Living in Fast Forward Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays452

Living in Fast Forward by Kenny Chesney is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E, G and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: (A)  (D)  (E)  (D)  (A)   x  3 
 
The (A) body's a temple and (D) that's what we're taught  
Well, (E) I treated this one like an (D) old honky (A) tonk  
Greasy cheeseburgers and (D) cheap cigarettes  
(E) One day they'll get me if they (D) ain't got me (A) yet.  
 
I'm (A) living in (G) fast (D) forward   
(E) Hillbilly rock star (D) out of cont(A)rol  
I've been living in (G) fast (D) forward   
Now I (E) need to rewind real (A) slow.  
 
My (A) friends all grew up, and (D) they settled down  
Built (E) nice little houses on the (D) outskirts of (A) town  
They work in their office, and (D) drive SUV's  
They (E) pray for their babies, and they (D) worry about (A) me.  
(D) I'm always runnin'  
(A) Son-of-a-gunnin'  
(E) I've had a good time it's (A) true  
But the (D) way I've been going  
It's (A) time that I tone it (B7) down just a notch or (E) two. 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante