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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.
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]