Capo II
IntroCGEmD x4
VerseCG
You got a fast car.
EmD
I want a ticket to anywhere.
CG
Maybe we make a deal,
EmD
Maybe together we can get somewhere.
CG
Any place is better.
EmD
Starting from zero, got nothing to lose.
CG
Maybe we'll make something,
EmD
Me myself, I got nothing to prove.
InstrumentalCGEmD x2
Verse 2CG
You got a fast car.
EmD
I got a plan to get us out of here:
CG
I been working at the convenience store,
EmD
Managed to save just a little bit of money.
CG
Won't have to drive too far
EmD
Just 'cross the border and into the city,
CG
You and I can both get jobs
EmD
And finally see what it means to be living.
InstrumentalCGEmD x2
Verse 3CG
You see, my old man's got a problem:
EmD
He live with the bottle, that’s the way it is.
CG
He says his body's too old for working,
EmD
His body's too young to look like his.
CGEmD
My mama went off and left him, she wanted more from life than he could give,
CG
I said, "Somebody's got to take care of him."
EmD
So I quit school and that's what I did.
InstrumentalCGEmD x2
BridgeCG
You got a fast car.
EmD
But is it fast enough so we can fly away?
CG
We gotta make a decision:
EmD
Leave tonight or live and die this way.
InstrumentalCGEmD X2
ChorusC
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.
CEmD
And I had a feeling that I belonged
CEmDEmCEm
And I had a feeling I could -- be someone, be someone, be someone.
InstrumentalCGEmD x2
Verse 4CG
You got a fast car.
EmD
And we go cruising to entertain ourselves;
CG
you still ain't got a job
EmD
And I work in a market as a checkout girl.
CG
I know things will get better:
EmD
You'll find work and I'll get promoted,
CG
We'll move out of the shelter
EmD
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs.
InstrumentalCGEmD x2
ChorusC
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.
CEmD
And I had a feeling that I belonged
CEmDEmCEm
And I had a feeling I could -- be someone, be someone, be someone.
InstrumentalCGEmD x2
Verse 5]
CG
You got a fast car.
EmD
And I got a job that pays all our bills.
CG
You stay out drinking late at the bar,
EmD
You see more your friends than you do your kids.
CG
I'd always hoped for better,
EmD
Thought maybe together you and me would find it,
CG
I got no plans I ain't going nowhere,
EmD
so take your fast car and keep on driving.
InstrumentalCGEmD x2
ChorusC
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.
CEmD
And I had a feeling that I belonged
CEmDEmCEm
And I had a feeling I could -- be someone, be someone, be someone.
InstrumentalCGEmD x2
BridgeCG
You got a fast car.
EmD
But is it fast enough so we can fly away?
CG
We gotta make a decision:
EmD
Leave tonight or live and die this way.
OutroCGEmD x3
CG
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