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TRACY CHAPMAN
Dospite being one of only two major UK hits for Tracy
Chapman, Fast Car became an overnight classic.
KIT MORGAN selects reverse gear and heads back a decade.
tn original twoote guitar part for this
tune, run Tracy Chaps debt
album, i staggering simple. Is almost
‘mantra in its sepetitiveness~ ht there can be
‘bo denying that sila great sounding nf. Tn
fact, ts so simple hat Last cond bear it 0 for
this arrangement I've added the bass line to the
guitar par fora aller sound, IF you want to play
ss per the record, ply sgnore the bass notes and
svc to the evo sting i
TECHNIQUE
1ts posuble to ply the song using «pect (as
the erginal) or you can pay ass notes using either
hybrid pking or fngerstsle. You! probably ind
that however carefully you ply, occasional open
totes wil ing out accidentally but this is okays 1
didnt trscribe these notes Became they came
‘uta random throxghont the recon
When yo eventally get to the mid section,
tbearin id that ts strummed rather than
picked, so dont worry about hiting the exact
hhumber af nes on each beat a noted in the
trarserption ~ as long ase rhythnncally correct
you ean adopt «fairly Toe feo, EB.
fret base-note halfway throug
fourth string —1 just felt that It
‘Sounded more resonant this way.
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