Chords for The Cars - The Band’s History
Tempo:
134.15 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
G
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I met Ben in 67 and he came up and said, [A] I'd love to book you guys.
He says, you know, I sing too.
And I said, really?
So he came over one night [E] and he sang me Beatles songs [A] on an acoustic [D] guitar.
I thought, it's the best voice I ever heard.
You're amazing.
You should be in the band.
And really, literally, two days later, he was in the band.
In 1972, I met Greg.
And then after that, we went on to Boston.
And Ben and I were playing in a club in Cambridge [D] [A] called The Idler
[E] in Cambridge, Massachusetts, [D] down by Harvard [A] Square.
And Elliot came in one night and said, oh, I play guitar and let me sit in with you.
And he sat in with us and we thought, oh, he's great.
So we had the four.
When we started getting some airplay on our [D] demos, [A] probably [F#] in 1975 or something,
just what [E] I needed, actually, was [C] on
[G] WBCN in Boston.
[A] And [D] Max Ann, the DJ [A] who started playing it, said, oh, you know, I love [D] your band.
It's phenomenal when I'm playing it [Bm] on the radio.
[A] But, you know, you really should get a different drummer.
You should get, like, David Robinson.
And he was in this, I knew he was in Modern Lovers, but he was in DMZ at this time.
So I thought, okay, I don't think I can get him, though, because he's kind of a big star.
He's from the Modern Lovers.
So I asked David, and David said, well, send me some [D] songs.
And I thought, [A] okay.
So I sent him songs and he said, okay, I'll [E] join.
And really, that's when [A] that five, the five of us, you know,
and I felt very inspired [G] to write, you know, for that, [A]
those people.
So that was the band.
And it just clicked in.
And you could tell, you could really tell that it was the band.
The [E] five of us is not an obvious lineup.
[A] It's not like you'd say, oh, yeah, obviously these five people are going to form a band together,
because we weren't, A, we weren't all the same age.
We didn't, like, we weren't like a band that, like, all went to high school together
and had the same record collection and were like a gang.
It wasn't like that.
We were from all different parts of the country,
and we all brought different influences into the group.
And everybody, we had things that overlapped.
We all loved certain things in common, of course.
But then we all, [Am] each of us in our way, also liked [A] things that maybe the other guys
weren't that familiar with or that were unique to [D] that one person.
So we'd say, [A] hey, check this out, you know.
And we [D] brought that whole, all [A] those ingredients into this pot [D] to make the [A] stew.
And, you know, [D]
[A] just to finish that metaphor, the recipe worked, you know.
[G] It was one of those things where we just [A] rehearsed the songs, [D#] and everything fell into place.
I think [E] we all felt the same thing.
It was like we just, like, all
[D] just surprised.
It was like this is really pretty [F#] damn good what we're doing.
And [A]
that was it.
When I think of the Cars, I sort of think of our contemporaries as Devo, the police,
the pretenders, [D] talking heads.
[A]
[E] And then
[A] sort of more on the other side of the musical spectrum would be a band like,
say, Van Halen, who was like sort of the same time and stuff, [D] and sort [A] of that same sort
[Dm] of early MTV [A] era.
But musically, I'd say that we had a lot more in common with, like, the police, the talking heads,
[F#m] you [A] know, the other bands, Devo, Pretender,
He says, you know, I sing too.
And I said, really?
So he came over one night [E] and he sang me Beatles songs [A] on an acoustic [D] guitar.
I thought, it's the best voice I ever heard.
You're amazing.
You should be in the band.
And really, literally, two days later, he was in the band.
In 1972, I met Greg.
And then after that, we went on to Boston.
And Ben and I were playing in a club in Cambridge [D] [A] called The Idler
[E] in Cambridge, Massachusetts, [D] down by Harvard [A] Square.
And Elliot came in one night and said, oh, I play guitar and let me sit in with you.
And he sat in with us and we thought, oh, he's great.
So we had the four.
When we started getting some airplay on our [D] demos, [A] probably [F#] in 1975 or something,
just what [E] I needed, actually, was [C] on
[G] WBCN in Boston.
[A] And [D] Max Ann, the DJ [A] who started playing it, said, oh, you know, I love [D] your band.
It's phenomenal when I'm playing it [Bm] on the radio.
[A] But, you know, you really should get a different drummer.
You should get, like, David Robinson.
And he was in this, I knew he was in Modern Lovers, but he was in DMZ at this time.
