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Tuning: E A D G B E
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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
Dadd11 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
Cause Emwhen I heard this beat I felt Jesus force
I Emheard it through the wire that he made it out the coma
From a Dadd11fast car
It was a Dadd11fast car (Yeah!)
[Verse]
Em Every day is like the wild wild West
Some of Emus are Bad Boys, some of us are Outlawz
UnEmsolved mystery, the killer get away
L.EmA., Vegas at the end of the day
In a Dadd11fast car,
Drivin a Dadd11fast car (Yeah!)
[Chorus]
C You don't gotta be no billioEmnaire
To get a ticket up to the Cmoon
We all know somebody up Emthere
[ 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 I hope you see clearly now C G6/B Am
[Verse]
Em What would you do after your bachelor party
In the Embar celebratin with all your homies
Em Go outside and you ready to ride
Then over Em51 shots but you ain't ready to die
In your Dadd11fast car, yeah
In your Dadd11fast car (Paul Simon, talk to 'em)
[Verse] Paul Simon
Em When that fast car picks you up
EmYou will have no choice
Em You may hear the tires screamin
But Emyou will have no voice
Dadd11 When that fast car picks you up
Dadd11You 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)
To get a ticket up to the Cmoon
We all know somebody up Emthere
[ 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 I hope you see clearly now C G6/B Am
[Verse]
Em E'rybody need some TFC
So she Emheaded to Honduras for some TLC, yeah
Em Havin fun in Central America
EmBut she was a passenger, never a driver
In that Dadd11fast car, yeh
Ridin that Dadd11fast car, yeh
[Verse]
EmSweet sixteen I see her leavin the scene
Em Crossin the street she won't see 17
EmBlink of an eye, DWI
Em Hit and run that's felonies
In a Dadd11fast car
Ridin the Dadd11fast car, Yeh!
[Verse] Paul Simon
Em When that fast car picks you up
EmYou will have no choice
Em You may hear the tires screamin
But Emyou will have no voice
Dadd11 When that fast car picks you up
Dadd11You 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)
To get a ticket up to the Cmoon
We all know somebody up Emthere
[ 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 I hope you see clearly now C G6/B Am
[Instrumental]
| Em | % | % | % |
| C | % | G | % |
[Chorus]
C Yeah, you don't gotta be no Embillionaire
To get a ticket up to the Cmoon
We all know somebody up Emthere
[ 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 I hope you see clearly now C G6/B Am
[Outro]
| Em | % | % | % |
[Em intro pattern]
(repeat and fade]