Let me be your car Chords

KeyFm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays401

Let me be your car by Rod Stewart is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Fm. It uses the chords Fm7, F, Dm, Bb, Cm, Eb, C7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Fm
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  			Fm7  F  F  Dm F\C Bb  F   
 
  Cm                               Bb           F 
I may not seem your ideal when you look into my eyes 
 
  Bb    F        Eb         Bb\D               F            Bb\F Eb\F 
I don't smoke, I don't tell jokes, I'm not the custom made size 
 
    Cm                              Bb            F 
But baby let me take you out on the highway for a while 
 
     Bb       F         Eb     Bb\D          F           Bb\F Eb\F   
I'll show you where the man in me is when he doesn't hide 
 
                          Dm                 F\C      Bb 
Well he's cruising in the fast lane, stuck behind the wheel 
 
Dm              F\C   Bb             Bb             C7  Fm7 
Jekyll and Hyde going on inside when I'm your automobile 
 
 
F              Bb        C          F\C C 
Let me be your car for a while child 
 
Dm            Bb                    F 
Shift me into gear and I'll be there 
 
Eb      Bb\D    C         F            F\E Dm 
Fill me up with five star gasoline girl, yeah 
 
     Eb      Bb\D      C           F    Fm7 
I'll be your car, I'll take you anywhere 
 
 
F              Bb               C       F\C C 
Let me be your car, come on and drive me 
 
      Dm        F\C Bb              F   Bb\F Eb\F 
I'm a speedy little boy down deep inside 
 
      Eb     Bb\D      C                F       F\E Dm 
I got bucket seats and two speed window cleaners, yeah 
 
            Eb      Bb\D C              F   Fm7  F  F  Dm F\C Bb  F Bb\F Eb\F 
Just let me be your car, oh come on and ride 
 
 
  Cm                             Bb              F 
I can't dance, I don't dig it, I can't see it at all 
 
    Bb      F      Eb   Bb\D          F          Bb\F Eb\F 
You say I'm just a specimen, and baby I can crawl 
 
        Cm                                   Bb               F 
Well my physique just don't look the way the physiques really should 
 
    Bb    F                Eb     Bb\D F        Bb\F  Eb\F 
But then again I've got an engine underneath my hood 
 
 
                        Dm                 Dm         C     Bb 
When I'm cutting up the road, yeah, with a sports car on my tail 
 
Dm             F\C Bb                  Bb               C7   Fm7 
Frankenstein's inside my mind, and the wind's inside my sails 
 
(Chorus) 
 
(INSTRUMENTAL VERSE) 
 
                          Dm                 F\C      Bb 
Well he's cruising in the fast lane, stuck behind the wheel 
 
Dm              F\C   Bb             Bb             C7  Fm7 
Jekyll and Hyde going on inside when I'm your automobile 
 
 
F              Bb        C          F\C C 
Let me be your car for a while child 
 
Dm            Bb                    F 
Shift me into gear and I'll be there 
 
Eb      Bb\D    C         F            F\E Dm 
Fill me up with five star gasoline girl, yeah 
 
     Eb      Bb\D      C           F    Fm7 
I'll be your car, I'll take you anywhere 
 
 
F              Bb               C       F\C C 
Let me be your car, come on and drive me 
 
      Dm        F\C Bb              F   Bb\F Eb\F 
I'm a speedy little boy down deep inside 
 
      Eb     Bb\D      C                F       F\E Dm 
I got bucket seats and two speed window cleaners, yeah 
 
            Eb      Bb\D C              F    
Just let me be your car, oh come on and ride 
 
Fm7  F  F  Dm F\C Bb  F Bb\F Eb\F 
  
 
    
 

    	

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100 BPM Andante