Harmonica is Vocal Patches - - - [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
[Verse] On a [Gm] cobweb [F] afternoon In a [Dm7] room full of [Eb] emptiness By a [Gm] freeway [F] I confess I [Dm7] was lost in the [Eb] pages [Gm] Of a book [F] full of death [Dm7] Reading how we'll [Eb] die alone [Gm] And if we're good [F] we'll lay to rest [Dm7] Anywhere [Eb] we wanna go
[Chorus] [Gm]In your [Bb] house [F] I long to [Gm] be [Gm]Room by [Bb] room [F] patient [Gm] ly [Eb]I'll wait for [Gm] you there [F]Like a [Gm] stone [Eb] I'll wait for you [Gm] there [D]Alone
[Instrumental] [Gm][F][Dm7][Eb]
[Verse] On my [Gm] deathbed [F] I will pray To [Dm7] the gods and the [Eb] angels Like a [Gm] pagan to [F] anyone Who [Dm7] will take me to [Eb]heaven [Gm] To a place [F] I recall [Dm7] I was there so [Eb] long ago The [Gm] sky was bruised The [F] wine was bled And [Dm7] there you led me [Eb] on
[Chorus] [Gm]In your [Bb] house [F] I long to [Gm] be [Gm]Room by [Bb] room [F] patient [Gm] ly [Eb]I'll wait for [Gm] you there [F]Like a [Gm] stone [Eb]I'll wait for you [Gm] there [D]Alone [D]Alone
[Solo - Same chords as Chorus]
[Bridge] [Eb] And on I [Bb] read [D] Until the day was [Eb] gone And I [D#m] sat in [C] regret Of [D] all the things [Gm] I've done For [Eb] all that I've [Bb] blessed And [D] all that I've [Eb] wronged In [D#m] dreams until my [C] death I will [D] wander on
[Chorus] [Gm]In your [Bb] house [F] I long to [Gm] be [Gm]Room by [Bb] room [F] patient [Gm] ly [Eb]I'll wait for [Gm] you there [F]Like a [Gm] stone [Eb]I'll wait for you [Gm] there [D]Alone [D]Alone
