Chords for Jonathan Richman - Girlfriend / Roadrunner

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_ _ _ _ _ And now we're [G#] going to bring up a member of the original Modern Lovers, Ernie [G] Brooks!
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_ _ _ _ [Bm] In these next two [G#] songs, we're going to wrap up with a dedicated to Joey, [G] like a_
You know what?
Because, yeah, you can do some of [G] the old material tonight.
So [C] Joey, let's go with something new. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [B] Let me see how much fun I'll take once I'm done.
[C] _ _ _ _ I would go to the room where they would [B] keep the safe's hands.
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[G] _ _ I [B] figure if I had by my side [D] a girlfriend,
friend, _ I could look through these paintings, I could see [C] right through [G] them.
_ _ Because then I'd have something [C] that I'd understand.
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[G] _ _ _ _ Understand [C] a _ [G] girlfriend, and that's a _ _ girl_
Friend, _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Bm] well that's a G-I-R-L [C]-F-R [D]-E-N, that's [G] a girlfriend.
[C] Yeah, _ [D] _ _ [Bm]
that's something [C] that I'd [Em] understand.
Hallelujah, space dude, B.A.P.
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[D] _ _ [G] I used to walk alone, I had my heart in my hands.
Alone, [B] I was hoping that I would meet a [G] girlfriend, _ [F#] and that's [G] a girl_ _ _
_ _ _ [C] Friend, _ [Bm] _
well that's a G-I-R [C]-L-F-R-E [D]-N, that's [G] a girlfriend.
_ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ That's [C] something that [D] I'd [G] understand. _ _
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I used to walk by myself, yes I do, I had my heart [B] in my hands.
_ _ [G] _ I just wanted that I would meet [B] _ _ [G] a friend, and that's a _ girl_ _
_ _ [C] Friend, _ _ [D] well [G] that's a G-I-R-L [C]-F [D]-R-E-N, _ that's a [G] girlfriend.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ That's something that [D] I'd _ [G] understand. _ _
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[Bm] _ _ [G] 1, 2, [B] 3, 4, 5, [D] _ [A] 6_
_ Everybody on the run, [D] _ _ [A] _ going fast for miles an hour.
[D] _ _ _ [A] Running fast, fast, stop and shop.
_ [A] _ Hard to hold when I'm high.
[D] _ _ [A] You feel in love with Massachusetts, [D] _ _ [A] or what's 28 West Coast, that's [D] right.
_ The only hour when it's dark [D] and _ [A] I'm really ready for more, [D] _ _ [A] more. _ _ _ _
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[D] I [A] say, Lord, the spirit of _ [D] 1956, _ [A] patient in the bushes next to [D] 57.
_ [A] I was the only one, but as I go [D] by, quick, the rubber [A] jeans, it's sore, it smells [D] like hell.
I say, [A] Road Runner once, Road Runner twice, [E] I'm in love with rock and roll.
That I'll be, I'll [A] have a Road Runner.
What did you say [D] then?
Radio [A] On.
I got the [Dm] amp.
Radio [A] On.
I got the [D] car.
[A] Radio On.
We got the car, Radio [D] On.
[A] Radio On.
Go, go, go, go, go, 48,
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[D] _ _ [A] _ Road Runner, Road Runner,
_ _ _ Oh, faster, faster.
[D] _ _ [A] _ You got to grab past the rock [D] and jump.
[A] _ You get a touch with the wild [D] world.
I was [A] in love when I was around.
On the highway [D] when it was cold [A] outside.
I felt it laugh, it rest, it cheers, it's [D] filled with the flame [A] at night.
Lead me now.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ Okay, guys.
[D] We're going to [A] rock and roll. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ Oh, yeah.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ That's what I'm talking about.
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_ _ _ _ _ Happy _ _ birthday [G] _ _ _ _
[A] to you.
Happy birthday [G] to you.
_ Happy birthday, [C] dear Joey.
_ _ [G] Happy birthday [Dm] to [G] you. _ _ _ _ _
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