Fast Car Chords by Tracy Chapman

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[D] You [A] get a fast car.
I want a ticket to anywhere.
Maybe we make a deal.
Maybe together we can get somewhere any place is better .
Starting from zero got nothing to lose.
Maybe we'll make something.
Me myself.
I got nothing to prove.
You .
get a fast car.
I got a plan to get us out of here [D] been working [A] at the Ken Keenan store.
Managed to save just a little bit of money won't have to drive too far.
Just cross the border and into the city you and I can both get jobs and finally see what it means to be a living.
See [D] [A] .
my old man's got a problem.
You live with the bottle.
That's the way it is.
It says bodies too old for working.
Bodies too young to look like his my mama went off and left him.
Wanted more from life that he could give I said somebody's got to take care of him.
I quit school.
That's what I did .
You get a fast car is it fast enough so we could fly away you gotta make a decision.
Leave tonight or live and die this way .
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[E] So remember when [D] we were driving.
Driving in your [A] car speed so fast.
I was [F#m] wrong sitting I stay out before [E] and your arms on that strap around my [D] shoulder and [F#m] I .
[E] Had a feeling that I belong [F#m] I [E] had a feeling I could be someone [D] be [E] someone be someone.
[D] [A] You .
got a fast car.
We go cruising entertain ourselves still ain't got a job.
Now work in the market as a checkout girl.
I know things will get better.
You'll find working out get promoted and we'll move out of the shelter buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs .
[E] So remember [D] when we were driving driving in your [A] car speed so fast.
I like I [F#m] was wrong sitting I stay out [E] before your arms on that strap around my [D] shoulder.
[F#m] Had [E] a feeling that I [F#m] belong I.
[E] Had a feeling I could be [D] someone be [E] someone be [A] someone.
You .
got a fast car.
I got a job pays all our [D] bills.
You still [A] drinking take out the boss and more your friends and you do your kid.
I'd always hope for better.
But maybe together you and me find it.
I got no plans ain't going nowhere.
Take your best car and keep on [D] driving.
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[E] I.
Remember when [D] we were driving driving in your [A] car speed so fast.
I like I was [F#m] wrong sitting I stay out [E] before your arms on that strap around my [F#m] shoulder and I .
[E] Had a feeling that I belong [D] I [F#m] .
[E] had a feeling I could be someone [D] be [E] someone be someone.
[D] [A] You .
[D] [A] .
got a fast car.
Is it fast enough so you can fly away you gotta make a decision.
Eve tonight or live and die this way .
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