Intro
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[Verse]
D C C
He was a hard headed man, he was brutally handsome,
D C D - C
and she was terminally pretty.
D C D C
She held him up, and he held her for ransom
D C D - C
in the heart of the cold, cold city.
G
He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude,
D
they said he was ruthless, they said he was crude,
A7
they had one thing in common, they were good in bed.
- G
She'd say, "Faster, faster, the lights are turnin' red!"
D C D C
Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind.
D C D - C
D - C (4x)
Life in the fast lane, mm.
[Verse 2]
D C D C
Eager for action and hot for the game,
D C D C
the coming attraction, the drop of a name.
D C C
They knew all the right people, they took all the right pills,
D C C
they threw outrageous parties, they paid heavily bills.
- G
There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face,
D
she pretended not to notice, she was caught up in the race.
A7
Out every evening until it was light,
G
he was too tired to make it, she was too tired to fight about it.
[Chorus]
D C D C
Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind.
D C D - C
Life in the fast lane, mm.
D C D C
Life in the fast lane, everything all the time.
D C D - C
Life in the fast lane, uh huh.
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[Verse 3]
D C D C
Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst,
D C D C
they didn't see the stop sign, took a turn for the worst.
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She said, "Listen, baby, you can hear the engine ring,
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We've been up and down this highway,
D C
haven't seen a goddam thing."
- G
He said, "Call the doctor, I think I'm gonna crash.”
D
The doctor says he's coming, but you gotta pay him cash."
A7
They went rushin' down that freeway, messed around and got lost,
G
they didn't care they were just dying to get off.
[Chorus]
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Life in the fast lane.
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Life in the fast lane.