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So I'm listening to a JGB show 11/4/81 and second set Jerry opens up with Road Runner, it hits me I heard Phish open with this song too, but I'm trying to nail down some chords so i can start playing it myself, anyone have any suggestions. I've looked around but nothign on google. Song origianlly by Junior Walker.

Thanks you guys

Have you tried ultimate-guitar.com? good luck!

yea i've tried those sites, i try and stray away from em with all there pop ups, most of there tabs are just pages and pages of someone tabbing out every note.

The chords are just E blues.

E......E/G# A
Money who needs
.........E...........E/G#.....A
Let me live a life free and easy
........E...........E/G#....A
Put a tooth brush in my hand
E.............E/G#......D
let me be a traveling man
A............B7................E........B7
Im a road runner baby


and so on

THANKS KER!

I saw the Dead do this tune in 86. I like Bob's version.

You might try 911tabs--it list tab sites for a wide variety of tunes---TC

it hits me I heard Phish open with this song too

Huh? When? I've never even heard of Phish covering this one, which would be very rad. Do you mean their original tune, "Runaway Jim"?

Kerl, you got it, except I believe that on the chorus the E chord is preceded by A.

JGB 6/16/82 Music Mountain w/ Bill K on drums!

TS
How bout that mudslide at Music mountain awesome show, I mean awesome!!!

astroman99 wrote:TS
How bout that mudslide at Music mountain awesome show, I mean awesome!!!

It's just one of my favorite JGB recordings (can't remember if it's Rolfe or Glassberg or if I have one from each), I wasn't in attendance (about 3 years before my time)... if you were, I am eternally envious! Abolutely killer Love In The Afternoon and Don't Let Go as well!

I remember it from
March 21, 1986

Hampton Coliseum.

good stuff to jam to. . . . . .

Bump... man, there's way more to this tune than I expected if you get all the hits right.

Rusty the Scoob wrote:Bump... man, there's way more to this tune than I expected if you get all the hits right.

I'm a Road Runner

Music: Holland, Dozier and Holland
Peformance: Jr. Walker and the All Stars

Bass performance by: James Jamerson

tigerstrat wrote:

it hits me I heard Phish open with this song too

Huh? When? I've never even heard of Phish covering this one, which would be very rad. Do you mean their original tune, "Runaway Jim"?

Kerl, you got it, except I believe that on the chorus the E chord is preceded by A.

JGB 6/16/82 Music Mountain w/ Bill K on drums!

I know this is ancient history... but Phish did open a Mansfield show with a tune called Roadrunner by the Modern Lovers. Very cool tune, and I think it was the first time I saw them in a shed or any shed show for that matter so it made an impression on me.