Luke Combs – Fast Car (Guitar)

Capo 1
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Versions (2)

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Chords

Capo I. Similar to the Tracy Chapman version, the below riff is played throughout the verses.
  Cmaj7 G             Em    D
e|----------------|-------------------|
B|0h1-0-3-----3---|---8---8-7---7-----|
G|0---0-0---0-----|---0--0--0--0---0--|
D|----------------|---------0---------|
A|3---------------|/7-7---------------|
E|------3---------|-------------------|
[Intro] Cmaj7 G Em D x4 [Verse 1]
Cmaj7          G
You got a fast car.

Em                 D
I want a ticket to anywhere.

Cmaj7           G
Maybe we make a deal,

Em                    D
Maybe together we can get somewhere.

Cmaj7        G
Any place is better.

Em                      D
Starting from zero, got nothing to lose.

Cmaj7            G
Maybe we'll make something,

Em               D
Me myself, I got nothing to prove.
[Instrumental] Cmaj7 G Em D [Verse 2]
Cmaj7          G
You got a fast car.

Em              D
I got a plan to get us out of here:

Cmaj7                 G
I been working at the convenience store,

Em                     D
Managed to save just a little bit of money.

Cmaj7                   G
Won't have to drive too far

Em                         D
Just 'cross the border and into the city,

Cmaj7         G
You and I can both get jobs

    Em                  D
And finally see what it means to be living.
[Instrumental] Cmaj7 G Em D [Verse 3]
         Cmaj7              G
You see, my old man's got a problem:

   Em                               D
He live with the bottle, that’s the way it is.

   Cmaj7                       G
He says his body's too old for working,

    Em                  D
His body's too young to look like his.

   Cmaj7             G             Em                         D
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                       D
So I quit school and that's what I did.
[Instrumental] Cmaj7 G Em D [Verse 4]
Cmaj7          G
You got a fast car.

          Em                    D
But is it fast enough so we can fly away?

Cmaj7             G
Still gotta make a decision:

Em                        D
Leave tonight or live and die this way.
[Instrumental] Cmaj7 G Em D [Chorus]
D                           C
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.

    C Em      D
And I   had a feeling that I belonged

    C Em      D                            C        D
And I   had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone.
[Instrumental] Cmaj7 G Em D [Verse 5]
Cmaj7          G
You got a fast car.

    Em                     D
And we go cruising to entertain ourselves;

Cmaj7                 G
you still ain't got a job

      Em                    D
So I work in a market as a checkout girl.

Cmaj7                  G
I know things will get better:

Em                   D
You'll find work and I'll get promoted,

Cmaj7                 G
We'll move out of the shelter

Em                     D
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs.
[Instrumental] Cmaj7 G Em D [Chorus]
D                           C
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.

    C Em      D
And I   had a feeling that I belonged

    C Em      D                            C        D
And I   had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone.
[Instrumental] Cmaj7 G Em D x2 [Verse 6]
Cmaj7          G
You got a fast car.

    Em               D
And I got a job that pays all our bills.

Cmaj7                 G
You stay out drinking late at the bar,

        Em                         D
You see more your friends than you do your kids.

Cmaj7                G
I'd always hoped for better,

Em                     D
Thought maybe together you and me would find it,

Cmaj7                  G
I got no plans I ain't going nowhere,

   Em                     D
so take your fast car and keep on driving.
[Instrumental] Cmaj7 G Em D [Chorus]
D                           C
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.

    C Em      D
And I   had a feeling that I belonged

    C Em      D                            C        D
And I   had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone.
[Instrumental]
  Cmaj7 G             Em    D
e|----------------|-------------------|
B|0h1-0-3-----3---|---8---8-7---7-----|
G|0---0-0---0-----|---0--0--0--0---0--|
D|----------------|---------0---------|
A|3---------------|/7-7---------------|
E|------3---------|-------------------|

  Cmaj7 G             Em       D
e|----------------|-------------------|
B|0h1-0-3-----3---|---8---10-8-7--8---|
G|0---0-0---0-----|---0---------------|
D|----------------|------------0------|
A|3---------------|/7-7---------------|
E|------3---------|-------------------|
[Verse 7]
Cmaj7          G
You got a fast car.

          Em                     D
But is it fast enough so you can fly away?

Cmaj7              G
You gotta make a decision:

Em                        D
Leave tonight or live and die this way.
[Outro] Cmaj7 G Em D x2 Cmaj7 G