Verse 1Cmaj7You got a fastG car.
EmI want a ticket Dto anywhere.
Cmaj7Maybe we make a Gdeal,
EmMaybe together we can Dget somewhere.
Cmaj7Any place is Gbetter.
SEmtarting from zero, Dgot nothing to lose.
Cmaj7Maybe we'll make Gsomething,
EmMe myself, I Dgot nothing to prove.InstrumentalCmaj7........G....Em.....D.
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Verse 2Cmaj7You got a fast
G car.
EmI got a plan to
Dget us out of here:
I been
Cmaj7working at the con
Gvenience store,
EmManaged to save
Djust a little bit of money.
Cmaj7Won't have to drive
Gtoo far
Just '
Emcross the border and
Dinto the city,
Cmaj7You and I can
Gboth get jobs
And
Emfinally see what
Dit means to be living.
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D.
Verse IIIYou see,
Cmaj7my old man's got a
Gproblem:
He
Emlive with the bottle,
Dthat’s the way it is.
He says his
Cmaj7body's too old
Gfor working,
His
Embody's too young to
Dlook like his.
My
Cmaj7mama went off and
Gleft him,
she
Emwanted more from life
Dthan he could give,
I said, "
Cmaj7Somebody's got to
Gtake care of him."
So
EmI quit school and
Dthat's what I did.
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D.
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Em.....
D.
Verse IVCmaj7You got a fast
G car.
But is it
Emfast enough so we
Dcan fly away?
Cmaj7We gotta make a
Gdecision:
EmLeave tonight or
Dlive and die this way.
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Em.....
D.
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Em.....
D.
ChorusSo I remember when: we were
Cdriving, driving in your car,
The s
Gpeed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
Em City lights lay out before us
And your
Darm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
And
CI..
Em...had a
Dfeeling that I belonged
And
CI..
Em...had a
Dfeeling I could be someone,
Embe someone,
D be someone.
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Em.....
D.
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Em.....
D.
Verse VCmaj7You got a fast
G car.
And
Emwe go cruising to en
Dtertain ourselves;
Cmaj7you still ain't got a
Gjob
And I
Emwork in a market
Das a checkout girl.
Cmaj7I know things will
Gget better:
EmYou'll find work and
DI'll get promoted,
Cmaj7We'll move out of
Gthe shelter
EmBuy a bigger house and
Dlive in the suburbs.
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Em.....
D.
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G....
Em.....
D.
ChorusSo I remember when: we were
Cdriving, driving in your car,
The s
Gpeed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
Em City lights lay out before us
And your
Darm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
And
CI..
Em....had a
Dfeeling that I belonged
And
CI..
Em....had a
Dfeeling I could be someone,
Embe someone,
D be someone.
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G....
Em.....
D.
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G....
Em.....
D.
Verse VICmaj7You got a fast
G car.
And
EmI got a job that
Dpays all our bills.
Cmaj7You stay out drinking
Glate at the bar,
You see
Emmore your friends
Dthan you do your kids.
Cmaj7I'd always hoped
Gfor better,
EmThought maybe together
D you and me would find it,
I
Cmaj7got no plans I
Gain't going nowhere,
so
Emtake your fast car
Dand keep on driving.
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G....
Em.....
D.
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G....
Em.....
D.
ChorusSo I remember when: we were
Cdriving, driving in your car,
The s
Gpeed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
Em City lights lay out before us
And your
Darm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
And
CI..
Em....had a
Dfeeling that I belonged
And
CI..
Em....had a
Dfeeling I could be someone,
Embe someone,
D be someone.
Cmaj7........
G....
Em.....
D.
Cmaj7........
G....
Em.....
D.
Cmaj7You got a fast
G car.
But is it
Emfast enough so you
Dcan fly away?
Cmaj7We gotta make a
Gdecision:
EmLeave tonight or
Dlive and die this way.