Bo Diddley - Road runner
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Bo Diddley
Road Runner
Bo Diddley In the Spotlight album (Chess Records)
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Structure:
[Intro] V1 V2 V3
|II-----------] |I--I--I--I-| |I--I---I--I--| |I---I---I--I--|
|IV-IV-I--I-| |IV-IV--I--I--| |IV--IV--I--I--|
|V--V--I---I| |V---VI-I--I--| |V---VI--I--I--|
V4 V5 V6 C
|I---I---I--I-| |I-I-I---I-| |I--I--I--I-|I| |IV—IV---I---I---|
|IV--IV--I--I-| |I-I-IV—IV-| |I---I---I---I---|
|V---VI--I--I-| |I-I-V---IV| Fade
Key: EM or C#m
Bpm: 130
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[Intro] (0:00-0:10) !16 Bars!
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B|-------pick scrape----------------|
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D|-/x~4/5/6/7/~~~~22x~/-------------|
A|-/x~4/5/6/7/~~~~22x~/-------------|
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[Verse 1] (0:10-0:31) !48 Bars!
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D|----------22-4b5r4-2~-------------|
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A|----------22-4-2------------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
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[Turnaround] 0:24 8 bars
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G|-----------4-4-4---4--------------|
D|-----------4-4-4h6-4--------------|
A|-2---5-5/6------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
Ahhhh
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B|----------------------------------|
G|-2--------------------------------|
D|-2--------------------------------|
A|-0--------------------------------|
E|----2/3-2/3-2/3-2/3-2/3-----------|
Beep beep!
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D|------------------2---------------|
A|----------2-2-2h4-----------------|
E|-0---2-4--------------------------|
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A|----------2-2-2h4-2---------------|
E|-0---2-4--------------------------|
I’m a
48 +16
[Verse 2] (00:32 – 0:53)
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D|------------------2---------------|
A|----------2-2-2h4-----------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
- roadrunner Honey
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D|----------------------------------|
A|----------2---2h4-0---------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
And You can’t keep up with Me
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G|----------------------------------|
D|------------------2---------------|
A|----------2-2-2h4-----------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
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D|----------------------------------|
A|----------2-2-2h4-2---------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
I’m a -
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B|-----2-2----2-2-2--------------|
G|-----2-2----2-2-2--------------|
D|-2---2-2--2-2-2-2--------------|
A|-0---0-0--0—0-0-0--------------|
E|-------------------------------|
Road runner honey,
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B|-2-2---2-2-2--------------------|
G|-2-2---2-2-2--------------------|
D|-2-2---2-2-2--------------------|
A|-0-0---0-0-0—-------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
and you can’t keep up with
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D|----------------------------------|
A|----------2-2-----2---------------|
E|-0-0-3-4------3h4-----------------|
Me
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D|----------------------------------|
A|----------2-2-2h4-----------------|
E|-0-0-3-4----------0---------------|
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[Turnaround] 0:46
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D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3------------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
Come on that race
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B|-2--------------------------------|
G|-2--------------------------------|
D|-2--------------------------------|
A|-0--------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
Baby baby you will see
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B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|------------------2---------------|
A|----------2-2-2h4-----------------|
E|-0---2-4--------------------------|
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B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|------------------2---------------|
A|----------2-2-2h4-----------------|
E|-00--2-4--------------------------|
-Yeah let’s go
48 +16
[Rest] (0:53-1:01)
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A|---/x~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------------/--|
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| Beep Beep!
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B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|------------------2---------------|
A|----------2-2-2h4-----------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
-
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D|----------------------------------|
A|----------2---2h4-0---------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
Move over honey
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[Verse 3] (1:01-1:22)
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A|----------2-2-2h4-----------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
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D|----------------------------------|
A|--------------2h4-2---------------|
E|-0---3-4--0-----------------------|
Let me by
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D|------------------2---------------|
A|----------2-2-2h4-----------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
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A|----------2-2-2h4-2---------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
e|--------------------|--------------------|
B|-2-2-x-x--2-2-x-x---|-2-2-x-x--2-2-x-x---|
G|-2-2-x-2--2-2-x-2-2-|-2-2-x-2--2-2-x-2-2-|
D|-2-2h4-2--2-2h4-2-2-|-2-2h4-2--2-2h4-2-2-|
A|-0-0-0----0-0-0-----|-0-0-0----0-0-0-----|
E|--------------------|--------------------|
Move over baby that’s it let me by
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B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|------------------2---------------|
A|----------2-2-2h4-----------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
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D|----------------------------------|
A|----------2-2-2h4-2---------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
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[Turnaround 3] (1:15-1:22)
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D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3------------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1------------------|
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I’m gon’ show you baby-
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B|-2~-------------------------------|
G|-2~-------------------------------|
D|-2~-------------------------------|
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Gonna put some dirt in yo’ eye
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G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------2----------------|
A|----------22-2h4------------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
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D|----------------------------------|
A|----------2-2-2h4-2---------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
Here I go
48 +16
[Verse 4] (1:22-1:44] !48 Bars!
