Original is played with a swing rhythm so if you are playing with your own strumming pattern then the second 
chord in the line should be played a beat or so later


[Intro]
     x4


[Verse]
       
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.

     X2


[Verse]
       
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

.

     X2


[Verse]
         
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 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.

     X2


[Pre-Chorus]
       
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.

     X2


[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-I had a 

    
feeling that I

 belonged
           
And I-I had a 

             
feeling I coul

             
d be someone (

          
be someone, be

 someone.)

     X2


[Verse]
      
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

.

     X2


[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-I had a 

    
feeling that I

 belonged
           
And I-I had a 

             
feeling I coul

             
d be someone (

          
be someone, be

 someone.)



     X2


[Verse]
      
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.

     X2


[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-I had a 

    
feeling that I

 belonged
           
And I-I had a 

             
feeling I coul

         
d be someone (

       
be someone, be

 someone.)


     X2


[Outro]
        
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.

     x3