Little Red Corvette Chords Guitar Tab

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From BB8T000@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA (BECKER,DARREN,MR)
Subject: read THIS "little red corvette" lyric REQ
Date: 10 Mar 94 11:26:48 GMT
WHOOPS!!!
Hey, i jotted down the wrong chords up above! FUCK ME!!!!
The verse goes: G A Bm G
the chorus:
G      A      D    DD DD
little red corvette
G           A        D   DD DD
baby you're much too fast
G      A      D    DD DD
little red corvette
G                A
naa naa naa naa, naa naa naa(I SAID I NEEDED HELP WITH THE LYRICS!!!)
So, if anyone could get the lyrics to me I'd be so happy...
I'd smile.  o
- :?
o
DREW
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 95 07:29:26 -0500
From: tallred@smtp.orl.usace.army.mil (Tommy Allred)
Subject: LYR: Little Red Corvette (Prince)
I saw the file for "Little Red Corvette" that asked for a little lyrical
help.  Here it is...
The beginning of the verse marked with an asterisk is intentionally
double-tracked sloppily for effect.  However, that makes it hard to
discern what is being sung. If anybody has any better ideas, feel free
to comment.
LITTLE RED CORVETTE by THE ARTIST CURRENTLY KNOWN AS "THE ARTIST
FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE"
(from the LP "1999")
I guess I should've known
by the way you parked sideways
that it wouldn't last
You're the kind of person
who believes in making out once
Love 'em and leave 'em fast
I guess I must be dumb
She had a pocket full of horses
Trojans and some of 'em used
Well it was Saturday night
I guess that makes it alright
You said "What have I got to lose?"
and, Honey I said...
Little Red Corvette
Baby, you're much too fast
Little Red Corvette
You need a love
That's gonna last
I guess I should've closed my eyes
when you drove me to the place
where your horses run free
'Cause I felt a little ill
when I saw all the pictures of the jockeys
that were there before me
Believe it or not
I started to worry
wondering if I had enough class
Well it was Saturday night
I guess that makes it alright
and you said, "Baby, have you got enough gas?"
Oh, yes!
Little Red Corvette
Baby, you're much too fast
Little Red Corvette
You need to find a love
That's gonna last
*Anybody that has
...a body like yours
oughta be in jail
...it's on the verge of being obscene
move over, Baby
give me your keys
I'm gonna try and tame your
little red love machine
Little Red Corvette
Baby, you're much too fast
Little Red Corvette
You need to find a love
That's gonna last
Little Red Corvette
Honey, you got to slow down
Little Red Corvette
'Cause if you don't
You're gonna run it
right into the ground
Little Red Corvette
(right down to the ground)
Honey, you got to slow down
(you got to slow down)
Little Red Corvette
You're movin' much too fast
(too fast)
You need to find a love
That's gonna last
Girl, you've got an ass
like I never seen
and the ride...
I said the ride is so smooth
You must be a limosine
Baby, you're much too fast
Little Red Corvette
You need a love...
You need a love
That's, that's gonna last
Little Red Corvette
Babe, you got to slow down
Little Red Corvette
'Cause if you don't...
'Cause if you don't
You're gonna run it right into the...
right into the...
right into the...
right into the...
right into the...
right into the ground
Little Red Corvette

Source: GuitarMasta.net
http://www.guitarmasta.net/p/prince/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture gabby Professional	#1 by gabby at Jun 4, 1971 at 9:44 AM EST
	thank you for explaining this to me ubermax, i had a feeling it was about sex, but i wasn't quite sure about the details in the song and stuff

No Picture Ben Rhythm Player	#2 by Ben Jammin at Jul 11, 1971 at 1:37 PM EST
	God damn, but this is one of my favorite songs of all time. Dirty and groovy. I think this could be one of the greatest songs of the 80's. As far as the meaning of this song, I think if I have to explain it to you, you're probably too young to be listening to it. Calling a girl's bedroom "the place where your horses run free" is a great line.

