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Tracy Chapman 1988 (Tracy Chapman album)***
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Car
Capo II **
Intro
x4
Verse 1
You got a fast car.
I want a ticket to anywhere.
Maybe we make a deal,
Maybe together we can get
somewhere.
Any place is better.
Starting from zero, got nothing
to lose.
Maybe we'll make something,
Me myself, I got nothing to
prove.
Instrumental
x2
[Verse 2]
You got a fast car.
I got a plan to get us out of
here:
I been working at the
convenience store,
Managed to save just a little
bit of money.
Won't have to drive too far
Just 'cross the border and into
the city,
You and I can both get jobs
And finally see what it means to
be living.
Instrumental
x2
Verse 3
You see, my old man's got a
problem:
He live with the bottle, that’s
the way it is.
He says his body's too old for
working,
His body's too young to look
like his.
My mama went off and left him,
she wanted more from life than
he could give,
I said, "Somebody's got to take
care of him."
So I quit school 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 die
this way.
Instrumental
Chorus
So I remember when: we were
driving, driving in your car,
The speed so fast I felt like I
was drunk,
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped
'round my shoulder.
And I had a feeling that I
belonged
And I had a feeling I could --
be someone, be someone, be
someone.
Instrumental
x2
Verse 5
You got a fast car.
And we go cruising to entertain
ourselves;
you still ain't got a job
And I work in a market as a
checkout girl.
I know things will get better:
You'll find work and I'll get
promoted,
We'll move out of the shelter
Buy a bigger house and live in
the suburbs.
Instrumental
Chorus
So I remember when: we were
driving, driving in your car,
The speed so fast I felt like I
was drunk,
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped
'round my shoulder.
And I had a feeling that I
belonged
And I had a feeling I could --
be someone, be someone, be
someone.
Instrumental
x2
Verse 6
You got a fast car.
And I got a job that pays all
our bills.
You stay out drinking late at
the bar,
You see more your friends than
you do your kids.
I'd always hoped for better,
Thought maybe together you and
me would find it,
I got no plans I ain't going
nowhere,
so take your fast car and keep
on driving.
Instrumental
Chorus
So I remember when: we were
driving, driving in your car,
The speed so fast I felt like I
was drunk,
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped
'round my shoulder.
And I had a feeling that I
belonged
And I had a feeling I could --
be someone, 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 die
this way.
Outro
x3
* Some folks prefer G rather than Em, and Em7 instead of Em
** Song is in key of F#m ? / Dmaj7 ? / A ?
Alternate chords:
Open
G = A
D = E
C = D
Capo IV
G = F
D = C
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*** Individual tab notes
From Capo II
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B|-----0-----8-7-7-|
G|-4-5---7-7-------|
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or
e|----------3-3-2-2|
B|0-1-0-3-3--------|
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