Fast Car - Hundred Reasons

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Hundred Reasons: Fast Car Chords

[Intro]
       (4x)

[Verse 1]
             
You got a fast

 
 car.
           
I want a ticke

     
t to anywhere.
             
Maybe we make 

  
a deal,
           
Maybe together

        
 we can get so

mewhere.
            
Any place is b

etter.
           
Starting from 

          
zero, got noth

ing to lose.
             
Maybe we'll ma

   
ke something,
           
Me myself, I g

    
ot nothing to 

prove.

[Instrumental]
       (2x)

[Verse 2]
             
You got a fast

 
 car.
           
I got a plan t

  
o get us out o

f here:
             
I been working

        
 at the conven

ience store,
           
Managed to sav

         
e just a littl

e bit of money

.
             
We won't have 

         
to drive too f

ar
           
Just 'cross th

             
e border and i

nto the city,
             
You and I can 


both get jobs
           
And finally se

           
e what it mean

s to be living

.

[Instrumental]
       (2x)

[Verse 3]
             
You see, my ol

              
d man's got a 


problem:
           
He live with t

              
he bottle, tha

        
t’s the way it

 is.
             
He says his bo

              
dy's too old f

   
or working,
           
His body's too

          
 young to look

 like his.
             
My mama went o

             
ff and left hi

           
m, she wanted 

              
more from life

      
 than he could

 give,
             
I said, "Someb

              
ody's got to t

    
ake care of hi

m."
           
So I quit scho

              
ol and that's 


what I did.

[Instrumental]
       (2x)

[Verse 4]
             
You got a fast

 
 car.
           
But is it fast

              
 enough so we 

    
can fly away?
             
We gotta make 

    
a decision:
           
Leave tonight 

            
or live and di

e this way.

[Instrumental]
       (2x)

[Chorus]
              
So I remember 

              
when: we were 


driving, drivi

ng in your car

,
    
The speed so f

ast I felt lik

e I was drunk,

City lights la

y out before u

s
         
And your arm f

elt nice wrapp

ed 'round my s

houlder.
          
And I   had a 


feeling that I

 belonged
          
And I   had a 

             
feeling I coul

              
d be someone, 

           
be someone, be

 someone.

[Instrumental]
       (2x)

[Verse 5]
             
You got a fast

 
 car.
           
And we go crui

             
sing to entert

ain ourselves;
             
you still ain'

        
t got a job
           
And I work in 

              
a market as a 


checkout girl.
             
I know things 

         
will get bette

r:
           
You'll find wo

       
rk and I'll ge

t promoted,
             
We'll move out

        
 of the shelte

r
           
Buy a bigger h

         
ouse and live 

in the suburbs

.

[Instrumental]
       (2x)

[Chorus]
              
So I remember 

              
when: we were 


driving, drivi

ng in your car

,
    
The speed so f

ast I felt lik

e I was drunk,

City lights la

y out before u

s
         
And your arm f

elt nice wrapp

ed 'round my s

houlder.
          
And I   had a 


feeling that I

 belonged
          
And I   had a 

             
feeling I coul

              
d be someone, 

           
be someone, be

 someone.

[Instrumental]
       (2x)

[Verse 6]

             
You got a fast

 
 car.
           
And I got a jo

       
b that pays al

l our bills.
             
You stay out d

        
rinking late a

t the bar,
           
You see more y

              
our friends th

       
an you do your

 kids.
             
I'd always hop

       
ed for better,
           
Thought maybe 

         
together you a

nd me would fi

nd it,
             
I got no plans

         
 I ain't going

 nowhere,
           
so take your f

            
ast car and ke

ep on driving.

[Instrumental]
       (2x)

[Chorus]
              
So I remember 

              
when: we were 


driving, drivi

ng in your car

,
    
The speed so f

ast I felt lik

e I was drunk,

City lights la

y out before u

s
         
And your arm f

elt nice wrapp

ed 'round my s

houlder.
          
And I   had a 


feeling that I

 belonged
          
And I   had a 

             
feeling I coul

              
d be someone, 

           
be someone, be

 someone.

[Instrumental]
       (2x)

[Verse 7]

            
You got a fast

 car.
           
But is it fast

              
 enough so we 

    
can fly away?
             
We gotta make 

  
a decision:
           
Leave tonight 

            
or live and di

e this way.

[Outro]
       (4x)
  

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