Fast Car Tracy Chapman
-Can be used well for baritone ukulele also.
Gmaj7 D Bm A x4
[Gmaj7]You got a fast [D]car.
[Bm]I want a ticket to [A]anywhere.
[Gmaj7]Maybe we make a [D]deal,
[Bm]Maybe together we can [A]get somewhere.
[Gmaj7]Any place is [D]better.
[Bm]Starting from zero, got [A]nothing to lose.
[Gmaj7]Maybe we'll make [D]something,
[Bm]Me myself, I got [A]nothing to prove.
Gmaj7 D Bm A X2
[Gmaj7]You got a fast [D]car.
[Bm]I got a plan to [A]get us out of here:
[Gmaj7]I been working at the [D]convenience store,
[Bm]Managed to save just a [A]little bit of money.
[Gmaj7]Won't have to drive too [D]far
[Bm]Just 'cross the border and [A]into the city,
[Gmaj7]You and I can [D]both get jobs
And [Bm]finally see what it [A]means to be living.
Gmaj7 D Bm A X2
You see, [Gmaj7]my old man's got a [D]problem:
He [Bm]live with the bottle, that?s the [A]way it is.
He [Gmaj7]says his body's too old for [D]working,
His [Bm]body's too young to [A]look like his.
My [Gmaj7]mama went off and [D]left him, she [Bm]wanted more from life than [A]he could give,
I said, "[Gmaj7]Somebody's got to take [D]care of him."
So [Bm]I quit school and that's [A]what I did.
Gmaj7 D Bm A X2
[Gmaj7]You got a fast [D]car.
But is it [Bm]fast enough so we can [A]fly away?
[Gmaj7]We gotta make a de[D]cision:
[Bm]Leave tonight or live and [A]die this way.
Gmaj7 D Bm A X2
[Gmaj7]So I remember when: we were [G]driving, driving [D]in your car,
The [G]speed so fast I felt like [D]I was drunk,
[Bm]City lights lay [G]out before us
And your [Bm]arm felt nice wrapped '[A]round my shoulder.
And [G]I [Bm] had a [A]feeling that I belonged
And [G]I [Bm] had a [A]feeling I could -- [Bm]be someone, [G]be someone, [Bm]be someone.
Gmaj7 D Bm A X2
[Gmaj7]You got a fast [D]car.
And [Bm]we go cruising to enter[A]tain ourselves;
[Gmaj7]you still ain't got a [D]job
And I [Bm]work in a market as a [A]checkout girl.
[Gmaj7]I know things will get [D]better:
[Bm]You'll find work and [A]I'll get promoted,
[Gmaj7]We'll move out of the [D]shelter
[Bm]Buy a bigger house and [A]live in the suburbs.
Gmaj7 D Bm A X2
[Gmaj7]So I remember when: we were [G]driving, driving [D]in your car,
The [G]speed so fast I felt like [D]I was drunk,
[Bm]City lights lay [G]out before us
And your [Bm]arm felt nice wrapped '[A]round my shoulder.
And [G]I [Bm] had a [A]feeling that I belonged
And [G]I [Bm] had a [A]feeling I could -- [Bm]be someone, [G]be someone, [Bm]be someone.
Gmaj7 D Bm A X2
[Gmaj7]You got a fast [D]car.
And [Bm]I got a job that [A]pays all our bills.
[Gmaj7]You stay out drinking [D]late at the bar,
You see [Bm]more your friends than you [A]do your kids.
[Gmaj7]I'd always hoped for [D]better,
[Bm]Thought maybe together [A]you and me would find it,
[Gmaj7]I got no plans I ain't [D]going nowhere,
so [Bm]take your fast car and [A]keep on driving.
Gmaj7 D Bm A X2
[Gmaj7]So I remember when: we were [G]driving, driving [D]in your car,
The [G]speed so fast I felt like [D]I was drunk,
[Bm]City lights lay [G]out before us
And your [Bm]arm felt nice wrapped '[A]round my shoulder.
And [G]I [Bm] had a [A]feeling that I belonged
And [G]I [Bm] had a [A]feeling I could -- [Bm]be someone, [G]be someone, [Bm]be someone.
Gmaj7 D Bm A X2
[Gmaj7]You got a fast [D]car.
But is it [Bm]fast enough so we can [A]fly away?
[Gmaj7]We gotta make a de[D]cision:
[Bm]Leave tonight or live and [A]die this way.
Gmaj7 D Bm A x3
Gmaj7 D(let it fade)
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