No Picture Squirrels Lead Player	#3 by Squirrels Dyrant at Jan 17, 1974 at 11:13 PM EST
	Funkteer The line "you need a love thats gonna last" is about actual love. He is repremanding her about having loveless sex all the time. Even the he knows he will succumb, because, hey its saturday!

No Picture NIK Average	#4 by NIK blaszczyszyn at Jun 21, 1977 at 2:23 PM EST
	Funketeer (okay I know you said this a long time ago): I guess I shoulda known by the way you parked your car sideways That it wouldn't last That has nothing to do with being parked on a hill. The song isn't about sex as much as it is a fast woman. The sideways parked car is a reference to a fast getaway after a fling.

No Picture Thomas Average	#5 by Thomas Reuter at Nov 16, 1977 at 10:41 PM EST
	This is quite simple..This song is about a girl who has a lot of empty sex. He is commenting about how she moves fast but he doesn't care, he is just noticing that she has had many partners. "jockies that were there before me"(other partners)

No Picture Matt Average	#6 by Matt Waas at Jun 24, 1981 at 6:15 AM EST
	Ok, I have known about this for a while (1984). For lack of a better word the song is about "pussy". Let's break it down. SEX is the topic but more specifically the former. I guess I shoulda known by the way you parked your car sideways That it wouldn't last when the car rocks from the movement in the backseat it might roll if you are parked on a hill. See you're the kinda person that believes in makin' out once Love 'em and leave 'em fast she is fast, duh I guess I must be dumb 'Cuz you had a pocket full of horses Trojan and some of them used she had used condoms on her But it was Saturday night, I guess that makes it all right And you say what have I got to lose? And honey I say oh well, "Let's get it on!" Little red corvette Baby you're much too fast Little red corvette You need a love that's gonna last you need a man that can keep an erection long enough to satisfy you. I guess I shoulda closed my eyes When you drove me to the place where your horses run free They went back to her place 'Cuz I felt a little ill When I saw all the pictures Of the jockeys that were there before me he saw all the pictures of the guys that she did before him Believe it or not I started to worry I wondered if I had enough class worried that she is fast and maybe a slut But it was Saturday night, I guess that makes it all right And you say, "Baby, have you got enough gas? "Oh yeah She doesnt have any gas in her car, she drove him there, so it's her way of saying, "You might as well stay because you don't have a way home now" hee hee Little red corvette Baby you're much too fast, yes your Little red corvette You need to find a love that's gonna last, oh-oh same A body like yours (A body like yours) Oughta be in jail (Oughta be in jail) 'Cuz it's on the verge of bein' obscene ('Cuz it's on the verge) (of bein' obscene) Move over baby, gimme the keys (Move over baby, gimme the keys) I'm gonna try to tame your (I'm gonna try to tame) little red love machine (your little red love machine) he is about to do it, drive her and tame her little red love machine.....her 'red' Pu$$y Little red corvette Baby you're much to fast Little red corvette you need to find a love that's gonna last Little red corvette Honey you got to slow down (Got to slow down) Little red corvette 'Cuz if you don't your gonna run little red corvette right in the ground (Little red corvette) Right down to the ground (Honey you got to slow down) U -- U -- U got to slow down (Little red corvette) You're movin' much to fast (too fast) You need to find a love that's gonna last he is getting the ever loving 'blank' F$%ked out of him and she is moving too fast! Girl, you got an ass like I never seen And the ride... I say the ride is so smooth you must be a limousine **she is so smooth inside, she must be a limo Baby you're much too fast Little red corvette You need a love, YOu need a love that's, that's gonna last, oh oh (Little red corvette) You got to slow down (You got to slow down) Little red corvette 'Cuz if you don't, 'cuz if you don't, You gonna run your body right into the ground (Right into the ground) Right into the ground (Right into the ground) Right into the ground (Right into the ground) Little red corvette, baby, oh Little Red Corvette = metaphor for , Little Red Vagina

No Picture Dusty Wanna Be	#7 by Dusty Delonge at Apr 25, 1990 at 8:11 PM EST
	The best line is "You must be a limousine!" The song seems pretty straight forward- he's with a girl who has been around a bit, they're probably up at some makeout point on the edge of town where she takes all her men in her car. He feels uneasy about having sex with her, but what heck, its saturday night, so why not? Great song.

