Verse
Bmaj7 F#
You got a fast car.
D#m C#
I want a ticket to anywhere.
Bmaj7 F#
Maybe we make a deal,
D#m C#
Maybe together we can get somewhere.
Bmaj7 F#
Any place is better.
D#m C#
Starting from zero, got nothing to lose.
Bmaj7 F#
Maybe we'll make something,
D#m C#
Me myself, I got nothing to prove.
Bmaj7 F#
You got a fast car.
D#m C#
I got a plan to get us out of here:
Bmaj7 F#
I been working at the convenience store,
D#m C#
Managed to save just a little bit of money.
Bmaj7 F#
Won't have to drive too far
D#m C#
Just 'cross the border and into the city,
Bmaj7 F#
You and I can both get jobs
D#m C#
And finally see what it means to be living.
[Pre-Chorus]
Bmaj7 F#
You got a fast car.
D#m C#
is it fast enough so we can fly away?
Bmaj7 F#
We gotta make a decision:
D#m C#
Leave tonight or live and die this way.
Bmaj7 F# D#m C# X4
[Chorus]
Bmaj7 B
So I remember when: we were driving, driving in your car,
F#
The speed so fast felt like I was drunk,
D#m
City lights lay out before us
C#
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
B F# D#m C#
And I had a feeling that I belonged
B F# D#m C# B
And I had a feeling I -- could be someone, be someone, be someone.
B F# D#m C# B
And I had a feeling I -- could be someone, be someone, be someone.
[Verse 2]
Bmaj7 F#
You see, my old man's got a problem:
D#m C#
He live with the bottle, that’s the way it is.
Bmaj7 F#
He says his body's too old for working,
D#m C#
His body's too young to look like his.
Bmaj7 F# D#m C#
My mama went off and left him, she wanted more from life than he could give,
Bmaj7 F#
I said, "Somebody's got to take care of him."
D#m C#
So I quit school and that's what I did.
Bmaj7 F#
You got a fast car.
D#m C#
And we go cruising to entertain ourselves;
Bmaj7 F#
you still ain't got a job
D#m C#
And I work in a market as a checkout girl.
Bmaj7 F#
I know things will get better:
D#m C#
You'll find work and I'll get promoted,
Bmaj7 F#
We'll move out of the shelter
D#m C#
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs.
[Pre-Chorus]
Bmaj7 F#
You got a fast car.
D#m C#
But is it fast enough so we can fly away?
Bmaj7 F#
We gotta make a decision:
D#m C#
Leave tonight or live and die this way.
Bmaj7 F# D#m C# X4
[Chorus]
Bmaj7 B
So I remember when: we were driving, driving in your car,
F#
The speed so fast felt like I was drunk,
D#m
City lights lay out before us
C#
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
B F# D#m C#
And I had a feeling that I belonged
B F# D#m C# B
And I had a feeling I -- could be someone, be someone, be someone.
B F# D#m C# B
And I had a feeling I -- could be someone, be someone, be someone.
Bmaj7 F# D#m C# X2