Tracy Chapman
Fast Car

Song : 
E
Intro :
Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C 
Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C
Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C 
Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C

Bbmaj7         F
You got a fast car.
Dm                 C
I want a ticket to anywhere.
Bbmaj7          F
Maybe we make a deal,
Dm                    C
Maybe together we can get somewhere.
Bbmaj7       F
Any place is better.
Dm                      C
Starting from zero, got nothing to lose.
Bbmaj7           F
Maybe we'll make something,
Dm               C     
Me myself, I got nothing to prove.

Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C 
Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C

Bbmaj7         F
You got a fast car.
Dm              C
I got a plan to get us out of here:
Bbmaj7                F
I been working at the convenience store,
Dm                     C
Managed to save just a little bit of money.
Bbmaj7                  F
Won't have to drive too far
Dm                         C
Just 'cross the border and into the city, 
Bbmaj7        F
You and I can both get jobs
    Dm                  C
And finally see what it means to be living.

Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C 
Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C

         Bbmaj7             F
You see, my old man's got a problem:
   Dm                               C
He live with the bottle, that s the way it is.
   Bbmaj7                      F
He says his body's too old for working,
    Dm                  C
His body's too young to look like his.
   Bbmaj7            F            
My mama went off and left him,
   Dm                         C
she wanted more from life than he could give,
         Bbmaj7                 F
I said, "Somebody's got to take care of him."
   Dm                       C
So I quit school and that's what I did.

Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C 
Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C

Bbmaj7         F
You got a fast car.
          Dm                    C
But is it fast enough so we can fly away?
Bbmaj7            F
We gotta make a decision:
Dm                        C
Leave tonight or live and die this way.

Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C 
Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C
 
F    Dm     C        
So remember when: 
     Bb               F
we were driving, driving in your car,
    Bb                        F
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
Dm                    Bb
City lights lay out before us
         Dm                     C
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder. 
    Bb Dm      C  
And I   had a feeling that I belonged
    Bb Dm      C                  Dm       
And I   had a feeling I could -- be someone, 
     F           Dm
be someone, be someone.

Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C 
Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C

Bbmaj7         F
You got a fast car.
    Dm                     C
And we go cruising to entertain ourselves;
Bbmaj7                F
you still ain't got a job
      Dm                    C
And I work in a market as a checkout girl.
Bbmaj7                 F
I know things will get better:
Dm                   C
You'll find work and I'll get promoted, 
Bbmaj7                F
We'll move out of the shelter
Dm                     C
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs.

Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C 
Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C

F    Dm     C             Bb               F
So remember when: we were driving, driving in your car,
    Bb                        F
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
Dm                    Bb
City lights lay out before us
         Dm                     C
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder. 
    Bb Dm      C  
And I   had a feeling that I belonged
    Bb Dm      C               
And I   had a feeling I could -- 
     Dm          F           Dm
be someone, be someone, be someone.

Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C 
Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C

Bbmaj7         F
You got a fast car.
    Dm               C
And I got a job that pays all our bills.
Bbmaj7                F
You stay out drinking late at the bar,
        Dm                         C
You see more your friends than you do your kids.
Bbmaj7               F
I'd always hoped for better,
Dm                     C
Thought maybe together you and me would find it,
Bbmaj7                 F
I got no plans I ain't going nowhere,
   Dm                     C
so take your fast car and keep on driving.

Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C 
Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C

F    Dm     C             Bb               F
So remember when: we were driving, driving in your car,
    Bb                        F
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
Dm                    Bb
City lights lay out before us
         Dm                     C
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder. 
    Bb Dm      C  
And I   had a feeling that I belonged
    Bb Dm      C           
And I   had a feeling I could 
      Dm          F           Dm
be someone, be someone, be someone.

Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C 
Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C

Bbmaj7         F
You got a fast car.
          Dm                    C
But is it fast enough so we can fly away?
Bbmaj7            F
We gotta make a decision:
Dm                        C
Leave tonight or live and die this way.

Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C 
Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C
Bbmaj7   F   Dm   C
Bbmaj7   F