Fast Car
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Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tabbed by Jarrod James
Previous tabs and chords needed a little bit of fixing up. This is the correct version from the book.
Capo II
Chords:
Intro
Verse 1
You got a fast
car.
I want a ticket to
anywhere.
Maybe we make a
deal,
Maybe together we can
get somewhere.
Any place is
better.
Starting from zero, got
nothing to lose.
Maybe we'll make
something,
Me myself, I got
nothing to prove.
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
Verse 2
You got a fast
car.
I got a plan to
get us out of here:
I been working at the
convenience store,
Managed to save just a
little bit of money.
Won't have to drive too
far
Just 'cross the border and
into the city,
You and I can
both get jobs
And
finally see what it
means to be living.
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
Verse 3
You see,
my old man's got a
problem:
He
live with the bottle, that’
s the way it is.
He
says his body's too old for
working,
His
body's too young to
look like his.
My
mama went off and
left him, she
wanted more from life than
he could give,
I said, "
Somebody's got to take
care of him."
So
I quit school and that's
what I did.
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
You got a fast
car.
But is it
fast enough so we can
fly away
We gotta make a de
cision
Leave tonight or live and
die this way
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
Chorus
Cause I remember when we were
driving, drivi
ng in your
car
The
speed so fast it
felt like I was
drunk
The city lights
lay out before
us
And your
arm felt nice
wrapped ‘rou
nd my shoulder
And
I
I had a
feeling tha
t I belo
nged
And
I
I had a
feeling I co
uld be
someone,
be someone,
be someone
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
Verse 4
You got a fast
car.
And
we go cruising to enter
tain ourselves;
you still ain't got a
job
And I
work in a market as a
checkout girl.
I know things will get
better:
You'll find work and
I'll get promoted,
We'll move out of the
shelter
Buy a bigger house and
live in the suburbs.
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
(2nd Guitar plays Riff B in the Background)
Chorus
Cause I remember when we were
driving, drivi
ng in your
car
The
speed so fast it
felt like I was
drunk
The city lights
lay out before
us
And your
arm felt nice
wrapped ‘rou
nd my shoulder
And
I
I had a
feeling tha
t I belo
nged
And
I
I had a
feeling I co
uld be
someone,
be someone,
be someone
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
Verse 5
You got a fast
car.
And
I got a job that
pays all our bills.
You stay out drinking
late at the bar,
You see
more your friends than you
do your kids.
I'd always hoped for
better,
Thought maybe together
you and me would find it,
I got no plans I ain't
going nowhere,
so
take your fast car and
keep on driving.
*Play Intro Riff A×2
Chorus
Cause I remember when we were
driving, drivi
ng in your
car
The
speed so fast it
felt like I was
drunk
The city lights
lay out before
us
And your
arm felt nice
wrapped ‘rou
nd my shoulder
And
I
I had a
feeling tha
t I belo
nged
And
I
I had a
feeling I co
uld be
someone,
be someone,
be someone
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
You got a fast
car.
But is it
fast enough so you can
fly away
You gotta make a d
ecision
Leave tonight or live and
die this way
Outro
*Play Intro Riff A x3
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