Biography:
Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for the singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' Bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", and "Give Me One Reason." She is a multi-platinum and multi-Grammy award-winning artist.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio,U.S., Tracy Chapman began playing guitar and writing songs as a child. She received a scholarship through A Better Chance that allowed her to attend Wooster School in Connecticut, and was eventually accepted to Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.
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Other songs:
- Across The Lines
- Another Sun
- Baby Can I Hold You
- Bang Bang Bang
- Bridges
- Change
- Fast Car
- Fast Car Intro
- For My Lover
- Give Me One Reason
- Goodbye
- Less Than Strangers
- Mountain O'things
- Say Hallelujah
- Talkin Bout A Revolution
- Talkin' About A Revolution
- Telling Stories
- The Promise
- 3000 Miles
- All That You Have Is Your Soul
- Almost
- America
- At This Point In My Life
- Be And Be Not Afraid
- Be Careful Of My Heart
- Before Easter
- Born To Fight
- Broken
- Cold Feet
- Crossroads
- Devotion
- For You
- Freedom Now
- Happy All I Can Feel
- Heavens Here On Earth
- I Am Yours
- If Not Now
- Its Ok
- Lose Your Love
- Loves Proof
- Material World
- Mountains O Things
- Never Yours
- New Beginning
- O Holy Night
- Only One
- Open Arms
- Paper Ink
- Promise
- Save Us All
- Shes Got Her Ticket
- Sing For You
- Smoke And Ashes
- So
- Speak The Word
- Spring
- Subcity
- Talk To You
- Tell It Like It Is
- This Time
- Tracy Chapman
- Wedding Song
- Why
- Youre The One
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Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tabbed by Jarrod James
Previous tabs and chords needed a little bit of fixing up. This is the correct version from the book.
Capo II
Chords:
Cmaj7 x32000
G 320003
Em 022000
Dadd4 xx0032
C x32010
G 320003
Gadd9 300003
Em 022000
Em7 022030
D x00232
[Intro]
(Cmaj7)(G) (Em) (Dadd4)
e|----------------|----------------|
B|0h1-0-3---3-----|8-----7---7-----|
G|0---0-0-----0---|0-----0-----0---| ×2 Riff A
D|----------------|----------------|
A|3---------------|7-----5---------|
E|------3---------|----------------|
(Cmaj7)(G) (Em) (Dadd4)
e|----------------|-----------------|
B|0h1-0-3---3-----|8--10-8--7--8-7--|
G|0---0-0-----0---|0--------0-------| ×1 Riff B
D|----------------|-----------------|
A|3---------------|7--------5-------|
E|------3---------|-----------------|
(Cmaj7)(G) (Em) (Dadd4)
e|----------------|----------------|
B|0h1-0-3---3-----|8-----7---7-----|
G|0---0-0-----0---|0-----0-----0---| ×1 Riff A
D|----------------|----------------|
A|3---------------|7-----5---------|
E|------3---------|----------------|
[Verse 1]
Cmaj7 G
You got a fast car.
Em Dadd4
I want a ticket to anywhere.
Cmaj7 G
Maybe we make a deal,
Em Dadd4
Maybe together we can get somewhere.
Cmaj7 G
Any place is better.
Em Dadd4
Starting from zero, got nothing to lose.
Cmaj7 G
Maybe we'll make something,
Em Dadd4
Me myself, I got nothing to prove.
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
[Verse 2]
Cmaj7 G
You got a fast car.
Em Dadd4
I got a plan to get us out of here:
Cmaj7 G
I been working at the convenience store,
Em Dadd4
Managed to save just a little bit of money.
Cmaj7 G
Won't have to drive too far
Em Dadd4
Just 'cross the border and into the city,
Cmaj7 G
You and I can both get jobs
Em Dadd4
And finally see what it means to be living.
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
[Verse 3]
Cmaj7 G
You see, my old man's got a problem:
Em Dadd4
He live with the bottle, that’s the way it is.
Cmaj7 G
He says his body's too old for working,
Em Dadd4
His body's too young to look like his.
