• Song:

    The Car Was The One

  • Artist:

    Mark Knopfler

The Car Was The One

Intro: D C Em G  x4

D (xx0232@1)                               CIn (x32010@1)summer '63 I was staying alive
Em (022000@1)                              D (xx0232@1)hanging at the races, hoping to drive
                                                    CWhen (x32010@1)they were done with the weekend and loading the cars
Em (022000@1)                  G (320003@1)                   DI (xx0232@1)couldn't get a pass so I went to the bar


                                CI'm (x32010@1)up in the corner nursing a beer
Em (022000@1)                                    Dwho (xx0232@1)should come laughing and joking in here
                                               Cbut (x32010@1)Bobby Brown, the winner of the sports car race
Em (022000@1)                           G (320003@1)                 Dwith (xx0232@1)some friends and a girl, man, she lit up the place


G (320003@1)                  A (x02220@1)    DBobby (xx0232@1)was a wild boy - one summer
   G (320003@1)                  A (x02220@1)         Dhe (xx0232@1)knocked down a motel wall with a hammer
     G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)         DHe'd (xx0232@1)do anything - one night for a bet
   G (320003@1)                    A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1) Ahe (x02220@1)raced through the cornfields in a Corvette

Em G D C Em G D

                                             CI (x32010@1)thought it's got to be a thrill to be like that
         Em (022000@1)          G (320003@1)                   Dwith (xx0232@1)the beautiful girl and be king of the track
                                       CBut (x32010@1)the truth is when all was said and done
           Em (022000@1)           G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)  Cit (x32010@1)was his Cobra I wanted - the car was the one
           Em (022000@1)           G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)  C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1)GIt (320003@1)was his Cobra I wanted - the car was the one
                  D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
The car was the one  
                  D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
The car was the one

D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Em (022000@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  x2
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