So I thought, okay, I don't think I can get him, though, because he's kind of a big star.
He's from the Modern Lovers.
So I asked David, and David said, well, send me some [D] songs.
And I thought, [A] okay.
So I sent him songs and he said, okay, I'll [E] join.
And really, that's when [A] that five, the five of us, you know,
and I felt very inspired [G] to write, you know, for that, [A]
those people.
So that was the band.
And it just clicked in.
And you could tell, you could really tell that it was the band.
The [E] five of us is not an obvious lineup.
[A] It's not like you'd say, oh, yeah, obviously these five people are going to form a band together,
because we weren't, A, we weren't all the same age.
We didn't, like, we weren't like a band that, like, all went to high school together
and had the same record collection and were like a gang.
It wasn't like that.
We were from all different parts of the country,
and we all brought different influences into the group.
And everybody, we had things that overlapped.
We all loved certain things in common, of course.
But then we all, [Am] each of us in our way, also liked [A] things that maybe the other guys
weren't that familiar with or that were unique to [D] that one person.
So we'd say, [A] hey, check this out, you know.
And we [D] brought that whole, all [A] those ingredients into this pot [D] to make the [A] stew.
And, you know, [D]
[A] just to finish that metaphor, the recipe worked, you know.
[G] It was one of those things where we just [A] rehearsed the songs, [D#] and everything fell into place.
I think [E] we all felt the same thing.
It was like we just, like, all
[D] just surprised.
It was like this is really pretty [F#] damn good what we're doing.
And [A]
that was it.
When I think of the Cars, I sort of think of our contemporaries as Devo, the police,
the pretenders, [D] talking heads.
[A]
[E] And then
[A] sort of more on the other side of the musical spectrum would be a band like,
say, Van Halen, who was like sort of the same time and stuff, [D] and sort [A] of that same sort
[Dm] of early MTV [A] era.
But musically, I'd say that we had a lot more in common with, like, the police, the talking heads,
[F#m] you [A] know, the other bands, Devo, Pretender,
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I met Ben in 67 and he came up and said, _ [A] I'd love to book you guys.
He says, you know, I sing too.
And I said, really?
So he came over one night _ _ [E] _ _ and he sang me Beatles songs [A] on an acoustic [D] guitar.
I thought, it's the best voice I ever heard.
You're amazing.
You should be in the band.
And really, literally, two days later, he was in the band.
In 1972, I met Greg.
And then after that, we went on to Boston.
_ And Ben and I were playing in a club in Cambridge [D] _ [A] called The Idler _
[E] in Cambridge, Massachusetts, [D] down by Harvard [A] Square. _
And Elliot came in one night and said, oh, I play guitar and _ let me sit in with you.
And he sat in with us and we thought, oh, he's great.
So we had the four.
When we started getting some airplay on our [D] demos, _ [A] _ _ probably [F#] in 1975 or something,
just what [E] I needed, actually, _ _ was [C] on _ _ _
[G] _ _ WBCN in Boston.
[A] And [D] Max Ann, the DJ [A] who started playing it, _ said, oh, you know, I love [D] your band.
It's phenomenal when I'm playing it [Bm] on the radio.
[A] But, you know, you really should get a different drummer.
You should get, like, David Robinson.
And he was in this, _ I knew he was in Modern Lovers, but he was in DMZ at this time.
_ So I thought, okay, I don't think I can get him, though, because he's kind of a big star.
He's from the Modern Lovers.
_ So I asked David, _ and David said, well, send me some [D] songs.
And I thought, [A] okay.
So I sent him songs and he said, okay, I'll [E] join.
And really, that's when [A] that five, the five of us, you know,
and I felt very inspired [G] to write, you know, for that, _ [A]
those people.
So that was the band. _
And it just clicked in. _ _ _ _
_ And you could tell, you could really tell that it was the band.
The [E] five of us is not an obvious lineup.
_ [A] It's not like you'd say, oh, yeah, obviously these five people are going to form a band together,
because we weren't, _ _ A, we weren't all the same age.
We didn't, like, we weren't like a band that, like, all went to high school together
and had the same record collection and were like a gang.
It wasn't like that.
We were from all different parts of the country,
and we all brought different influences into the group.
And everybody, we had things that overlapped.
We all loved certain things in common, of course.
But then we all, _ [Am] each of us in our way, also liked [A] things that maybe the other guys
weren't that familiar with or that were unique to [D] that one person.
So we'd say, [A] hey, check this out, you know.
