Tuning: G C E A

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cars and Girls – Prefab Sprout --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Paddy McAloon From: “From Langley Park to Memphis” (1988) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: soprano C --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS (alphabetically) g-C-E-A Am7 0-0-0-0 Am9 2-0-0-2 or 4-0-3-0 Dm7 2-2-1-3 Em7 0-2-0-2 Fmaj7 2-4-1-3 G 0-2-3-2 G6 0-2-0-2 G7 0-2-1-2 G7sus4 0-2-1-3 G9 2-2-1-2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Hook]

^Fmaj7Ba ba ba, sha-doo-ah-doo-oo ^Dm7Ba ba ba, sha-doo-ah-doo-oo G6 | F | Ba ba ba, sha-doo-ah-doo-oo-dah

[Verse]

^Fmaj7 Brucie dreams life's a highway ^Dm7 Too many roads bypass my way Em7 | Dm7 | % | Or they never begin ^Fmaj7 Innocence coming to grief ^Dm7 At the hands of life - stinkin' car thief Em7 | Dm7 | That's my concept of sin

[Bridge]

^Am9 Does heaven wait all heavenly ^G7sus4 Over the next ho^G7rizon?

[Chorus]

^Dm7 But look at us now (Quit driving) ^G7 Some things hurt ^Am7more, much more than cars and girls ^Dm7 Just look at us now (Start countin’) ^G7 What adds up the ^Am7way it did when we were young? ^Dm7 Look at us now (Quit driving) ^G7 Some things hurt ^Am7more, much more than cars and girls

| G7sus4 | % | G | % | Ooh-ooh [Verse]

^Fmaj7 Life's a drive through a dust bowl ^Dm7 What's it do, do to a young soul Em7 | Dm7 | % | We are deeply concerned ^Fmaj7 Someone stops for directions, ^Dm7 Something responds deep in our engines Em7 | Dm7 | % | We have all been burned

[Bridge]

^Am9 Does heaven wait all heavenly ^G7sus4 Over the next ho^G7rizon?

[Chorus]

^Dm7 But look at us now (Quit driving) ^G7 Some things hurt ^Am7more, much more than cars and girls ^Dm7 Just look at us now (Quit driving) ^G7 What adds up the ^Am7way it did when we were young? ^Dm7 Look at us now (Quit driving) ^G7 Some things hurt ^Am7more, much more than cars and girls

| G7sus4 | % | G | % | Ooh-ooh – ah-aah [Hook]

^Fmaj7Ba ba ba, sha-doo-ah-doo-oo ^Dm7Ba ba ba, sha-doo-ah-doo-oo G6 | F | Ba ba ba, sha-doo-ah-doo-oo-dah

[Verse]

^Fmaj7 Little boy got a hot rod ^Dm7 Thinks it makes him some kind of new god Em7 | Dm7 | % | ^Fmaj7 Well this is one race he won't win (Life’s no cruise ...) ^Fmaj7 'cos life's no cruise with a cool chick ^Dm7 Too many folks feelin' car sick Em7 | Dm7 | But it never pulls in.

[Verse] variation with build-up

^Fmaj9 Brucie's thoughts - pretty streamers ^Dm7 Guess this world needs its dreamers G G7 | G9 | % | May they never wake up

[Chorus]

^Dm7 But look at us now (Quit driving) ^G7 Some things hurt ^Am7more, much more than cars and girls ^Dm7 Just look at us now (Quit driving) ^G7 What adds up the ^Am7way it did when we were young?

^Dm7 Just look at us now (Quit driving) ^G7 Some things hurt ^Am7more, much more than cars and girls ^Dm7 Just look at us now (Quit driving) ^G7 Some things hurt ^Am7more, much more than cars and girls

^Dm7 Look at us now (Start countin’) ^G7 What adds up the ^Am7way it did when we were young? ^Dm7 Look at us now (Quit driving) ^G7 Some things hurt ^Am7more, much more than cars and girls

| G7sus4 | % | G | % | Ooh-ooh – ah-aah - sha-doo-ah-doo-oo [Hook] = coda

^Fmaj7Ba ba ba, sha-doo-ah-doo-oo ^Dm7Ba ba ba, sha-doo-ah-doo-oo ^G6Ba ba ba, sha-doo-ah-doo-oo-^Fmaj7dah

Prefab Sprout - Cars and girls