Speed Racer chords by Vic Chesnutt

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Am

Difficulty: Novice

Speed Racer
From Vic's 1990 album "Little"

Intro:
Am         D          G   G/F#   Em
C          Am         G          Am
Em         Em
C          D          G  G/A G/B  C  C C/B
Am         D          G   G/F#   Em
C          C          D          D

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

Chorus 1:
G                 G
  I'm not a victim, I'm not a victim
    C   C/B   Am  C      D                 D
Oh, I... I... I...  I am intelligent, I am intelligent
G                 G
  I'm not a victim, I'm not a victim
    C   C/B   Am  C         D                D
Oh, I... I... I...  I am an atheist, I am an atheist

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

Chorus 2:
G                 G
  I'm not a victim, I'm not a victim
    C   C/B   Am  C      D                 D
Oh, I... I... I...  I am intelligent, I am intelligent
G                 G
  I'm not a victim, I'm not a victim
    C   C/B   Am  C         D                D
Oh, I... I... I...  I am an atheist, I am an atheist