Fast Car 
Tracy Chapman

Tabbed by Jarrod James

Previous tabs and chords needed a little bit of fixing up. This is the correct version from the book.


Capo II


Chords:
 x32000
     320003
    022000  
 xx0032 
     x32010
     320003
 300003
    022000  
   022030
     x00232




[Intro]

 (Cmaj7)(G)   
e|------------
B|0h1-0-3---3-
G|0---0-0-----
D|------------
A|3-----------
E|------3-----

    (Em)  (Dad
----|---------
----|8-----7--
0---|0-----0--
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----|7-----5--
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d4)       
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-7-----|
---0---|   ×2 Riff A
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 (Cmaj7)(G)   
e|------------
B|0h1-0-3---3-
G|0---0-0-----
D|------------
A|3-----------
E|------3-----

    (Em)  (Dad
----|---------
----|8--10-8--
0---|0--------
----|---------
----|7--------
----|---------

d4)       
--------|
7--8-7--|
0-------|  ×1 Riff B
--------|
5-------|
--------|


 (Cmaj7)(G)   
e|------------
B|0h1-0-3---3-
G|0---0-0-----
D|------------
A|3-----------
E|------3-----

    (Em)  (Dad
----|---------
----|8-----7--
0---|0-----0--
----|---------
----|7-----5--
----|---------

d4)       
-------|
-7-----|
---0---|   ×1 Riff A
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[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.


*Play Intro Riff A ×2


[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

.



*Play Intro Riff A ×2


[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.


*Play Intro Riff A ×2


         
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


*Play Intro Riff A ×2



[Chorus]

(       
Cause I rememb

              
er when we wer

             
e driving, dri

        
ving in your c

ar
             
The speed so f

         
ast it felt li

         
ke I was drunk
            
  The city lig

           
hts lay out be

     
fore us
         
And your arm f

             
elt nice wrapp

             
ed ‘round my s


houlder
           
And I  I  had 

            
a feeling that

   
 I belonged
           
And I  I  had 

             
a feeling I co

        
uld be someone

             
, be someone, 

 
be someone



*Play Intro Riff A ×2


[Verse 4]

         
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

.


*Play Intro Riff A ×2
(2nd Guitar plays Riff B in the Background)

[Chorus]

(       
Cause I rememb

              
er when we wer

             
e driving, dri

        
ving in your c

ar
             
The speed so f

         
ast it felt li

         
ke I was drunk
            
  The city lig

           
hts lay out be

     
fore us
         
And your arm f

             
elt nice wrapp

             
ed ‘round my s


houlder
           
And I  I  had 

            
a feeling that

   
 I belonged
           
And I  I  had 

             
a feeling I co

        
uld be someone

             
, be someone, 

 
be someone



*Play Intro Riff A ×2


[Verse 5]

         
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.


*Play Intro Riff A×2


[Chorus]

(       
Cause I rememb

              
er when we wer

             
e driving, dri

        
ving in your c

ar
             
The speed so f

         
ast it felt li

         
ke I was drunk
            
  The city lig

           
hts lay out be

     
fore us
         
And your arm f

             
elt nice wrapp

             
ed ‘round my s


houlder
           
And I  I  had 

            
a feeling that

   
 I belonged
           
And I  I  had 

             
a feeling I co

        
uld be someone

             
, be someone, 

 
be someone



*Play Intro Riff A ×2


         
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]

*Play Intro Riff A x3

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G|0---0-0-----
D|------------
A|3-----------
E|------3-----

          
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