Fast Car (Single) Tabs:
- Fast Car »
- For You
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tracy chapman - fast car
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Tabbed by:jkanderson
Email:j_k_anderson@hotmail.com
Tuning:standard
INTRO RIFF 1:
e|-----------------------5---5---4-------4---------|
B|---2h3--2---5------5-----------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|---0--------7---7------7---7---7---7-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
INTRO RIFF 2:
e|-----------------------5---7---5---4---5---4p0---|
B|---2h3--2---5------5-----------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|---0--------7---7--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
VERSE 1 RIFF:(same as INTRO RIFF 1)
e|-----------------------5---5---4-------4----------------------------------|
B|---2h3--2---5------5------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0--------7---7------7---7---7---7--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
CHORUS: (D A F#m E) then
(D F#m E D E) D A
e|-----------------------------------2-------------x------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------3-------------2------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------2-------------2------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------x-------------2------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------x-------------x------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------x-------------x------------------------|
...said i remember when we were drivin', drivin' in your car
F#m E D A
e|--2---------------------x-------------------2-------------------x---------|
B|--2---------------------x-------------------3-------------------2---------|
G|--2---------------------1-------------------2-------------------2---------|
D|--4---------------------2-------------------x-------------------2---------|
A|--4---------------------2-------------------x-------------------x---------|
E|--2---------------------x-------------------x-------------------x---------|
speed so fast felt like i was drunk, city lights lay out before us,
F#m E
e|----------2-----------------------x---------------------------------------|
B|----------2-----------------------x---------------------------------------|
G|----------2-----------------------1---------------------------------------|
D|----------4-----------------------2---------------------------------------|
A|----------4-----------------------2---------------------------------------|
E|----------2-----------------------x---------------------------------------|
and your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder, and...
D F#m E
e|---2----2-----------x-----------------------------------------------------|
B|---3----2-----------x-----------------------------------------------------|
G|---2----2-----------1-----------------------------------------------------|
D|---x----3-----------2-----------------------------------------------------|
A|---x----3-----------2-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---x----2-----------x-----------------------------------------------------|
...IeeeeI...had a feelin' that i belonged, and...
D F#m E D E
e|---2----2-----------x--------------------------------2-----------x--------|
B|---3----2-----------x--------------------------------3-----------x--------|
G|---2----2-----------1--------------------------------2-----------1--------|
D|---x----3-----------2--------------------------------x-----------2--------|
A|---x----3-----------2--------------------------------x-----------2--------|
E|---x----2-----------x--------------------------------x-----------x--------|
...IeeeeI...had feelin' that i could be someone, be someone, be someone...
...repeat this sequence of riffs and chords throughout the song, and that's it...of
course you'll have to listen to the song for timing and words and all...
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"...oba oba-serving, the hypocrites, as we mingle with the good people we meet..."
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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David Average |
#1 by David Turner at Oct 8, 2007 at 12:17 PM EST |
| "Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him. There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time. | |
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Bloody Mess All Musical Thunder |
#2 by Bloody Mess All Over My Clothes at Oct 12, 2007 at 5:54 AM EST |
| This song is so beautiful and powerful. i totally feel how tracy does. i know what she means when "You gotta make a decision, Leave tonight or live and die this way." i live in a small town and i am going to get out of here as soon as I can. i think my life would be a waste and pointless if i didnt make somehting of my life and get the hell out of here. this song gives me the feeling of being spontanious and just leaving just like im going to do someday. im going to jump in my car and never look back.i also know what she means when she talks about her father and how he needs her help. she wants to leave but shes got reality holding her back.this song gives me hope | |
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Randy Wanna Be |
#3 by Randy Burden at Oct 14, 2007 at 2:30 AM EST |
| I always wonder....... the things you run from, are they really so bad that you should risk total unhappiness? | |
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Kevin Average |
#4 by Kevin turbyfill at Oct 14, 2007 at 10:58 AM EST |
| i love this song so much. I tottally relate to what shes talking about shes such an inspiration to anyone who has grown up poor and made it to somewhere better ! this song has helped me through alot! | |
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brennan Average |
#5 by brennan collins at Oct 14, 2007 at 9:26 PM EST |
| i'm only 13, and i know i might not know much about the world. i play acoustic guitar. tracy chapman is a wonderful influence on my music writing. i thrive on punk/ska/reggae music, but tracy chapman is a true exception to any type of music. her music somewhat reflects my life and a lot of peoples. | |
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PunkJunky Wanna Be |
#6 by PunkJunky at Oct 19, 2007 at 2:02 AM EST |
| this songs'succes show that lots of people are touch by the subject.As usual she made an absolutly amazing melody,and as usual a sordid end,may be because life can be as beautifull as sad.could be interesting to ask to the autor the reason why all her songs are so sad,I guess it's because she is deep inside.I supose this story could be her parents story,a woman fall in love with a hoppless dreamer precisely because he made her dream but then she realises that he's not responsable ,then she choose to sacrifie her love to her children,it's interesting by the way ,cause she exactly does what her mother did (my mama went off and left him wanted more from life than he could give)it's the clash between ours dreams and the reality. this woman seems prisoner from her destiny, but there is one another important thing witch is the investing of this woman . We all are confronted one day to this engaging notion to make a gift of ourself cause there is no love without responsability ,it's impossible to be happy if you don't invest with all your heart .the woman is full of love but she is totally devoted to her children .So she make a decision . She knows perfectly her children and her will suffer from the absence of the father if she did it it's because she had no alternative . I don't believe they don't love each other i think the man is like a kid they don't live in the same word .May be the story tracy is telling has nothing to do with all we can imagining, the more important is that everyone can recognize his own story in her songs and share the emotion of the autor. | |
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Venti Average |
#7 by Venti at Oct 19, 2007 at 7:50 AM EST |
| Love deeply and passionately. You may get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely. The woman in this song did that - she lived, loved, got hurt and now she is moving on to better things. | |
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Nathan Average |
#8 by Nathan Delvecchio at Oct 20, 2007 at 7:51 AM EST |
| Love deeply and passionately. You may get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely. The woman in this song did that - she lived, loved, got hurt and now she is moving on to better things. | |
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isaac Average |
#9 by isaac fritsch at Oct 20, 2007 at 11:51 PM EST |
| by nietzsche_66 on 06-07-2002 @ 01:30AM I always wonder....... the things you run from, are they really so bad that you should risk total unhappiness? Well to me it sounds like she was already living in total unhappiness.. her mother left her to take care of her alcoholic father, and to do so she had to quit school. That doesnt sound like much of a life.. it was a complete sacrifice of her future. She felt trapped & needed out. Anyway, this song is beautiful | |
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Dunnie Average |
#10 by Dunnie at Oct 21, 2007 at 2:33 AM EST |
| I think Tracy Chapman's original version is better than Xiu Xiu's cover, but their cover is still very good. You can't beat the writer of the song, though. This is truly an amazing song. I and many others can relate with the subject matter. It's a very sad song. The line that gets me the most is, "I had a feelin' that I could be someone". | |
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