And we [D] brought that whole, all [A] those ingredients into this pot [D] to make the [A] stew.
And, _ _ you know, [D] _
[A] just to finish that metaphor, the recipe worked, you know.
[G] It was one of those things where we just [A] rehearsed the songs, _ [D#] and everything fell into place.
I think [E] we all felt the same thing.
It was like we just, like, all _
[D] just surprised.
It was like this is really pretty [F#] damn good what we're doing.
And [A] _
_ that was it.
When I think of the Cars, _ I sort of think of our contemporaries as Devo, _ the police,
_ _ the pretenders, _ _ _ [D] talking heads.
[A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] And then _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ sort of more on the other side of the musical spectrum would be a band like,
say, Van Halen, who was like sort of the same time and stuff, [D] and sort [A] of that same sort
[Dm] of early MTV [A] era.
But musically, I'd say that we had a lot more in common with, like, the police, the talking heads,
[F#m] you [A] _ know, the other bands, Devo, Pretender,
_ _ I met Ben in 67 and he came up and said, _ [A] I'd love to book you guys.
He says, you know, I sing too.
And I said, really?
So he came over one night _ _ [E] _ _ and he sang me Beatles songs [A] on an acoustic [D] guitar.
I thought, it's the best voice I ever heard.
You're amazing.
You should be in the band.
And really, literally, two days later, he was in the band.
In 1972, I met Greg.
And then after that, we went on to Boston.
_ And Ben and I were playing in a club in Cambridge [D] _ [A] called The Idler _
[E] in Cambridge, Massachusetts, [D] down by Harvard [A] Square. _
And Elliot came in one night and said, oh, I play guitar and _ let me sit in with you.
And he sat in with us and we thought, oh, he's great.
So we had the four.
When we started getting some airplay on our [D] demos, _ [A] _ _ probably [F#] in 1975 or something,
just what [E] I needed, actually, _ _ was [C] on _ _ _
[G] _ _ WBCN in Boston.
[A] And [D] Max Ann, the DJ [A] who started playing it, _ said, oh, you know, I love [D] your band.
It's phenomenal when I'm playing it [Bm] on the radio.
[A] But, you know, you really should get a different drummer.
You should get, like, David Robinson.
And he was in this, _ I knew he was in Modern Lovers, but he was in DMZ at this time.
_ So I thought, okay, I don't think I can get him, though, because he's kind of a big star.
He's from the Modern Lovers.
_ So I asked David, _ and David said, well, send me some [D] songs.
And I thought, [A] okay.
So I sent him songs and he said, okay, I'll [E] join.
And really, that's when [A] that five, the five of us, you know,
and I felt very inspired [G] to write, you know, for that, _ [A]
those people.
So that was the band. _
And it just clicked in. _ _ _ _
_ And you could tell, you could really tell that it was the band.
The [E] five of us is not an obvious lineup.
_ [A] It's not like you'd say, oh, yeah, obviously these five people are going to form a band together,
because we weren't, _ _ A, we weren't all the same age.
We didn't, like, we weren't like a band that, like, all went to high school together
and had the same record collection and were like a gang.
It wasn't like that.
We were from all different parts of the country,
and we all brought different influences into the group.
And everybody, we had things that overlapped.
We all loved certain things in common, of course.
But then we all, _ [Am] each of us in our way, also liked [A] things that maybe the other guys
weren't that familiar with or that were unique to [D] that one person.
So we'd say, [A] hey, check this out, you know.
And we [D] brought that whole, all [A] those ingredients into this pot [D] to make the [A] stew.
And, _ _ you know, [D] _
[A] just to finish that metaphor, the recipe worked, you know.
[G] It was one of those things where we just [A] rehearsed the songs, _ [D#] and everything fell into place.
I think [E] we all felt the same thing.
It was like we just, like, all _
[D] just surprised.
It was like this is really pretty [F#] damn good what we're doing.
And [A] _
_ that was it.
When I think of the Cars, _ I sort of think of our contemporaries as Devo, _ the police,
_ _ the pretenders, _ _ _ [D] talking heads.
[A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] And then _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ sort of more on the other side of the musical spectrum would be a band like,
say, Van Halen, who was like sort of the same time and stuff, [D] and sort [A] of that same sort
[Dm] of early MTV [A] era.
But musically, I'd say that we had a lot more in common with, like, the police, the talking heads,
[F#m] you [A] _ know, the other bands, Devo, Pretender,