Fast Car chords
Tracy Chapman 1988 (Tracy Chapman album)

Capo II

[Intro]

     x4

[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]

     x2

[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

.
         
Won't have to 

          
drive too far
            
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]

     x2

[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]

     x2

[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]

    
      

[Chorus]

           
 So I remember

              
 when: we were

            
 driving, driv

    
ing in your ca

r,
            
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 someon

             
e, be someone,

 
 be someone.

[Instrumental]

     x2

[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]

    
      

[Chorus]

           
 So I remember

              
 when: we were

            
 driving, driv

    
ing in your ca

r,
            
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 someon

             
e, be someone,

 
 be someone.

[Instrumental]

     x2

[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]

    
      

[Chorus]

           
 So I remember

              
 when: we were

            
 driving, driv

    
ing in your ca

r,
            
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 someon

             
e, be someone,

 
 be someone.

[Instrumental]

     x2

[Verse 7]

         
You got a fast

 
 car.
            
But is it fast

              
 enough so you

     
 can fly away?
         
You gotta make

     
 a decision:
            
Leave tonight 

            
or live and di

e this way.

[Outro]

     x3
 

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