Fast Car Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]Fas[G]t Car[C][G][C]
[G]Tracy [C]Chapman[G]

[Verse 2]
[C]You got a fast [G]car
[C]I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can
get somewhere
Anyplace is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe we'll make [G]something
[C]Me, myself I got nothing to prove
[G][C][G]

[Verse 3]
[C]You got a fast car
I got a plan to get us out of here
I been working at the con
[G]venience store
[C]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
[G]

[Verse 4]
[C][G]
You see [C]my old man's got a problem
[G]He liv[C]e 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 [G]did
[C][G][C][G]

[Verse 5]
[C]You got a fast car
Is it fast enough so we can fly away
We gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die
this way

[Verse 6]
So remember we were [C]driving,
driving in your car
Speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped
'round my shoulder
[G]I had a f[C]eeling that I belonged
[G]I h[C]ad [G]a feeling[C] I could be someone,
[G]be someone, be [C]someone[G][C][G]

[Verse 7]
[C]You got a fast car
[G]We [C]go cruising to entertain ourselves
You still ain't got a job
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
I remember we were driving, driving in your car
Speed [G]so fast I

[Verse 8]
[C]
felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped
'round my shoulder
I had a feeling that I be[G]longed
I had a feeling [C]I c[G]ould be someone,
be someone, [C]be [G]someone

[Verse 9]
[C]You got a fast [G]car
[C]I got a job that pays all our bills
You [G]stay out [C]drinking late at the bar
See more of your friends than you do
of 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
I remember we were driving, [G]driving in your car

[Verse 10]
[C]
Speed so fast I [G]felt like
[C]I was drunk
City lights lay [G]out before us
And your arm felt
nice wrapped 'round [C]my shoulder
I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone, be
someone, be someone

[Verse 11]
You got a fast car But is [C]it fast
enough so you can fly away
You gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way