can see the Prudential Tower
_ With the little red light blinkin' on in the dark
_ I'm by Quincy now _
I can see Deer Island
I can see the Red River _
_ _ _ _ _ I can see _ [Dm] the [A] whole Boston Harbor from where I am
[D] Out on the [A] rocks by Colhassen _
_ _ [D] _ [A] In the night _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ And I'm in love [D] _ with the land where I grew up
_ _ _ And I'm in love
_ [A] _ _ Well, you might say I feel lonely
_ But I wouldn't say I feel lonely
_ I would say that I feel [D] _ alive all [E] alone
[A] _ Cause _ [D] I [A] like this feeling
Of [D] roaming [A] around in the dark
_ And even though I'm alone out there
I don't mind
Cause I'm in love with the _ world
_ _ [D] Mmm
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And _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] I'm hypnotized
I'm back in the car _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And the rhythm of the engine
_ _ _ _ Hypnotized
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I've been driving for 45 minutes
_ _ _ _ I've been driving for 2 hours
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I've been driving for 2 and a half hours
But I'm hypnotized _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now we are in Western Massachusetts now
On Interstate 90 _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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The Mass Pike, in other words _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Heading [Am] out to Amherst and South Greenfield _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Where the college out there just rises in the middle of nothing
You just got fields of snow and all of a sudden there's these modern buildings
Right in the middle of nothing
Under the stars _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Road runner, road runner
_ _ [A] _ Going faster miles an [D] hour
_ _ Going to drive by some stop and shop
_ [A] With the radio on for [D] company
_ _ [A] To feel in touch with the modern [D] world
_ [A] In Massachusetts when it's late [D] at night
[A] I love the neon when it's cold [D] outside
_ [A] But I don't feel so alone [D] because I feel [A] like a road runner
Now will you help me [D] man?
_ [A] I _ got the AM
[D] _ _ [A] I got the power, I got the [D] magic
_ [A] _ I'm in love, I'm in [D] love
_ [A] But I'm in rock and roll love
[D] _ _ [A] _ I'm in love with the world
[D] _ _ [A] _ I'm alone but I'm in [D] love
[A] I'm in _ love with this feeling [D] when it's late [A] at night
I'm in love with Massachusetts [D] when it's cold [A] outside
Believe me now, [D] believe [A] me now _ _
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_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] Bye [E]-bye
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
One, two, three, four, five, six.
_ _ [A] Rollin' rollin', rollin' rollin'
[D] _ _ [A] Rollin' faster miles an hour
[D] _ _ [A] Gonna drive past the stop and [D] shop
_ [A] _ On a cold winter night
To _ feel in touch with the modern [D] world
_ [A] Not feel so lonely in the cold night
[D] _ _ [A] Not feel so lonely when it's late at [D] night
_ [A] _ Have the radio on
[D] And feel like [A] a road runner _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] Now I'm in love with my own [D] loneliness
_ [A] _ It doesn't bother me to feel so alone
_ At least I'm not stayin' alone [D] at home
_ [A] I'm out explorin' the modern world
_ By the pine trees and the Howard Johnson's
[D] _ _ [A] On Route 128 when it's late at [D] night
_ [A] Well we're headin' from the North Shore to the South Shore
_ [A] Well I see _ Route 3 [D] in my sight
And I'm [A] a road runner
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well, I [A] say hello to the spirit of 1956 _
Patient in the bushes next to 57 _ _
The highways meld me cold for an [D] hour
As I drive by so quick in the rubber tree
And so it smells like heaven
Say, road runner once, [C#] road runner twice
I'm in [G#m] love with this feelin' now
[E] And I'll be out on the highway
[A] I'm a road runner
_ _ Got [D] the radio [A] on
That's right, I got the AM
[D] I _ [A] got the power
I got the AM, I got the power
[D] _ _ [A] And I feel in touch with the world
_ _ [A] As I drive by in the dark
[D] _ _ _ Let's go down to Route 128 _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now here we [D] are by the [A] industrial park _ _
_ _ [D] _ [A] But it's late after dark
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well now, it's 20 degrees outside It's cold
_ [Am] Put my hand outside the window
Roll it down
[Dm] My hand's [A] cold already _ _
_ _ [D] _ [A] Well, I can see Boston now
[D] _ _ [Am] I can see the Prudential Tower
_ With the little red light blinkin' on in the dark
_ I'm by Quincy now _
I can see Deer Island
I can see the Red River _
_ _ _ _ _ I can see _ [Dm] the [A] whole Boston Harbor from where I am
[D] Out on the [A] rocks by Colhassen _
_ _ [D] _ [A] In the night _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ And I'm in love [D] _ with the land where I grew up
_ _ _ And I'm in love
_ [A] _ _ Well, you might say I feel lonely
_ But I wouldn't say I feel lonely
_ I would say that I feel [D] _ alive all [E] alone
[A] _ Cause _ [D] I [A] like this feeling
Of [D] roaming [A] around in the dark
_ And even though I'm alone out there
I don't mind
Cause I'm in love with the _ world
_ _ [D] Mmm
_ [A] _ _
And _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] I'm hypnotized
I'm back in the car _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And the rhythm of the engine
_ _ _ _ Hypnotized
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I've been driving for 45 minutes
_ _ _ _ I've been driving for 2 hours
_ _ _ [A] _
I've been driving for 2 and a half hours
But I'm hypnotized _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now we are in Western Massachusetts now
On Interstate 90 _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The Mass Pike, in other words _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Heading [Am] out to Amherst and South Greenfield _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Where the college out there just rises in the middle of nothing
You just got fields of snow and all of a sudden there's these modern buildings
Right in the middle of nothing
Under the stars _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Road runner, road runner
_ _ [A] _ Going faster miles an [D] hour
_ _ Going to drive by some stop and shop
_ [A] With the radio on for [D] company
_ _ [A] To feel in touch with the modern [D] world
_ [A] In Massachusetts when it's late [D] at night
[A] I love the neon when it's cold [D] outside
_ [A] But I don't feel so alone [D] because I feel [A] like a road runner
Now will you help me [D] man?
_ [A] I _ got the AM
[D] _ _ [A] I got the power, I got the [D] magic
_ [A] _ I'm in love, I'm in [D] love
_ [A] But I'm in rock and roll love
[D] _ _ [A] _ I'm in love with the world
[D] _ _ [A] _ I'm alone but I'm in [D] love
[A] I'm in _ love with this feeling [D] when it's late [A] at night
I'm in love with Massachusetts [D] when it's cold [A] outside
Believe me now, [D] believe [A] me now _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] Bye [E]-bye
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