Fast Car

CAPOTASTO +2 INTRO DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE / DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE / DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE VERSE 1 DOmaj7 SOL You got a fast car. MIm RE I want a ticket to anywhere. DOmaj7 SOL Maybe we make a deal, MIm RE Maybe together we can get somewhere. DOmaj7 SOL Any place is better. MIm RE Starting from zero, got nothing to lose. DOmaj7 SOL Maybe we’ll make something, MIm RE Me myself, I got nothing to prove. DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE VERSE 2 DOmaj7 SOL You got a fast car. MIm RE I got a plan to get us out of here: DOmaj7 SOL I been working at the convenience store, MIm RE Managed to save just a little bit of money. DOmaj7 SOL Won’t have to drive too far MIm RE Just ‘cross the border and into the city, DOmaj7 SOL You and I can both get jobs MIm RE And finally see what it means to be living. DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE VERSE 3 DOmaj7 SOL You see, my old man’s got a problem: MIm RE He live with the bottle, that’s the way it is. DOmaj7 SOL He says his body’s too old for working, MIm RE His body’s too young to look like his. DOmaj7 SOL My mama went off and left him, MIm RE she wanted more from life than he could give, DOmaj7 SOL I said, “Somebody’s got to take care of him.” MIm RE So I quit school and that’s what I did. DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE VERSE 4 DOmaj7 SOL You got a fast car. MIm RE But is it fast enough so we can fly away? DOmaj7 SOL We gotta make a decision: MIm RE Leave tonight or live and die this way. DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE CHORUS (RE) DO So I remember when: we were driving, driving in your car, SOL The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk, MIm City lights lay out before us RE And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder. DO MIm RE And I had a feeling that I belonged DO MIm RE And I had a feeling I could be someone MIm RE be someone, be someone. DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE VERSE 5 DOmaj7 SOL You got a fast car. MIm RE And we go cruising to entertain ourselves; DOmaj7 SOL you still ain’t got a job MIm RE And I work in a market as a checkout girl. DOmaj7 SOL I know things will get better: MIm RE You’ll find work and I’ll get promoted, DOmaj7 SOL We’ll move out of the shelter MIm RE Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs. DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE CHORUS (RE) DO So I remember when: we were driving, driving in your car, SOL The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk, MIm City lights lay out before us RE And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder. DO MIm RE And I had a feeling that I belonged DO MIm RE And I had a feeling I could be someone MIm RE be someone, be someone. DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE VERSE 6 DOmaj7 SOL You got a fast car. MIm RE And I got a job that pays all our bills. DOmaj7 SOL You stay out drinking late at the bar, MIm RE You see more your friends than you do your kids. DOmaj7 SOL I’d always hoped for better, MIm RE Thought maybe together you and me would find it, DOmaj7 SOL I got no plans I ain’t going nowhere, MIm RE so take your fast car and keep on driving. DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE CHORUS (RE) DO So I remember when: we were driving, driving in your car, SOL The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk, MIm City lights lay out before us RE And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder. DO MIm RE And I had a feeling that I belonged DO MIm RE And I had a feeling I could be someone MIm RE be someone, be someone. DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE FINALE DOmaj7 SOL You got a fast car. MIm RE But is it fast enough so we can fly away? DOmaj7 SOL We gotta make a decision: MIm RE Leave tonight or live and die this way. DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE / DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE DOmaj7 SOL MIm RE / DOmaj7 SOL