Fast Car - Tracy Chapman

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TRACY CHAPMAN -- FAST CAR BASS TAB


[Intro]


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You got a fast
I want a ticke
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 car
t to anywhere
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Maybe we make 
Maybe together
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a deal
 we can get somewhere
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Any place is b
Starting from 
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etter
zero got nothing to lose
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Maybe we'll ma
But me myself 
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ke something
I got nothing to prove
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[Verse]

 
You got a fast
And I got a pl
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 car
an to get us out of here
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I been working
Managed to sav
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 at the convenience store
e just a little bit of money
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We won't have 
Just 'cross th
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to drive too far
e border and into the city
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You and I can 
And finally se
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both get jobs
e what it means to be living
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You see my old
He live with t
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 man's got a problem
he bottle that's the way it is
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He says his bo
I say his body
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dy's too old for working
's too young to look like his
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My mama went o
She wanted mor
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ff and left him
e from life than he could give
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I said somebod
So I quit scho
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y's got to take care of him
ol and that's what I did
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You got a fast
But is it fast
We gotta make 
We leave tonig
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 car
 enough so we can fly away
a decision
ht or live and die this way
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[Chorus]

I remember we 
The speed so f
City lights la
And your arm f
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were driving d
ast I felt lik
y out before u
elt nice wrapp
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riving in your car
e I was drunk
s
ed 'round my shoulder
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And I had, had
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 a feeling that I belonged
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And I had, had
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 a feeling I could be someone, 
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be someone, be
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 someone

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[Verse 2]

You got a fast
 And we go cru
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 car
ising to entertain ourselves
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You still ain'
And I work in 
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t got a job
a market as a checkout girl
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I know things 
You'll find wo
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will get better
rk and I'll get promoted
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We'll move out
Buy a big hous
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 of the shelter
e and live in the suburbs
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[Chorus 2]

I remember we 
The speed so f
City lights la
And your arm f
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were driving d
ast I felt lik
y out before u
elt nice wrapp
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riving in your car
e I was drunk
s
ed 'round my shoulder
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And I had, had
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 a feeling that I belonged
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And I had, had
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 a feeling I could be someone, 
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be someone, be
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 someone

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[Verse 2]

You got a fast
And I got a jo
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 car
b that pays all our bills
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You stay out d
See more of yo
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rinking late at the bar
ur friends than you do of your kids
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I'd always hop
Thought maybe 
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ed for better
together you and me would find it
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I got no plans
So take your f
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 I ain't going nowhere
ast car and keep on driving
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[Outro]

I remember we 
The speed so f
City lights la
And your arm f
G|------------
D|------------
A|--5--5--7-0-
E|------------

were driving d
ast I felt lik
y out before u
elt nice wrapp
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--------7--9--
5--5--5-------

riving in your car
e I was drunk
s
ed 'round my shoulder
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9--5-0-7--7--|
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And I had, had
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D|------------
A|--5-----9--7
E|-----5------

 a feeling that I belonged
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And I had, had
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A|--5-----9--7
E|-----5------

 a feeling I could be someone, 
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be someone, be
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A|-5--0--|
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 someone

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--|(x2)

You got a fast
But is it fast
We gotta make 
We leave tonig
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A|--5---------
E|-----5--2--0

 car
 enough so we can fly away
a decision
ht or live and die this way
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E|-----5--2--0

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LEGEND

h - hammer on 
p - pull off 
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato

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