Speed Racer chords by Vic Chesnutt

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: A minorAm

Difficulty: Novice

Speed Racer
From Vic's 1990 album "Little"

Intro:
A minorAm     D MajorD     G+G  G/F#  E minorEm
C majorC     A minorAm     G+G     A minorAm
E minorEm     E minorEm
C majorC     D MajorD     G+G G/AG/A G/BG/B C majorC C majorC C/BC/B
A minorAm     D MajorD     G+G  G/F#  E minorEm
C majorC     C majorC     D MajorD     D MajorD

Verse 1:
A minorAm       D MajorD       G+G      G/F#    E minorEm
 If I learned anything from all of these lectures?
C majorC       A minorAm       G+G       A minorAm      E minorEm  E minorEm
 I think it's my attention span clipped by TV at an early age
   C majorC       D MajorD         G+G    G/AG/A G/BG/B C majorC  C majorC C/BC/B
Well who heard the radio when you are five years old?
A minorAm           D MajorD        G+G  G/F# E minorEm
 I use to watch Speed Racer with that hyper attitude
   C majorC     C majorC    D MajorD     D MajorD
That carried me here to this flourescent enlightenment

Chorus 1:
G+G         G+G
 I'm not a victim, I'm not a victim
  C majorC  C/BC/B  A minorAm C majorC   D MajorD         D MajorD
Oh, I... I... I... I am intelligent, I am intelligent
G+G         G+G
 I'm not a victim, I'm not a victim
  C majorC  C/BC/B  A minorAm C majorC     D MajorD        D MajorD
Oh, I... I... I... I am an atheist, I am an atheist

Verse 2:
A minorAm          D MajorD     G+G    G/F# E minorEm
 The idea of divine order is essentially crazy
C majorC          A minorAm  G+G       A minorAm                E minorEm  E minorEm
 The laws of action and reaction are the closest thing to truth in the universe
  C majorC      D MajorD         G+G    G/AG/A G/BG/B C majorC  C majorC C/BC/B
So don't try to spray me with your archaic rites of soul
A minorAm          D MajorD         G+G     G/F#  E minorEm
 Your vision is a biological one, I can dodge the thunderbolts
  C majorC        C majorC     D MajorD         D MajorD
And scratch out an existence on this glorious but simple plane

Chorus 2:
G+G         G+G
 I'm not a victim, I'm not a victim
  C majorC  C/BC/B  A minorAm C majorC   D MajorD         D MajorD
Oh, I... I... I... I am intelligent, I am intelligent
G+G         G+G
 I'm not a victim, I'm not a victim
  C majorC  C/BC/B  A minorAm C majorC     D MajorD        D MajorD
Oh, I... I... I... I am an atheist, I am an atheist