Cmaj7 G Em Dadd4
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 Dadd4
So I quit school and that's what I did.
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
Cmaj7 G
You got a fast car.
Em Dadd4
But is it fast enough so we can fly away
Cmaj7 G
We gotta make a decision
Em Dadd4
Leave tonight or live and die this way
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
[Chorus]
(Dadd4) C Cmaj7 C
Cause I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
G Gadd9 G
The speed so fast it felt like I was drunk
Em Em7 Em
The city lights lay out before us
Dadd4 D Dadd4
And your arm felt nice wrapped ‘round my shoulder
C Em D Dadd4 D
And I I had a feeling that I belonged
C Em D Dadd4 D C D
And I I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
[Verse 4]
Cmaj7 G
You got a fast car.
Em Dadd4
And we go cruising to entertain ourselves;
Cmaj7 G
you still ain't got a job
Em Dadd4
And I work in a market as a checkout girl.
Cmaj7 G
I know things will get better:
Em Dadd4
You'll find work and I'll get promoted,
Cmaj7 G
We'll move out of the shelter
Em Dadd4
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs.
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
(2nd Guitar plays Riff B in the Background)
[Chorus]
(Dadd4) C Cmaj7 C
Cause I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
G Gadd9 G
The speed so fast it felt like I was drunk
Em Em7 Em
The city lights lay out before us
Dadd4 D Dadd4
And your arm felt nice wrapped ‘round my shoulder
C Em D Dadd4 D
And I I had a feeling that I belonged
C Em D Dadd4 D C D
And I I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
[Verse 5]
Cmaj7 G
You got a fast car.
Em Dadd4
And I got a job that pays all our bills.
Cmaj7 G
You stay out drinking late at the bar,
Em Dadd4
You see more your friends than you do your kids.
Cmaj7 G
I'd always hoped for better,
Em Dadd4
Thought maybe together you and me would find it,
Cmaj7 G
I got no plans I ain't going nowhere,
Em Dadd4
so take your fast car and keep on driving.
*Play Intro Riff A×2
[Chorus]
(Dadd4) C Cmaj7 C
Cause I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
G Gadd9 G
The speed so fast it felt like I was drunk
Em Em7 Em
The city lights lay out before us
Dadd4 D Dadd4
And your arm felt nice wrapped ‘round my shoulder
C Em D Dadd4 D
And I I had a feeling that I belonged
C Em D Dadd4 D C D
And I I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
Cmaj7 G
You got a fast car.
Em Dadd4
But is it fast enough so you can fly away
Cmaj7 G
You gotta make a decision
Em Dadd4
Leave tonight or live and die this way
[Outro]
*Play Intro Riff A x3
(Cmaj7)(G)
e|----------------|
B|0h1-0-3---------|
G|0---0-0---------|
D|----------------|
A|3---------------|
E|------3---------|
Tracy Chapman
Tabbed by Jarrod James
Previous tabs and chords needed a little bit of fixing up. This is the correct version from the book.
Capo II
Chords:
Cmaj7 x32000
G 320003
Em 022000
Dadd4 xx0032
C x32010
G 320003
Gadd9 300003
Em 022000
Em7 022030
D x00232
[Intro]
(Cmaj7)(G) (Em) (Dadd4)
e|----------------|----------------|
B|0h1-0-3---3-----|8-----7---7-----|
G|0---0-0-----0---|0-----0-----0---| ×2 Riff A
D|----------------|----------------|
A|3---------------|7-----5---------|
E|------3---------|----------------|
(Cmaj7)(G) (Em) (Dadd4)
e|----------------|-----------------|
B|0h1-0-3---3-----|8--10-8--7--8-7--|
G|0---0-0-----0---|0--------0-------| ×1 Riff B
D|----------------|-----------------|
A|3---------------|7--------5-------|
E|------3---------|-----------------|
(Cmaj7)(G) (Em) (Dadd4)
e|----------------|----------------|
B|0h1-0-3---3-----|8-----7---7-----|
G|0---0-0-----0---|0-----0-----0---| ×1 Riff A
D|----------------|----------------|
A|3---------------|7-----5---------|
E|------3---------|----------------|
[Verse 1]
Cmaj7 G
You got a fast car.
