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Roadrunner

Bo Diddley

RockMedium for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

BDiagram coming soon
G
D××
A×
E
B7Diagram coming soon
E7

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 3rd fret
              
  
 
hide this tab I'm a road runner *honey, (*baby) 
 
Beep! Beep! 
 
e|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------| 
A|----------2-2-4-2-----------------| 
E|-0-0-3-4--------------------------| (4x) 
 
e|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------| 
D|----------2-2-4-2-----------------| 
A|-0-0-3-4--------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------| (2x) 
 
e|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------| 
A|----------2-2-4-2-----------------| 
E|-0-0-3-4--------------------------| (2x) 
 
e|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------| 
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| 
 
e|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------| 
A|----------2-2-4-2-----------------| 
E|-0-0-3-4--------------------------| (2x) 
 
 
 
      E 
I'm a road runner honey, 
 
And you can't keep up with me, 
      A 
I'm a road runner honey, 
                           E 
And you can't keep up with me, 
B7 
Come on, let's race, 
A                   E   E7 
Baby baby, you will see, 
 
Here I come, 
 
Beep! Beep! 
 
E 
Move over honey, 
 
Let me by, 
A 
Move over baby, 
             E 
Let this man by, 
B7                       A 
I'm gonna show you baby, look out your head, 
               E 
Gonna put some dirt in your eye, 
 
E A E B7 A E  E7 
 
Here I go! 
 
Oh yea, how am I doin? 
 
Beep! Beep! 
 
E 
Take my hand baby, 
 
I'm gonna prove to you that I'm a road running man, 
                 A 
I wanna show you something, 
                            E     B7 A 
That I'm the fastest in the land, 
           E 
Now let me by, 
 
Beep! Beep! 
 
                       E 
Oh yea, you said you's fast, 
 
But it don't look like you gonna last, 
    A                        E 
Goodbye! I've got to put you down, 
B7                    A 
I'll see you some day, 
                         E 
Baby, somewhere hanging around.  
          
 

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Chord set

B · G · D · A · E · B7 · E7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.