Fast Car bass tab by Tracy Chapman

TRACY CHAPMAN -- FAST CAR BASS TAB


Intro:


G|------|--------------|
D|------|--------------|
A|--7\0-|-5------------|
E|------|-----5--2--0--|

G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|--5------------|
E|-----5--2---0--|

G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|


You got a fast car
I want a ticket to anywhere
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

Any place is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|--5--------------|
E|-----5-5---2--0--|

Maybe we'll make something
But me myself I got nothing to prove
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------5-----------|
E|--0-5-----5--2--0--|


Verse:


You got a fast car
And I got a plan to get us out of here
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

I been working at the convenience store
Managed to save just a little bit of money
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|--5-------------|
E|-----5-5--2--0--|

We won't have to drive too far
Just 'cross the border and into the city
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

You and I can both get jobs
And finally see what it means to be living
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------5-----------|
E|--0-5-----5--2--0--|


You see my old man's got a problem
He live with the bottle that's the way it is
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

He says his body's too old for working
I say his body's too young to look like his
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|--5-------------|
E|-----5-5--2--0--|

My mama went off and left him
She wanted more from life than he could give
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

I said somebody's got to take care of him
So I quit school and that's what I did
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------5-----------|
E|--0-5-----5--2--0--|

You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so we can fly away
We gotta make a decision
We leave tonight or live and die this way
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------5-----------|
E|--0-5-----5--2--0--|


Chorus:

I remember we were driving driving in your car
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|--5--5--7-0---------7--9--9--5-0-7--7--|
E|------------5--5--5--------------------|

And I had, had a feeling that I belonged
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----9--7--|
E|-----5--------|

And I had, had a feeling I could be someone,
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----9--7--|
E|-----5--------|

be someone, be someone
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|-5--0--|
E|-------|

G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|(x2)

Verse 2:

You got a fast car
 And we go cruising to entertain ourselves
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

You still ain't got a job
And I work in a market as a checkout girl
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|--5-------------|
E|-----5-5--2--0--|

I know things will get better
You'll find work and I'll get promoted
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

We'll move out of the shelter
Buy a big house and live in the suburbs
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|


G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------5-----------|
E|--0-5-----5--2--0--|


Chorus 2:

I remember we were driving driving in your car
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|--5--5--7-0---------7--9--9--5-0-7--7--|
E|------------5--5--5--------------------|

And I had, had a feeling that I belonged
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----9--7--|
E|-----5--------|

And I had, had a feeling I could be someone,
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----9--7--|
E|-----5--------|

be someone, be someone
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|-5--0--|
E|-------|

G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|(x2)


Verse 2:

You got a fast car
And I got a job that pays all our bills
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

You stay out drinking late at the bar
See more of your friends than you do of your kids
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

I'd always hoped for better
Thought maybe together you and me would find it
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|--5-------------|
E|-----5-5--2--0--|

I got no plans I ain't going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|--5-------------|
E|-----5-5--2--0--|

G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------5-----------|
E|--0-5-----5--2--0--|


Outro:

I remember we were driving driving in your car
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|--5--5--7-0---------7--9--9--5-0-7--7--|
E|------------5--5--5--------------------|

And I had, had a feeling that I belonged
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----9--7--|
E|-----5--------|

And I had, had a feeling I could be someone,
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----9--7--|
E|-----5--------|

be someone, be someone
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|-5--0--|
E|-------|

G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|(x2)

You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so we can fly away
We gotta make a decision
We leave tonight or live and die this way
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--5-----------|
E|-----5--2--0--|

G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------5-----------|
E|--0-5-----5--2--0--|

G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------5-----------|
E|--0-5-----5--2--0--|

G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-------5-------|
E|--0-5-----5----|


🏷Legend

h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down