Em Dadd4
I want a ticket to anywhere.
Cmaj7 G
Maybe we make a deal,
Em Dadd4
Maybe together we can get somewhere.
Cmaj7 G
Any place is better.
Em Dadd4
Starting from zero, got nothing to lose.
Cmaj7 G
Maybe we'll make something,
Em Dadd4
Me myself, I got nothing to prove.
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
[Verse 2]
Cmaj7 G
You got a fast car.
Em Dadd4
I got a plan to get us out of here:
Cmaj7 G
I been working at the convenience store,
Em Dadd4
Managed to save just a little bit of money.
Cmaj7 G
Won't have to drive too far
Em Dadd4
Just 'cross the border and into the city,
Cmaj7 G
You and I can both get jobs
Em Dadd4
And finally see what it means to be living.
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
[Verse 3]
Cmaj7 G
You see, my old man's got a problem:
Em Dadd4
He live with the bottle, that’s the way it is.
Cmaj7 G
He says his body's too old for working,
Em Dadd4
His body's too young to look like his.
Cmaj7 G Em Dadd4
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 Dadd4
So I quit school and that's what I did.
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
Cmaj7 G
You got a fast car.
Em Dadd4
But is it fast enough so we can fly away
Cmaj7 G
We gotta make a decision
Em Dadd4
Leave tonight or live and die this way
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
[Chorus]
(Dadd4) C Cmaj7 C
Cause I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
G Gadd9 G
The speed so fast it felt like I was drunk
Em Em7 Em
The city lights lay out before us
Dadd4 D Dadd4
And your arm felt nice wrapped ‘round my shoulder
C Em D Dadd4 D
And I I had a feeling that I belonged
C Em D Dadd4 D C D
And I I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
[Verse 4]
Cmaj7 G
You got a fast car.
Em Dadd4
And we go cruising to entertain ourselves;
Cmaj7 G
you still ain't got a job
Em Dadd4
And I work in a market as a checkout girl.
Cmaj7 G
I know things will get better:
Em Dadd4
You'll find work and I'll get promoted,
Cmaj7 G
We'll move out of the shelter
Em Dadd4
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs.
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
(2nd Guitar plays Riff B in the Background)
[Chorus]
(Dadd4) C Cmaj7 C
Cause I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
G Gadd9 G
The speed so fast it felt like I was drunk
Em Em7 Em
The city lights lay out before us
Dadd4 D Dadd4
And your arm felt nice wrapped ‘round my shoulder
C Em D Dadd4 D
And I I had a feeling that I belonged
C Em D Dadd4 D C D
And I I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
[Verse 5]
Cmaj7 G
You got a fast car.
Em Dadd4
And I got a job that pays all our bills.
Cmaj7 G
You stay out drinking late at the bar,
Em Dadd4
You see more your friends than you do your kids.
Cmaj7 G
I'd always hoped for better,
Em Dadd4
Thought maybe together you and me would find it,
Cmaj7 G
I got no plans I ain't going nowhere,
Em Dadd4
so take your fast car and keep on driving.
*Play Intro Riff A×2
[Chorus]
(Dadd4) C Cmaj7 C
Cause I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
G Gadd9 G
The speed so fast it felt like I was drunk
Em Em7 Em
The city lights lay out before us
Dadd4 D Dadd4
And your arm felt nice wrapped ‘round my shoulder
C Em D Dadd4 D
And I I had a feeling that I belonged
C Em D Dadd4 D C D
And I I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
*Play Intro Riff A ×2
Cmaj7 G
You got a fast car.
Em Dadd4
But is it fast enough so you can fly away
Cmaj7 G
You gotta make a decision
Em Dadd4
Leave tonight or live and die this way
[Outro]
*Play Intro Riff A x3
(Cmaj7)(G)
e|----------------|
B|0h1-0-3---------|
G|0---0-0---------|
D|----------------|
A|3---------------|
E|------3---------|
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