No Picture Dan Lead Player	#8 by Dan archy at Mar 7, 1993 at 1:37 AM EST
	yea, pretty much i think this song has a few double-meanings: love, and sex. a line like "you need a love that's gonna last" probably deals with an actual relationship, whereas the line "have you got enough gas?" is pretty sexual. anyway, thats how i think of it--a song that deals with sex, and at the same time about how a girl should kind of 'settle down.'

No Picture sY Average	#9 by sYsTem oWnS rOx at Dec 15, 2000 at 5:59 AM EST
	yeah, this song is great........."the place where your horses run free"......nobody could put it better than that

No Picture Dudey Average	#10 by Dudey at Jan 7, 2005 at 8:01 PM EST
	I like the song of this song and stuff, but i don't know what it means. I'm not too young, just slow when it comes to understanding song meanings- PLEASE explain what it means........

No Picture floyd Lead Player	#11 by floyd lloyd at Apr 27, 2005 at 10:46 AM EST
	It's about sex, JessieLynn. The whole song is pretty much one long double-entendre. It's a little less explicit than, say, Darling Nikki, but "Baby, have you got enough gas?" seems to speak for itself.

No Picture Connor Rhythm Player	#12 by Connor Fowler at Sep 28, 2007 at 12:19 PM EST
	VAGINA

No Picture ` niki * Average	#13 by ` niki * at Oct 1, 2007 at 9:52 AM EST
	VAGINA

No Picture Crystal Average	#14 by Crystal at Oct 1, 2007 at 1:30 PM EST
	I love this song. Prince kicks ass. I think the song is about meeting a girl on saturday, hooking it up with her, and being a one night stand. Prince isn't sure if this is right to just fuck and not love her but he decides to just give'r

No Picture Ace Average	#15 by Ace Of Spades at Oct 2, 2007 at 6:02 PM EST
	"have you got enough gas" is not referring to actual car gasoline........and actually i'm pretty sure this song isn't about any automobile whatsoever, "little red corvette"=vagina.

No Picture Drennan Professional Badass	#16 by Drennan Bragg at Oct 4, 2007 at 2:32 PM EST
	I love this song!! it's awesome. I've loved it ever since I was young. Now that i'm older, I understand the true meaning behind the words!! haha. yeah, basically about a woman who sleeps around. And yeah he's telling her to slow down, "you need a love that's gonna last" But yeah he's like hey, what the hell! it's a saturday night so that makes it alright, so why not?!! hehe. It's a very sexy song! it's great. "Girl, you got an ass like I never seen And the ride... I say the ride is so smooth you must be a limousine" "Move over baby, gimme the keys I'm gonna try to tame your little red love machine" We all know what her "little red love machine" is, lol. Kind of a naughty song! only prince can get away with it!!! "A body like yours Oughta be in jail 'Cuz it's on the verge of bein' obscene" Love it!!! its an awesome song!!

No Picture Celebrimbor Rhythm Player	#17 by Celebrimbor Calaelen at Oct 5, 2007 at 2:52 PM EST
	I love Prince

No Picture jimmy Wanna Be	#18 by jimmy henry at Oct 14, 2007 at 7:40 AM EST
	i like the SOUND of this song- not song of the song, oops

No Picture guitar girl Rhythm Player	#19 by guitar girl 13 at Oct 17, 2007 at 9:13 PM EST
	I think it's safe to assume ANY Prince song is pretty much about sex.

No Picture Jon Lead Player	#20 by Jon Zell at Oct 18, 2007 at 10:15 AM EST
	This song inspired the song Stand Back by Stevie Nicks, in particular the intro. with the keyboards