Tracy Chapman-Fast Car - BPM - 104
[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