Fast Car Chords & Tabs
by Luke Combs
[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Whole Song:
BPM: 98
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 101, 202, 101, 1, 101]
Capo I. Similar to the Tracy Chapman version, the below riff is played throughout the verses.
Cmaj7 G Em D
e|----------------|-------------------|
B|0h1-0-3-----3---|---8---8-7---7-----|
G|0---0-0---0-----|---0--0--0--0---0--|
D|----------------|---------0---------|
A|3---------------|/7-7---------------|
E|------3---------|-------------------|
[Intro]
Cmaj7 G Em D x4
[Verse 1]
Cmaj7 G
You got a fast car.
Em D
I want a ticket to anywhere.
Cmaj7 G
Maybe we make a deal,
Em D
Maybe together we can get somewhere.
Cmaj7 G
Any place is better.
Em D
Starting from zero, got nothing to lose.
Cmaj7 G
Maybe we'll make something,
Em D
Me myself, I got nothing to prove.
[Instrumental]
Cmaj7 G Em D
[Verse 2]
Cmaj7 G
You got a fast car.
Em D
I got a plan to get us out of here:
Cmaj7 G
I been working at the convenience store,
Em D
Managed to save just a little bit of money.
Cmaj7 G
Won't have to drive too far
Em D
Just 'cross the border and into the city,
Cmaj7 G
You and I can both get jobs
Em D
And finally see what it means to be living.
[Instrumental]
Cmaj7 G Em D
[Verse 3]
Cmaj7 G
You see, my old man's got a problem:
Em D
He live with the bottle, that’s the way it is.
Cmaj7 G
He says his body's too old for working,
Em D
His body's too young to look like his.
Cmaj7 G Em D
My mama went off and left him, she wanted more from life than he could give,
Cmaj7 G
I said, "Somebody's got to take care of him."
Em D
So I quit school and that's what I did.
[Instrumental]
Cmaj7 G Em D
[Verse 4]
Cmaj7 G
You got a fast car.
Em D
But is it fast enough so we can fly away?
Cmaj7 G
Still gotta make a decision:
Em D
Leave tonight or live and die this way.
[Instrumental]
Cmaj7 G Em D
[Chorus]
D C
So I remember when: we were driving, driving in your car,
G
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
Em
City lights lay out before us
D
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
C Em D
And I had a feeling that I belonged
C Em D C D
And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone.
[Instrumental]
Cmaj7 G Em D
[Verse 5]
Cmaj7 G
You got a fast car.
Em D
And we go cruising to entertain ourselves;
Cmaj7 G
you still ain't got a job
Em D
So I work in a market as a checkout girl.
Cmaj7 G
I know things will get better:
Em D
You'll find work and I'll get promoted,
Cmaj7 G
We'll move out of the shelter
Em D
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs.
[Instrumental]
Cmaj7 G Em D
[Chorus]
D C
So I remember when: we were driving, driving in your car,
G
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
Em
City lights lay out before us
D
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
C Em D
And I had a feeling that I belonged
C Em D C D
And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone.
[Instrumental]
Cmaj7 G Em D x2
[Verse 6]
Cmaj7 G
You got a fast car.
Em D
And I got a job that pays all our bills.
Cmaj7 G
You stay out drinking late at the bar,
Em D
You see more your friends than you do your kids.
Cmaj7 G
I'd always hoped for better,
Em D
Thought maybe together you and me would find it,
Cmaj7 G
I got no plans I ain't going nowhere,
Em D
so take your fast car and keep on driving.
[Instrumental]
Cmaj7 G Em D
[Chorus]
D C
So I remember when: we were driving, driving in your car,
G
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
Em
City lights lay out before us
D
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
C Em D
And I had a feeling that I belonged
C Em D C D
And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone.
[Instrumental]
Cmaj7 G Em D
e|----------------|-------------------|
B|0h1-0-3-----3---|---8---8-7---7-----|
G|0---0-0---0-----|---0--0--0--0---0--|
D|----------------|---------0---------|
A|3---------------|/7-7---------------|
E|------3---------|-------------------|
Cmaj7 G Em D
e|----------------|-------------------|
B|0h1-0-3-----3---|---8---10-8-7--8---|
G|0---0-0---0-----|---0---------------|
D|----------------|------------0------|
A|3---------------|/7-7---------------|
E|------3---------|-------------------|
[Verse 7]
Cmaj7 G
You got a fast car.
Em D
But is it fast enough so you can fly away?
Cmaj7 G
You gotta make a decision:
Em D
Leave tonight or live and die this way.
[Outro]
Cmaj7 G Em D x2
Cmaj7 G
