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Oct 23, 2020

Cars And Girls by Prefab Sprout

Lots of syncopation in this song, see cover song video.

Tab: in word document format video: Prefab Sprout - Cars and Girls (Official Video)

Cover video: Cars and Girls - Prefab Sprout Acoustic Cover by Igor Inza 2017

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Cars And Girls
By:   Prefab Sprout

[intro:]
Fmaj7		          Am/D 	             	
Bah bah bah	sharuhbie bah bah bah
          Em7                    Am/D     Fmaj7 (last beat)
sharuhbie Bah bah bah  sharuhbie ooooh

[verse: 1] 
Fmaj7
  Brucie dreams life's a highway
Am/D
  Too many roads bypass my way
Em7 		 Dm7           
  Or they never begin 
Fmaj7			   
  Innocence coming to grief 
Am/D
  at the hands of life's stinking car thief
Em7	  	       Dm7
  That's my concept of sin
Am9	    		      
  Does heaven wait all heavenly 
Gsus4              G7
    over the next horizon

[chorus:] 
Dm7	  	     		    
  But look at us now, quit driving 
G7		    Am9
  Some things hurt more much more than cars and girls
Dm7 				     
  Just look at us now, start counting 
G7		   Am9
  What adds up the way it did when we were young 
Dm7                       		
  Just look at us now, quit driving 
G7                 Am9
  Some things hurt more much more than cars and girls
 
Dm7    G
 
[verse: 2]
Fmaj7				     
  Life's a drive through a dust bowl 
Am/D
  What's it do, do to a young soul
Em7		   Dm7
  We are deeply concerned
Fmaj7			       
  Someone stops for directions
Am/D
  something responds deep in our engines
Em7		    Dm7
  We have all been burned
Am9			      Gsus4		G
Will heaven wait all heavenly over the next horizon

[chorus:] 
Dm7	  	     		    
  But look at us now, quit driving 
  G7		  Am9
Some things hurt more much more than cars and girls
Dm7				     
  Just look at us now, start counting, 
G7		     Am9
   What adds up the way it did when we were young
Dm7			     			
  Just look at us now, quit driving 
G7                  Am9
  Some things hurt more much more than cars and girls 

Dm7   G


Fmaj7		          Am/D		
Bah bah bah	sharuhbie bah bah bah
          Em7                     Dm7  Fmaj7 {last beat}
Sharuhbie Bah bah bah  sharuhbie ooooh

[verse: 3]
Fmaj7	{strum}		  
  Little boy got a hot rod 
Am/D
  thinks it makes him some kind of new God
Em7			   	  Dm7    Fmaj7 {last beat}
  Well this is one race he won't win
Fmaj7			   		
  Cos life's no cruise with a cool chick 
Am/D
  Too many folks feeling car sick 
Em7	  	     Dm7
  But it never pulls in
Fmaj7 					 
  Brucie's thoughts, pretty streamers
Am/D                                
Guess this world needs its dreamers 
G  {build}
May they never wake up

{band kicks in}

[chorus:] 
Dm7  	     		    
  But look at us now, quit driving 
  G7		  Am9
Some things hurt more much more than cars and girls
Dm7 				     
  Just look at us now, start counting
G7	           Am9
  What adds up the way it did when we were young
Dm7 			      		
  Just look at us now, quit driving 
G7                  Am9
  some things hurt more much more than cars and girls

[chorus:] 
Dm7  	     		    
  Just look at us now, quit driving 
  G7		  Am9
Some things hurt more much more than cars and girls
Dm7 				     
  look at us now, start counting
G7	           Am9
  What adds up the way it did when we were young
Dm7 			      		
  look at us now, quit driving 
G7                  Am9
  Some things hurt more much more than cars and girls

Dm7   G7

[coda: ]
Fmaj7		          Am/D		
Bah bah bah	sharuhbie bah bah bah
          Em7                      Dm7
sharuhbie Bah bah bah  sharuhbie ooooh



chords:

Am/D    xx0210  Am / D bass (you can use a Dm7 instead  x00211)
Am9     575557
Dm7     000211  or 557565
Em7     055000  or 020030  or 020000 or 779787
Fmaj7   x33210
G       320003  or 355433
Gsus4   320013  or 355533