Artist: Tracy Chapman
Song: Fast Car
Tabbed by Sam Guthrie

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[Intro]
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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.

[Instrumental]
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[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

.
         
Wont't have to

 
 drive too far
           
Just across 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]
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[Verse 3]
         
You see my old

 
 man's got a p

roblem:
           
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 mor

          
e from life th


an he could gi

ve,
         
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]
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[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]
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[Chorus]
      
 I remember wh

            
en we were dri

ving, driving 

in your car,
     
The speed so f

ast I felt lik

e I was drunk,

  City lights 

lay out before

 us
          
And your arm f

elt nice wrapp

ed 'round my s

houlder.
          
And I_____ had

   
 a feeling tha

t I belonged
          
And I_____ had

             
 a feeling I c

              
ould be someon

            
e, be someone,

 be someone.

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
  
You got a fast

 car
   
And we go crui

sing to entert

ain ourelves;
  
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]
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[Chorus]
      
 I remember wh

            
en we were dri

ving, driving 

in your car,
     
The speed so f

ast I felt lik

e I was drunk,

  City lights 

lay out before

 us
          
And your arm f

elt nice wrapp

ed 'round my s

houlder.
          
And I_____ had

   
 a feeling tha

t I belonged
          
And I_____ had

             
 a feeling I c

              
ould be someon

            
e, be someone,

 be someone.

[Instrumental]
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[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,
  
See more your 

friends than y

ou do your kid

s.
  
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 goin

g nowhere,
  
so take your f

ast car and ke

ep on driving.

[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
      
 I remember wh

            
en we were dri

ving, driving 

in your car,
     
The speed so f

ast I felt lik

e I was drunk,

  City lights 

lay out before

 us
          
And your arm f

elt nice wrapp

ed 'round my s

houlder.
          
And I_____ had

   
 a feeling tha

t I belonged
          
And I_____ had

             
 a feeling I c

              
ould be someon

            
e, be someone,

 be someone.

[Instrumental]
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[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]
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