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Fast Car

Tracy Chapman
All-time classics Acoustic favorites Singer-songwriter & folk
KeyA
Capo2
LevelMedium
Transpose A 0
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Chord sheet
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Artist: Tracy Chapman
Song: Fast Car
Tabbed by Sam Guthrie
 
(Chords)
Cmaj7 x32000
G* 32002x
Em7 022003
Dadd11 xx0032
C x32010
G 320003
Em 022000
D xx0232
 
 

Intro

Cmaj7 G* Em7 Dadd11 x4
 

Verse 1

Cmaj7 G*
You got a fast car.
Em7Dadd11
I want a ticket to anywhere.
Cmaj7 G*
Maybe we make a deal,
Em7Dadd11
Maybe together we can get somewhere.
Cmaj7 G*
Any place is better.
Em7Dadd11
Starting from zero, got nothing to lose.
Cmaj7 G*
Maybe we'll make something,
Em7Dadd11
Me myself, I got nothing to prove.
 

Instrumental

Cmaj7 G* Em7 Dadd11 x2
 

Verse 2

Cmaj7 G*
You got a fast car
Em7Dadd11
I got a plan to get us out of here:
Cmaj7 G*
I been working at the convenience store,
Em7Dadd11
Managed to save just a little bit of money.
Cmaj7 G*
Wont't have to drive too far
Em7Dadd11
Just across the border and into the city,
Cmaj7 G*
You and I can both get jobs
Em7Dadd11
And finally see what it means to be living.
 

Instrumental

Cmaj7 G* Em7 Dadd11 x2
 

Verse 3

Cmaj7 G*
You see my old man's got a problem:
Em7Dadd11
He live with the bottle, that's the way it is.
Cmaj7 G*
He says his body's too old for working,
Em7Dadd11
His body's too young to look like his.
Cmaj7 G*
My mama went off and left him,
Em7Dadd11
she wanted more from life than he could give,
Cmaj7 G*
I said, "Somebody's got to take care of him."
Em7Dadd11
So I quit school and that's what I did.
 

Instrumental

Cmaj7 G* Em7 Dadd11 x2
 

Verse 4

Cmaj7 G*
You got a fast car
Em7Dadd11
But is it fast enough so we can fly away?
Cmaj7 G*
We gotta make a decision:
Em7Dadd11
Leave tonight or live and die this way.
 

Instrumental

Cmaj7 G* Em7 Dadd11 Cmaj7 G*
 

Chorus

EmDadd11C
I remember when we were driving, driving in your car,
G
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
Em7
City lights lay out before us
D
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
CEm7D
And I_____ had a feeling that I belonged
CEm7DCD
And I_____ had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone.
 

Instrumental

Cmaj7 G* Em7 Dadd11 x2
 

Verse 5

Cmaj7 G*
You got a fast car
Em7Dadd11
And we go cruising to entertain ourelves;
Cmaj7 G*
You still ain't got a job
Em7Dadd11
And I work in a market as a checkout girl.
Cmaj7 G*
I know things will get better:
Em7Dadd11
You'll find work and I'll get promoted,
Cmaj7 G*
We'll move out of the shelter
Em7Dadd11
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs.
 

Instrumental

Cmaj7 G* Em7 Dadd11 Cmaj7 G*
 

Chorus

EmDadd11C
I remember when we were driving, driving in your car,
G
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
Em7
City lights lay out before us
D
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
CEm7D
And I_____ had a feeling that I belonged
CEm7DCD
And I_____ had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone.
 

Instrumental

Cmaj7 G* Em7 Dadd11 x2
 

Verse 6

Cmaj7 G*
You got a fast car
Em7Dadd11
And I got a job that pays all our bills.
Cmaj7 G*
You stay out drinking late at the bar,
Em7Dadd11
See more your friends than you do your kids.
Cmaj7 G*
I'd always hoped for better,
Em7Dadd11
Thought maybe together you and me would find it,
Cmaj7 G*
I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere,
Em7Dadd11
so take your fast car and keep on driving.
 

Instrumental

Cmaj7 G* Em7 Dadd11 Cmaj7 G*
 

Chorus

EmDadd11C
I remember when we were driving, driving in your car,
G
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
Em7
City lights lay out before us
D
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
CEm7D
And I_____ had a feeling that I belonged
CEm7DCD
And I_____ had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone.
 

Instrumental

Cmaj7 G* Em7 Dadd11 x2
 

Verse 7

Cmaj7 G*
You got a fast car
Em7Dadd11
But is it fast enough so you can fly away?
Cmaj7 G*
You gotta make a decision:
Em7Dadd11
Leave tonight or live and die this way.
 

Outro

Cmaj7 G* Em7 Dadd11 x3
Cmaj7 G*
End

How to play Fast Car chords

This Chordsurf arrangement of Fast Car by Tracy Chapman is presented in the key of A, with a capo at the 2nd fret. Use the transpose controls above the sheet to move every chord together while keeping the lyric-change positions aligned.

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