🏎 Fast Car

Chart-a-day December - Day 17

My friend was offended.

“What’s the point of this country dude’s cover of Fast Car? It’s EXACTLY the same.”

I think what he means by this is that Luke Combs’ cover doesn’t reimagine the original.

I’d say that’s for the best.

But also: they’re NOT exactly the same.

• Tracy Chapman’s original has a lot of repetitions of the riff.

• Luke Combs’ version tightens up those sections…

• …and the time saved lets him play the chorus again!

That’s a win in my book.

And that’s why I cover the form as he has it:

PDF, Sibelius, & musicXML files here