Fast Car

by Tracy Chapman

Ukulele

4.9 (274)

intermediate Key: F#m Tuning: G C E A Capo: 2th fret

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Original is played with a swing rhythm so if you are playing with your own strumming pattern then the second

chord in the line should be played a beat or so later

Intro

Verse

You got a fa

st 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.

Verse

You got a fa

st car.

I got a plan

to get us out of here:

I been

working at the con

venience 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.

Verse

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 w

anted more from life than h

e could give,

I said, "

Somebody's got to

take care of him."

So

I quit school and

that's what I did.

Pre-Chorus

You got a fa

st car.

But is it

fast enough so

we can fly away?

We gotta make a dec

ision:

Leave tonight or l

ive and die this way.

Chorus

So I remember when: we were dr

iving, driving in your car,

The

speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,

City lights lay out before us

And your

arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.

And

I-

I had a fe

eling that I belonged

And

I-

I had a

feeling I could be someone

(be someone

, be someone.)

Verse

You got a f

ast car.

And

we go cruising to

entertain ourselves;

you s

till 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 o

f the shelter

Buy a bigger house

and live in the suburbs.

Chorus

So I remember when: we were dr

iving, driving in your car,

The

speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,

City lights lay out before us

And your

arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.

And

I-

I had a fe

eling that I belonged

And

I-

I had a

feeling I could be someone

(be someone

, be someone.)

Verse

You got a f

ast car.

And

I got a job

that pays all our bills.

You s

tay out drink

ing 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.

Chorus

So I remember when: we were dr

iving, driving in your car,

The

speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,

City lights lay out before us

And your

arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.

And

I-

I had a fe

eling that I belonged

And

I-

I had a

feeling I could be some

one (be some

one, be someone.)

Outro

You got a fas

t car.

But is it

fast enough so

we can fly away?

We gotta make

a decision:

Leave tonight or l

ive and die this way.

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