I Stopped To Fill My Car Up chords by Stereophonics (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

Am
Em/G
F
C
G/B
G
Fsus2

Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) I stopped to fill  (E minor/G) my  (F major) car up
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) The car felt  (E minor/G) good that  (F major) day
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) I didn't know  (E minor/G) where I was  (F major) going
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) But it felt  (E minor/G) good for a  (F major) change
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) A five and a  (E minor/G) pocket full of  (F major) silver
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) I paid the lady  (E minor/G) no  (F major) change
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) And then it  (E minor/G) started to  (F major) piss down
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) I started  (E minor/G) driving again  (F major) 

Chorus 1

And then I looked up

And looked in the mirror behind me

And then I looked up

And looked in the mirror behind me

Verse 2
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) A man round  (E minor/G) forty  in the  (F major) back seat
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) Must have  (E minor/G) stepped in when I was  (F major) empty
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) So why's he  (E minor/G) sat    there just  (F major) waiting
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) Likely to  (E minor/G) smash  my  (F major) face in
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) He had a bag  (E minor/G) full of  (F major) money
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) He said 'just  (E minor/G) drive  me away'  (F major) 
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) I didn't know  (E minor/G) where I was  (F major) going
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) Yet it felt  (E minor/G) good to be strange  (F major) 

Chorus 2
C 
G/B 
 (C major) And still I  (G/B) look  up
Am 
G 
F 
And  (A minor) look in the  (G major) mirror be (F major) hind me
C 
G/B 
 (C major) And still I  (G/B) look  up
Am 
G 
F 
Fsus2 
And  (A minor) look in the  (G major) mirror be (F major) hind me  (Fsus2) 
F 
Fsus2 
 (F major)  (Fsus2) 

Verse 3
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) Curiosity  (E minor/G) is  (F major) over
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) He stepped down  (E minor/G) from the  (F major) car
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) He pulled a gun  (E minor/G) from his  (F major) jacket
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) Said I was  (E minor/G) going  to die  (F major) 
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) It gives me  (E minor/G) so     much satisfaction  (F major) 
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) To watch you  (E minor/G) beg and  (F major) cry
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) Well I just  (E minor/G) made   up this  (F major) story
Am 
Em/G 
F 
 (A minor) To get your attention  (E minor/G) makes me  (F major) smile

Chorus 3

I never looked up

Or looked in the mirror behind me

I never looked up

Or looked in the mirror behind me

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GuitarPianoUkulele

Am
Em/G
F
C
G/B
G
Fsus2

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: C majorBPM: 67

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

Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
Em/G: 3-x-2-4-0-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
G/B: x-2-0-0-0-3
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
Fsus2: x-x-3-0-1-3

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This is the definitive original version of I Stopped To Fill My Car Up by Stereophonics, 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 I Stopped To Fill My Car Up the way Stereophonics intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.