[Riff] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D E 0------x-3--2----0------x-3-5-3-2-3-2----(Em 3 5 3 D 2 3 2) B 0-1-0--3-0--3----0-1-0--3-0-----3---- G 0------0-0--2----0------0-0-----2--- D 2------0-2--0----2------0-x-----0--- A 3------x-2--0----3------x-2--------- E -------3-0--x-----------3-0---------
[Intro - Capo 2 - vocal starts on F# if you use Capo, E if not] Cmaj7 G Em D x 2
[Verse 1] [Cmaj7] You got a fast [G] car, [Em] I want a ticket to [D] anywhere. [Cmaj7] Maybe we make a [G] deal, [Em] Maybe together we can [D] get somewhere. [Cmaj7] Any place is bette [G] r. [Em] Starting from zero, got [D] nothing to lose. [Cmaj7] Maybe we'll make somet [G] hing, [Em] Me myself, I got [D] nothing to prove.
[Link 1] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D
[Verse 2] [Cmaj7] You got a fast [G] car [Em] And I got a plan [D] to get us out of here I been [Cmaj7] working at the conv [G] enience store [Em] Managed to save j [D] ust a little bit of money [Cmaj7] Won't have to drive too [G] far Just c [Em] ross the border and [D] into the city [Cmaj7] You and I c [G] an both get jobs And [Em] finally see what it [D] means to be living
[Link] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D
[Verse 3] You see [Cmaj7] my old man's [G] got a problem He [Em] live with the bottle [D] that's the way it is He says his [Cmaj7] body's too old f [G] or working His b [Em] ody's too young to [D] look like his My [Cmaj7] mama went off and [G] left him She w [Em] anted more from life than [D] he could give I said, " [Cmaj7] somebody's got to take [G] care of him" So I [Em] quit school and [D] that's what I did
[Link] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D
[Verse 4] [Cmaj7] You got a fast [G] car But is it f [Em] ast enough so we can [D] fly away [Cmaj7] We gotta make a deci [G] sion [Em] We leave tonight or live and [D] die this way
[Link] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D
[Chorus 1] I remember when we were [C] driving, driving in your car The [G] speed so fast I felt like I was drunk [Em] City lights lay out before us And your [D] arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder And [C] I.. [Em] .. had a [D] feeling that I belonged And [C] I.. [Em] .. had a [D] feeling I could be someone, [C] be someone, [D] be someone
[Link] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D
[Verse 5] [Cmaj7] You got a fast [G] car And [Em] we go cruising to enterta [D] in ourselves You [Cmaj7] still ain't got a j [G] ob And I [Em] work in a market [D] as a checkout girl [Cmaj7] I know things will get b [G] etter [Em] You'll find work and I [D] 'll get promoted [Cmaj7] Well move out of the [G] shelter [Em] Buy a big house and [D] live in the suburbs
[Link] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D
[Chorus 2] I remember when we were [C] driving, driving in your car The [G] speed so fast I felt like I was drunk [Em] City lights lay out before us And your [D] arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder And [C] I.. [Em] .. had a [D] feeling that I belonged And [C] I.. [Em] .. had a [D] feeling I could be someone, [C] be someone, [D] be someone
[Link] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D
[Verse 6] [Cmaj7] You got a fast [G] car And [Em] I got a job that [D] pays all our bills You [Cmaj7] stay out drinking [G] late at the bar See [Em] more of your friends than you [D] do of your kids [C] I'd always hoped for [G] better Thought [Em] maybe togethe [D] r you and me would find it [C] I got no plans I ain't [G] going nowhere So [Em] take your fast car an [D] d keep on driving
[Link] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D
[Chorus 3] I remember when we were [C] driving, driving in your car The [G] speed so fast I felt like I was drunk [Em] City lights lay out before us And your [D] arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder And [C] I.. [Em] .. had a [D] feeling that I belonged And [C] I.. [Em] .. had a [D] feeling I could be someone, [C] be someone, [D] be someone
[Link] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D
[Verse 7] [Cmaj7] You got a fast [G] car But is it [Em] fast enough so you can [D] fly away [Cmaj7] You gotta make a dec [G] ision [Em] You leave tonight or live and [D] die this way
[Coda] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G
[Riff] [C]-x-x-[C/D]--x-x-[C/E]-x--x-x-[F]-x--[F]-x-x-x--- [F]-x-x-[F]----x-x-[G]---x--x-x-x-x----x---x-x-x--- (C to F riff = C C/D C/E F - can play x32010 x30010 x(3)2010)
[Verse- Repeat Riff 1] Oh, what a [C to F riff] night ..... [F] late [G] December back in [C to F riff]'6...3, .....[F] what a [G] very special [C to F riff]time for me, .......... as [F]I re [G] member what a [C to F riff]night! ..........[F][G] Oh, what a [C to F riff]night, you [F]know I [G]didn't even [C to F riff]know her name, but [F]I was [G]never gonna [C to F riff] be the same, [F]what a [G]lady, what a [C to F riff] night! [F][G]
[Chorus - Just Bass drum with chords, no snare, no harmonies] Oh [Dm] I, I [F] got a funny feeling when she [Am] walked in the [G] room, and [Dm] I, as [F] I recall it ended much [G] too soon. [G7]
[Verse - RIFF 1] Oh, what a [C to F riff]night, ...... [F]Hypno [G] tizing, mesme [C to F riff] rizing me. ........[F]She was [G]everything I [C to F riff] dreamed she'd be.....[F]Sweet sur[G]render, what a [C to F riff] night!! [F][G]
[Horn Bit] Am x x Am - x x x x Am x x Am - x x x x Am x x C - x x D x (repeat)
[Bridge] [F] Oh, I felt a rush like a [Em] rolling bolt of thunder, [F] spinning my head around and [G] taking my body under. (Oh what a
[Vamp on riff - no vocals] C C/D C/E F - F F G G x 4
[Chorus - Just Bass drum with chords, no snare, no harmonies] Oh [Dm] I, I [F] got a funny feeling when she [Am] walked in the [G] room, and [Dm] I, as [F] I recall it ended much [G] too soon. [G7] (Oh what a)
[Verse] [C to F riff](night) ......... ,[F] why'd it [G] take so long to [C to F riff]see the light? .........[F] Seemed so [G] wrong, but now it [C to F riff]seems so right .........[F] what a [G] lady, what a [C to F riff]night!
[Horn Bit] Am x x Am - x x x x Am x x Am - x x x x Am x x C - x x D x (repeat)
[Bridge] [F] Oh, I felt a rush like a [Em] rolling bolt of thunder, [F] spinning my head around and [G] taking my body under. (Oh what a
[Outro] [Dooh dooh dooh dooh bit - Riff 1 - heavy on drums - chords much more muted] [C] (Night) Doo [C/D] do [C/E] doo [F] do do, [F] doo [F] do [G] doo (Oh what a) Repeat til fade or end on [C] [End]
