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Fast Car – Tracy Chapman

Fast Car – Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman released “Fast Car” in 1988, topping the charts around the world. The melodic chorus part at the end is the best bit, enjoy the music notes below 🙂

Did you know?! “Fast Car” has been covered by Jonas Blue, Tobtok, The Flying Pickets, Hundred Reasons, Kelly Clarkson, Gabrielle, Sam Smith, Birdy and Mutya Buena.

 

F#   F# F# F#-E E
You got a fast car

A    B   B   B-B   G#   G#-A-A
I want a ticket to anywhere…

F#-F#   F#     F#    E    E
Maybe we make a deal

A – B       B-B-B      B    ^C#   A      A-A-B
Maybe together we can get somewhere…

 

^C#-^C# ^D  ^C# B-A
Any   place   is   better…

A  –  A          B      B-B     B       A-A      A    A
Starting from zero, got nothing to lose

^C#-^C#  ^D    ^C#       B – A
Maybe  we’ll  make  something

A   ^C#  ^E-^E  ^C# ^C# ^E-^C#   B   A
But  me,  myself,  I  got  nothing  to  prove…

 

F#   F# F# F#-E E
You got a fast car…

A   B  B   B  G# G# G#  A   A    B
I got a plan to get us out of here!

B    A      F#-F#   F#   F#      F#-E-E          E
I been working at the convenience store,

A  –  B           B     B     B  ^C# A-A  A   A   A-B
Managed to save just a little bit of money

 

^C#     ^C#  ^D  ^C#   B    A
Won’t have to drive too far

A            A      B      B-B     B   G#-G# A   A-A
Just ‘cross the border and into the city

^C#  ^D  ^C#  B   A    A    A
You and I can both get jobs

A    ^C#-^E  ^E  ^C# ^C#  ^E  ^C#  B   ^C#-BA
And finally see what it means to be living…

 

E      F#   F#    F#     F#   F#   F#-E
See my old man’s got a problem

E       A        B      B      B-B         B        B     A   A   A
He lives with the bottle, that’s the way it is

A       A     A   F#-F#   F#   A    F#    F#-E
He says his body’s too old for working

E      A-A        B      ^C#    A    A     A     A
His body’s too young to look like his

 

A    ^C#-^C# ^C#    B    A     B    A
My mama went off and left him

A        A – B         B         B       B      B      A      A        A
She wanted more from life than he could give

A  A  ^C#-^C#-^C#   ^E-^E  ^C     B     A    A
I  said  somebody’s  gotta  take  care  of  him

A   A     B       B        B         B         A     A   A
So I quit school and that’s what I did…

 

F#   F# F# F#-E E
You got a fast car

E  E    A     A – B      B    B     B    A    A-A
Is it fast enough so we can fly away

F#   F#-F#   A    F#   E-F#-E
We gotta make a decision

E          A       B – B     B     B   ^C#   A    A     A
We leave tonight or live and die this way

 

^C# ^C#-^D-^C#    B    B     A-B
So   remember   we were driving…

A – A     G#    A     A
Driving in your car

G#        A     A     A    G#  G#   A     A
Speed so fast, felt like I was drunk

 

A-A      A       A    G#   G#-A   A
City lights lay out before us

E           E       A     A      A
And your arm felt nice

A                    G#        A        A-A
Wrapped ’round my shoulder…

 

A ^E-^F#-^C#-A
And I   ~   ~

A     B  ^C#-^D ^C#  B  A-^C#-B
Had a feeling that I belonged…

^E-^F#-^C#-A
I     ~      ~

A     B  ^C#-^D ^C#  B    B     A-A
Had a feeling I could be someone,

B        A – A         B       A – A
Be someone, be someone…

Fast Car – Tracy Chapman was last modified: May 27th, 2018 by nat
Categories: 1980-1990 Folk Pop
Tags: FlutePiccolo