| Song Name: | Fast Car | By: | Tracy Chapman |
| Posted By: | chibluesteve | Difficulty: | Beginner |
| Key: | A | Genre: | Rock |
| Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
| Created: | 2006-08-25 18:08:56 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
| Song: | -6 -6 -6 -6 6 6
You got a fast car 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 7 7 7 I want a ticket to anywhere -6 -6 -6 -6 6 6 Maybe we make a deal 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 8 7 7 7 -8 Maybe together we can get somewhere 8 8 -9 8 -8 7 Anyplace is better 7 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 7 7 7 Starting from zero- got nothing to lose 8 8 -9 8 -8 7 Maybe we'll make something 7 8 9 9 8 8 9 8 -8 7 But me myself I've got nothing to prove -6 -6 -6 -6 6 6 You got a fast car 7 -8 -8 -8 7 7 7 7 7 -8 I got a plan to get us out of here -8 7 -6 -6 7 -6 -6 6 6 6 I been working at the convenience store 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 8 7 7 7 7 7 -8 Managed to save just a little bit of money 8 8 -9 8 -8 7 Won't have to drive too far 7 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 7 7 7 7 Just 'cross the border and into the city 8 -9 8 -8 -8 7 7 You and I can both get jobs 7 8 9 9 8 8 9 8 -8 8 -8 7 And fin'lly see what it means to be living 6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 See my old man's got a problem 6 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 7 7 7 He lives with the bottle that's the way it is 7 7 7 -6 -6 -6 7 -6 -6 -6 He says his body's too old for working 6 6 6 7 7 -8 8 7 7 7 7 I say his body's too young to look like his 7 8 8 8 -8 7 -8 7 My mama went off and left him 7 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 7 7 She wanted more from life than he could give 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 8 -8 7 7 I said somebody's got to take care of him 7 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 7 7 So I quit school and that's what I did -6 -6 -6 -6 6 6 You got a fast car 6 6 7 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 7 7 Is it fast enough so we could fly away -6 -6 -6 7 -6 6 -6 6 We gotta make a decision 6 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 8 7 7 7 We leave tonight or live and die this way 8 8 -9 8 -8 -8 7 7 -8 7 7 -7 7 7 I remember when we were driving driving in your car 7 7 7 7 7 -7 -7 -7 7 speed so fast I felt like I was drunk 7 7 7 7 -7 7 7 7 City lights lay out before us 6 6 7 7 7 7 -7 7 7 7 And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder 7 9 -10 8 -8 7 7 -8 8 -9 8 -8 7 8 -8 And I----------- had a feeling that I belonged 9 -10 8 -8 7 7 -8 8 -9 -8 7 -8 7 7 I----------- had a feeling I could be someone, -8 7 7 -8 7 7 be someone, be someone -6 -6 -6 -6 6 6 You got a fast car 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 7 7 We go cruising to entertain ourselves 6 -6 -6 -6 6 6 You still ain't got a job 6 6 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 8 7 7 7 -8 And I work in the market as a checkout girl 8 8 -9 8 8 -8 7 I know things will get better 7 -8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 You'll find work and I'll get promoted 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 7 We'll move out of the shelter 7 -8 -8 -8 8 7 7 7 7 7 Buy a big house and live in the suburbs -6 -6 -6 -6 6 6 You got a fast car 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 7 7 I got a job that pays all our bills 6 -6 -6 -6 6 -6 6 -6 -6 You stay out drinking late at the bar 6 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 7 7 -8 See more of your friends than you do of your kids 8 8 -9 8 8 -8 7 I'd always hoped for better 6 7 -8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 Thought maybe together you and me would find it 8 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8 7 7 7 I got no plans I ain't going nowhere 6 7 7 -8 -8 8 7 7 7 -8 7 So take your fast car and keep on driving -6 -6 -6 -6 6 6 You got a fast car 6 6 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 7 7 7 -7 Is it fast enough so you can fly away-- -6 -6 -6 7 -6 6 -6 6 You gotta make a decision 7 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 7 7 7 You leave tonight or live and die this way |