Life In The Fast Lane chords by Eagles

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

Life in the fast lane

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1. He was a hard headed man, he was brutally handsome,

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    and she was terminally pretty.

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    She held him up, and he held her for ransom

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   in the heart of the cold, cold city.

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    He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude,

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    they said he was ruthless, they said he was crude,

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    they had one thing in common, they were good in bed.

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    She'd say,       "Faster, faster, the lights  are turnin' red!"

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    Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind.

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    Life in the fast lane, mm.

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2. Eager for action and hot for the game,

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    the coming attraction, the drop of a name.

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    They knew all the right people, they took all the right pills,

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    they threw outrageous parties, they paid heavily bills.

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    There were       lines on the mirror, lines on her face,

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    she pretended not to notice, she was caught up in the race.

      B7

    Out every evening until it was light,

                  A

     he was too tired to make it, she was too tired to fight about it.



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    Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind.

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    Life in the fast lane, mm.

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    Life in the fast lane, everything all the time.

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    Life in the fast lane, uh huh.

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3. Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst,

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    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,

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    haven't seen a goddam thing."

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    He said,        "Call the doctor, I think I'm gonna crash."

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    The doctor says he's coming, but you gotta pay him cash."

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    They went rushin' down that freeway, messed around and got lost,

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    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.

    (Eagles)