Fast Car chords by Wyclef Jean

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E minorEm

Difficulty: Intermediate

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     Fast Car - Wyclef Jean (feat. Paul Simon)
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Written by: Wyclef Jean/Farel Jean/Jerry Duplessis/Paul Simon/Keith Duplessis
From: “Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant” (2007)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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Intro:

VERSION 1
High up on the fretboard so the notes flow easily for the right hand
Picking pattern which stays the same for both chords.

 E minorEm
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G+G|------0---0---0-|--------0---0---|------0---0---0-|--------0---0---|
D MajorD|----9-----------|------9---------|----9-----------|------9---------|
A augmentedA|--10------------|----10----------|--10------------|----10----------|
E MajorE|12--------------|--12------------|12--------------|--12------------|
 D(add11)
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G+G|------0---0---0-|--------0---0---|------0---0---0-|--------0---0---|
D MajorD|----0-----------|------0---------|----0-----------|------0---------|
A augmentedA|--9-------------|----9-----------|--9-------------|----9-----------|
E MajorE|10--------------|--10------------|10--------------|--10------------|


VERSION 2

Sounds good and only goes up to the 7th fret, but the picking pattern
changes.

 E minorEm
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----0-----------|------0---------|----0-----------|------0---------|
G+G|------0---0---0-|--------0---0---|------0---0---0-|--------0---0---|
D MajorD|--5-------------|----5-----------|--5-------------|----5-----------|
A augmentedA|7---------------|--7-------------|7---------------|--7-------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 D(add11)
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G+G|------0---0---0-|--------0---0---|------0---0---0-|--------0---0---|
D MajorD|--4-------------|----4-----------|--4-------------|----4-----------|
A augmentedA|5---5-----------|--5---5---------|5---5-----------|--5---5---------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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CHORDS
    E-A-D-G-B-e
Dadd1  x-5-4-0-3-x
G6/B  x-2-0-0-0-0

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Intro:
| E minorEm | % | % | % |
 Yeah, this those Jersey boys
| Dadd11 | % | % | % |
 Na, na, na, na, na, naaaah

Verse:
E minorEm
 I heard a man say Jesus Walks
E minorEm
 Me myself I heard Jesus talk
   E minorEm
Cause when I heard this beat I felt Jesus force
 E minorEm
I heard it through the wire that he made it out the coma
    Dadd11
From a fast car
     Dadd11
It was a fast car (Yeah!)


Verse:
E minorEm
 Every day is like the wild wild West
    E minorEm
Some of us are Bad Boys, some of us are Outlawz
 E minorEm
Unsolved mystery, the killer get away
 E minorEm
L.A., Vegas at the end of the day
   Dadd11
In a fast car,
     Dadd11
Drivin a fast car (Yeah!)


Chorus:
C majorC               E minorEm
 You don't gotta be no billionaire
             C majorC
To get a ticket up to the moon
            E minorEm
We all know somebody up there
                   C majorC :
You need a helpin hand, look up right here
C majorC
 To help you see clearly now
E minorEm
 To help you see clearly now
C majorC               C majorC G6/B A minorAm
 I hope you see clearly now


Verse:
E minorEm
 What would you do after your bachelor party
    E minorEm
In the bar celebratin with all your homies
E minorEm
 Go outside and you ready to ride
     E minorEm
Then over 51 shots but you ain't ready to die
    Dadd11
In your fast car, yeah
    Dadd11
In your fast car (Paul Simon, talk to 'em)


Verse: Paul Simon
E minorEm
 When that fast car picks you up
E minorEm
You will have no choice
E minorEm
 You may hear the tires screamin
  E minorEm
But you will have no voice
Dadd11
 When that fast car picks you up
Dadd11
You will weep and smile and see
C majorC
 Heaven in the headlights
C majorC                            E minorEm :
Mile after mile after mile after mile
           (Yeah, you don't gotta be no billionaire)


Chorus:
 C majorC :             E minorEm
 You don't gotta be no billionaire
(...mile after mile)
             C majorC
To get a ticket up to the moon
            E minorEm
We all know somebody up there
                   C majorC :
You need a helpin hand, look up right here
C majorC
 To help you see clearly now
E minorEm
 To help you see clearly now
C majorC               C majorC G6/B A minorAm
 I hope you see clearly now


Verse:
E minorEm
 E'rybody need some TFC
    E minorEm
So she headed to Honduras for some TLC, yeah
E minorEm
 Havin fun in Central America
E minorEm
But she was a passenger, never a driver
    Dadd11
In that fast car, yeh
      Dadd11
Ridin that fast car, yeh


Verse:
E minorEm
Sweet sixteen I see her leavin the scene
E minorEm
 Crossin the street she won't see 17
E minorEm
Blink of an eye, DWI
E minorEm
 Hit and run that's felonies
   Dadd11
In a fast car
     Dadd11
Ridin the fast car, Yeh!


Verse: Paul Simon
E minorEm
 When that fast car picks you up
E minorEm
You will have no choice
E minorEm
 You may hear the tires screamin
  E minorEm
But you will have no voice
Dadd11
 When that fast car picks you up
Dadd11
You will weep and smile and see
C majorC
 Heaven in the headlights
C majorC                            E minorEm :
Mile after mile after mile after mile
           (Yeah, you don't gotta be no billionaire)


Chorus:
 C majorC :             E minorEm
 You don't gotta be no billionaire
(...mile after mile)
             C majorC
To get a ticket up to the moon
            E minorEm
We all know somebody up there
                   C majorC :
You need a helpin hand, look up right here
C majorC
 To help you see clearly now
E minorEm
 To help you see clearly now
C majorC               C majorC G6/B A minorAm
 I hope you see clearly now


Instrumental:
| E minorEm | % | % | % |
| C majorC | % | G+G | % |


Chorus:
C majorC               E minorEm
 Yeah, you don't gotta be no billionaire
             C majorC
To get a ticket up to the moon
            E minorEm
We all know somebody up there
                   C majorC :
You need a helpin hand, look up right here
C majorC
 To help you see clearly now
E minorEm
 To help you see clearly now
C majorC               C majorC G6/B A minorAm
 I hope you see clearly now


Outro:
| E minorEm | % | % | % |
 E minorEm intro pattern:

(repeat and fade]

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