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A|----------2-2-4-2-----------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
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D|------7/x~~up-to-12~~~-----------|
A|------7/x~~up-to-12~~~-----------|
E|-0----7/x~~up-to-12~~~-----------|
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D|-----------------2----------------|
A|----------2--2h4------------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
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A|----------22-2h4-2----------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
e|-----0-0-----0-0--|-0-0-----2-2-0-0---|
B|-----2-2---2-2-2--|-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---|
G|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
D|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
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A|----------2-2-4-2-----------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
Oh yeah!
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D|----------------2-----------------|
A|----------2-2-4-2-----------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
Have a good one!
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[Turnaround 4] [1:37-1:44]
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D|-4-4-6-4-4-4-6-4----------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------|
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B|-2-------------------------------|
G|-2-----/x~~from bridge~~---------|
D|-2-----/x~~from bridge~~---------|
A|-0-----/x~~from bridge~~---------|
E|---------------------------------|
BEEP BEEP!
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D|-----------------2----------------|
A|----------22---4------------------|
E|-----3-4--------------------------|
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A|----------22-2h4-2----------------|
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48 +16
[Verse 5] (1:44-2:10) !48 bars!
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D|-----------------2----------------|
A|----------2--2h4------------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
Take my hand baby
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A|----------22-2h4-2----------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
I wanna prove to you
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D|-----------------2----------------|
A|----------2--2h4------------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
That I’m
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A|----------22-2h4-2----------------|
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A road runnin’ man
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I wanna show you somethin’ | That I’m the fastest in the land
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B|-----2-2-----2-2--| |-----2-2-----2-----|
G|---2-2-2---2-2-2--| |---2-2-2---2-2-----|
D|---2-2-2---2-2-2--| |---2-2-2---2-2-x---|
A|-0-0-----0-0------| |-0-0-----0-0---x---|
E|------------------| |---------------3^--|
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[Turnaround 5] (2:02)
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B|---------------------|-2----------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|-2----accentuate the 11-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|-2----------------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-0-4/11~~/4-/11~~4-/11~~|
E|---------------------|------------------------|
Now let me back | BEEP BEEP!
[Verse 6] 2:06 !36 bars!
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Oh yeah!
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D|-----------------2----------------|
A|----------22-2h4------------------|
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You say you’s fast!
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A|----------22-2h4-2----------------|
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Ha ha ha
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A|-------------2h4-2----------------|
E|-0---3-4--00----------------------|
But it don’t look like you gon’ last
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A|----------22-2h4-2----------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
Goodbye!
[Outro] (2:23-2:37) !32 Bars!
v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^
e|---x---0-x-0-0-0--|---x---0-x-0-0-0--
B|---x-2-2-x-2-2-2--|---x-2-2-x-2-2-2—
G|-2-x-2-2-x-2-2-2--|-2-x-2-2-x-2-2-2--
D|-2-x-2-2-x-2-2-2--|-2-x-2-2-x-2-2-2--
A|-0-x-0---x-0---0--|-0-x-0---x-0---0--
E|---x-----x--------|---x-----x--------
| I got to put you down!
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D|-----------------2----------------|
A|----------22-2h4------------------|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
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A|----------22-2h4-2----------------|
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B|---------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
E|---------------------|
I feel something-
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G|-2--------------------------------|
D|-2--------------------------------|
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Baby somewhere hangin’ around
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D|-----------------2----------------|
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E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
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A|----------2-9/11~-9/11~-9/11~-----|
E|-0---3-4--------------------------|
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[Coda] (2:37+)
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G|------------/x~~from bridge~~-----|
D|------------/x~~from bridge~~-x4--|
A|----------2-/x~~from bridge~~-----|
E|-0---3-4------------------------0-|
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| h Hammer-on
| r Release
| b Bend
| ~ Vibrato
| x Dead note
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