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(Fmaj7)You got a (C5)fast car.
(G)I want a tick et to an y where.
of here.
Been (C5)May be we the make a deal.
store.
(G)May be to geth er we can get tle some of where.
ey.
(C5)An y place is bet ter.
far, just (G)Start ing from ze ro got noth ing to lose.
y.
(C5)May be we’ll make some thing.
get But and (G)me, my self I’ve got noth ing to prove.
ing.
(Fmaj7)You got a (C5)fast car.
(G)I got a plan et to get us out of here.
Been (C5)work ing at the con ven ience store.
(G)Man aged to save er just a lit tle bit of mon ey.
(C5)Won’t y have to drive too far, just (G)cross ing the bor der and in to the cit y.
(C5)You be and I can both get jobs and (G)fi n’ly see what it means to be liv ing.
See (Fmaj7)my old man’s (C5)got a prob lem.
He (Am)lives with the bot tle, (G)that’s the way it is.
He says his (Fmaj7)bod y’s too old for work ing.
His (Am)bod y’s too young (G)to look like his.
My (Fmaj7)ma ma went off (C5)and left him.
She (Am)want ed more from life (G)than he could give.
I said (Fmaj7)some bod y’s got to (C5)take care of him.
So (Am)I quit school and (G)that’s what I did.
(C5)You got a fast car.
Is it (Am)fast e nough so (G)we could fly a way?
(Fmaj7)We got ta make (C5)a de ci sion, we (Am)leave to night or (G)live and die this way.
(G)I re mem ber when we were (F)driv ing, driv ing in your car, (C)speed so fast I felt like I was drunk, cit y lights lay out be fore us and your (Gsus)arms felt nice wrapped ’round my shoul der.
And (F)I
had a (G)feel ing that I be longed.
(F)I
had a (G)feel ing I could be some one, (F)be some one, (G)be some one.
(Fmaj7)You got a (C5)fast car.
(G)We go a cruis ing, en ter tain our selves.
You (C5)still ain’t got a job late at the and I (Am)work in the mar ket (G)as a check out girl.
(C5)I know ways things will get bet ter.
thought (G)You’ll find to work and I’ll get pro mot ed.
(C5)We’ll move no out of the shel ing ter, where, so (Am)buy a big house (G)and live in the sub urbs.
(G)I re mem ber when we were (F)driv ing, driv ing in your car, (C)speed so fast I felt like I was drunk, cit y lights lay out be fore us and your (Gsus)arms felt nice wrapped ’round my shoul der.
And (F)I
had a (G)feel ing that I be longed.
(F)I
had a (G)feel ing I could be some one, (F)be some one, (G)be some one.
(Fmaj7)You got a (C5)fast car.
(G)I got a job that pays ter all our bills.
You (C5)stay out drink a ing late at the bar, see (Am)more of your friends than (G)you do of your kids.
(C5)I’d al ways hoped will for bet ter, thought (G)may be to geth er you and me’d find it.
(C5)I got no plans, I ain’t go ing no where, so (Am)buy a big house (G)and live in the sub urbs.
(Am)take your fast car (G)and keep on driv ing.
(C5)You got a fast car.
Is it (Am)fast e nough so (G)you could fly a way?
(C5)You got ta make a de ci sion, (Am)leave to night or (G)live and die this way.
This page shows “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 100 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.