He plays it in the key of C with the cape on the 3rd fret, finger-picking, so relative to the capo the chords are as follows: A D Time is jammed and flying fast E A Brakes are bad the pot holes rough D I?m out here running from the past E A What we had was not enough F#m E Heard she?s just touched down in Hollywood D E And her friends all say she?s looking good A D I saw it coming from the start E A She?s a moving work of art But as he picks the A chord he's got his little finger on the fifth fret, relative to the capo, and when he picks the D chord he's also covering the D-string on the fourth fret As he finger-picks he alternates bass notes, from the fifth and fourth string, or 6th and 5th where applicable