Roadrunner chords by Eric Burdon & The Animals

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Intro 1

I was

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once out strolling
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 (D major) one  (A major) very hot summer's day
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When  (D major)  (A major) I  thought I'd lay
myself down to rest
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in  (D major)  (A major) a big field of tall  (D major) grass.  (A major) 
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I lay there in  (D major) the sun (A major) 
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and felt it  (B minor) caress (A major) ing my face  (D major) 
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 (A major) as I fell asleep an (D major)  (A major) d  dreamed.  (B minor)  (A major)  (D major) 
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I  (A major) dreamed I was in a
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Hollywood movie,  (D major) 
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 (A major) that I was  (B minor) the star  (A major) of the movie.  (D major) 
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 (A major) This really blew my mind,
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 (D major) the  (A major) fact that me, an over -fed,  (D major) long -haired,  (A major) 
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leaping gnome,  (B minor)  (A major) 
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should be  (D major) the star of a Holly (A major) wood movie.
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But  (D major) there  (A major) I was,
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 (B minor)  (A major) I  (D major)  (A major) was taken to a place,
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 (D major) the  (A major) hall of the mountain king,
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 (D major) I  (A major) stood high upon a mountain top,  (D major)  (A major) 
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naked to the world,  (D major)  (A major) 
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in front of every  (D major)  (A major) kind of girl.
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There was  (D major)  (A major) long ones, tall ones,  (D major) short ones, brown  (A major) ones,
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black ones, round ones, big ones, crazy ones.  (D major) 
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 (A major) Out of the middle came  (D major) 
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 (A major) a lady.  (B minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
She whispered in my ear
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 (D major) something  (A major) crazy.
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She  (D major) said, said,  (A major) do I take  (G major) that  (A major) girl,
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do I take  (G major) that  (A major) girl,
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do  (B minor) I  (A major) take that girl, do I take  (G major) that  (A major) girl?
I thought to myself,
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 (D major) what  (A major) could that mean?  (B minor)  (A major)  (D major) 
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Am  (A major) I going crazy?  (D major) 
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Or  (A major) is this just a dream?  (D major) 
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Now  (A major) wait a minute,
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I know I'm lying  (B minor) in a field
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 (A major) of grass somewhere  (D major) 
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 (A major) So it's all in my head  (D major) 
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And  (A major) then  (D major) I  (A major) heard her say
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One more  (D major) time!  (A major) 
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Fill the wine and  (G major) take that  (A major) pearl
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 (E major) Fill  (A major) the wine and  (G major) take that  (A major) 
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pearl  (B minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major) 
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I  (B minor) could feel  (A major) hot flames  (D major) of fire
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 (A major) roaring at my back (B minor)  (A major)  (D major) 
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As  (A major) she disappeared,
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 (B minor)  (A major) but  (D major) soon she re (A major) turned
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In  (D major)  (A major) her hand was a bottle of wine  (D major) 
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 (A major) In the other a glass,
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she  (D major)  (A major) poured some of the wine from the  (D major) bottle into the  (A major) glass,
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an (D major) d   (A major) raised it to her lips,
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 (D major) an  (A major) d  just before she drank it,  (D major) she  (A major) said,
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Take the wine, take  (G major) that  (A major) girl
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Spill  (E major)  (A major) the wine,  (G major) take that  (A major) girl
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Spill the wine,  (G major) take that  (A major) girl
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Spill the wine, take  (G major) that  (A major) girl
Take that girl
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Yeah,  (G major) it's  (A major) all  (E major) yours  (A major) 
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All you gotta  (A major) do is
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Spill that wine, spill  (G major) that wine
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 (A major) Hit me, yeah  (A major) 
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Let me feel,  (A major) yeah, yeah
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Oh,  (A major) oh, no
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Do the one, do the one,  (A major) do the one, do the one,
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do the one, do the one,  (A major) do the one pick up
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