Fast Car

FAST CAR Tracy Chapman BbM7 F Dm C ||: You^got=a Fast Car / | I^want=a ticket^to anywhere / | ||: You^got=a Fast Car / | I^got=a plan^to get=us^out of^here | BbM7 F Dm C | maybe^we make=a^deal ll / | Maybe^to gether^we=can get^some where | | been^working at^the=con venience store | Managed^to save^just=a little^bit of^money | BbM7 F Dm C | Any^place is^better rr / | Starting^from zero^got nothing^to lose | | Wont^have=to drive^too far / | Just^cross=the border^and into^the city | BbM7 F Dm C | Maybe^we'll make something / | Me^my self^I=got nothing^to prove | | You^and=I can^both=get jobs^and / | Finally see^what=it means^to=be living | 1. | BbM7 / F / | Dm / C / | BbM7 / F / | Dm C / :|| 2. | BbM7 / F / | Dm / C / | BbM7 / F / | Dm C ~ ^See | BbM7 F | my^old mans^got=a problem ~ ^He | Dm C | live^with=the bottle^thats=the way^it=is He^says=his | BbM7 F Dm C | bodys^too=old d^for working ~ ^His | bodys^too young^to look^like his^My | BbM7 F | mama^went=off f^and left^him ~ ^She | Dm C | wanted^more=from life^than he^could=give I^said | BbM7 F Dm C | somebodys got^to=take care^of=him ~ ^So | I^quit school^and=thats what^I=did / | | BbM7 / F / | Dm / C / | BbM7 / F / | Dm C / | BbM7 F Dm C | You^got=a Fast Car ~ Is=it | fast^enough so^we=can fly^away / | BbM7 F Dm C | We^gotta make^a decision / | leave^tonight or^live=and die^this way | ||: BbM7 F // | Dm C // | BbM7 F // | / ~ ^I remember when^we=were | Bb F | driving ~ ^driving in^your=car rr | speed^so=fast I^felt=like I^was drunk | Fm | ~ ^City lights^lay out^before us^and=your | C4 Bb Dm | arms=felt=nice=wrapped round^my shoulder^And | I...I^I..I ~ had=a | C Bb Dm C | feeling that^I belonged dd | I...I^I..I ~ had=a | feeling I^could be^someone / | Bb C | be^someone / be^someone / | BbM7 F // | Dm C // | BbM7 F // | Dm C // | BbM7 F Dm C 1. | You^got=a Fast Car / | We^go=cruis sing^enter tain^ourselves s^You | BbM7 F Dm C | still^aint got^a=job / ~ And=I | work^in=the market^as=a checkout^girl / | BbM7 F Dm C | I^know=things will^get better / | You'll^find work^and I'll^get promoted | BbM7 F Dm C | We'll^move out^of=the shelter / | Buy^a=big house^and live^in=the suburbs | BbM7 F Dm C | You^got=a Fast Car / | I^got=a job^that=pays all^our=bills s^You | BbM7 F Dm C | stay^out drinking late^at=the bar^see | more^of=your friends^than=you do^of=your kids | BbM7 F Dm C | I’d^always hoped^for better thought | maybe together you^and=me’d find^it | BbM7 F Dm C | I^got=no plans^I=aint going nowhere^so | take^your=Fast Car^and keep^on driving :|| BbM7 F Dm C 2. | You^got=a Fast Car ~ Is=it | fast^enough so^you=can fly^away / | BbM7 F Dm C | You^gotta make^a decision / | Leave^tonight or^live=and die^this way | | BbM7 F // | Dm C // | (x3) | BbM7 / F / ||