Fast Car Chords by Wyclef Jean

Fast Car chords by Wyclef Jean

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Em

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


Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

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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.

  Em
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|------0---0---0-|--------0---0---|------0---0---0-|--------0---0---|
D|----9-----------|------9---------|----9-----------|------9---------|
A|--10------------|----10----------|--10------------|----10----------|
E|12--------------|--12------------|12--------------|--12------------|
  D(add11)
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|------0---0---0-|--------0---0---|------0---0---0-|--------0---0---|
D|----0-----------|------0---------|----0-----------|------0---------|
A|--9-------------|----9-----------|--9-------------|----9-----------|
E|10--------------|--10------------|10--------------|--10------------|


VERSION 2

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

  Em
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-----------|------0---------|----0-----------|------0---------|
G|------0---0---0-|--------0---0---|------0---0---0-|--------0---0---|
D|--5-------------|----5-----------|--5-------------|----5-----------|
A|7---------------|--7-------------|7---------------|--7-------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  D(add11)
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|------0---0---0-|--------0---0---|------0---0---0-|--------0---0---|
D|--4-------------|----4-----------|--4-------------|----4-----------|
A|5---5-----------|--5---5---------|5---5-----------|--5---5---------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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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:
| Em | % | % | % |
 Yeah, this those Jersey boys
| Dadd11 | % | % | % |
 Na, na, na, na, na, naaaah


Verse:
Em
 I heard a man say Jesus Walks
Em
 Me myself I heard Jesus talk
      Em
Cause when I heard this beat I felt Jesus force
  Em
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:
Em
 Every day is like the wild wild West
        Em
Some of us are Bad Boys, some of us are Outlawz
  Em
Unsolved mystery, the killer get away
  Em
L.A., Vegas at the end of the day
     Dadd11
In a fast car,
         Dadd11
Drivin a fast car (Yeah!)


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


Verse:
Em
 What would you do after your bachelor party
       Em
In the bar celebratin with all your homies
Em
 Go outside and you ready to ride
          Em
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
Em
 When that fast car picks you up
Em
You will have no choice
Em
 You may hear the tires screamin
    Em
But you will have no voice
Dadd11
 When that fast car picks you up
Dadd11
You will weep and smile and see
C
 Heaven in the headlights
C                                                       Em :
Mile after mile after mile after mile
                     (Yeah, you don't gotta be no billionaire)


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


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


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


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


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


Instrumental:
| Em | % | % | % |
| C | % | G | % |


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


Outro:
| Em | % | % | % |
 Em intro pattern:

(repeat and fade]

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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