Chasing Cars chords by The Wind And The Wave (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

C
G/B
Fadd9

Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
 (C major) We'll do it all
G/B 
 (G/B) Everything
Fadd9 
C 
 (Fadd9) On our own  (C major) 
C 
 (C major) We don't need
G/B 
 (G/B) Anything
Fadd9 
C 
 (Fadd9) Or anyone  (C major) 

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Chorus 1

If I lay here

If I just lay here

Would you lie with me

and just forget the world?

Verse 2
C 
 (C major) I don't quite know
G/B 
 (G/B) How to say
Fadd9 
C 
 (Fadd9) How I feel  (C major) 
C 
 (C major) Those three words
G/B 
 (G/B) Are said too much
Fadd9 
C 
 (Fadd9) They're not enough  (C major) 

Chorus 2
C 
If I lay  (C major) here
G/B 
If I just  (G/B) lay   here
Fadd9 
Would you lie  (Fadd9) with     me
C 
and just forget the world?  (C major) 
C 
Forget what we're  (C major) told
G/B 
Before we get  (G/B) too   old
Fadd9 
C 
Show me a  (Fadd9) garden   that's bursting into life  (C major) 

Verse 3
C 
 (C major) Let's waste time
G/B 
 (G/B) Chasing cars
Fadd9 
C 
 (Fadd9) Around our heads  (C major) 
C 
 (C major) I need your grace
G/B 
 (G/B) To remind me
Fadd9 
C 
 (Fadd9) To find my own  (C major) 

Chorus 3
C 
If I lay  (C major) here
G/B 
If I just  (G/B) lay   here
Fadd9 
Would you lie  (Fadd9) with     me
C 
and just forget the world?  (C major) 
C 
Forget what we're  (C major) told
G/B 
Before we get  (G/B) too   old
Fadd9 
C 
Show me a  (Fadd9) garden   that's bursting into life  (C major) 

Chorus 4
C 
All that I  (C major) am
G/B 
All that I  (G/B) ever  was
Fadd9 
Is here in your  (Fadd9) perfect  eyes,
C 
they're all I can see  (C major) 
C 
I don't know  (C major) where
G/B 
Confused about  (G/B) how   as well
Fadd9 
Just know that these  (Fadd9) things
C 
will never change for us at all  (C major) 

Outro 1

If I lay here

If I just lay here

Would you lie with me

and just forget the world?

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GuitarPianoUkulele

C
G/B
Fadd9

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: C majorBPM: 104

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

C: x-3-2-0-1-0
G/B: x-2-0-0-0-3
Fadd9: x-x-3-2-1-3

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This is the definitive original version of Chasing Cars by The Wind And The Wave, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of C major. It suits players who want to learn Chasing Cars the way The Wind And The Wave intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.