[Intro]

    E - D    E - D ….

[Verse]

                      E                    D                          D
   He was a hard headed man, he was brutally handsome,
E                        D               E      - D
    and she was terminally pretty.
E                        D                 E                D
    She held him up, and he held her for ransom
                E               D             E    - D
   in the heart of the cold, cold city.
                     A
    He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude,
             E
    they said he was ruthless, they said he was crude,
                    B7
    they had one thing in common, they were good in bed.
                      - A
    She'd say,       "Faster, faster, the lights  are turnin' red!"
E                    D             E                        D
    Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind.
E                    D            E      - D
E - D (4x)
    Life in the fast lane, mm.


[Verse 2]

      E            D                E               D
    Eager for action and hot for the game,
           E             D                   E           D
    the coming attraction, the drop of a name.
                       E                  D                                        D
    They knew all the right people, they took all the right pills,
                       E                 D                                  D
    they threw outrageous parties, they paid heavily bills.
                        - A
    There were       lines on the mirror, lines on her face,
                 E
    she pretended not to notice, she was caught up in the race.
      B7
    Out every evening until it was light,
                  A
     he was too tired to make it, she was too tired to fight about it.


[Chorus]

E                    D             E                        D
    Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind.
E                    D            E      - D
    Life in the fast lane, mm.
E                   D             E               D
    Life in the fast lane, everything all the time.
E                    D                  E     - D
    Life in the fast lane, uh huh.
    B7 - D   B7 - D      - E ~ ~


[Verse 3]

       E                D           E              D
    Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst,
              E                     D                      E                 D
    they didn't see the stop sign, took a turn for the worst.
                     - E               D                                           D
    She said,       "Listen, baby, you can hear  the engine ring,
                         E                          D
    We've been up and down this highway,
                   E                       D
    haven't seen a goddam thing."
                   - A
    He said,        "Call the doctor, I think I'm gonna crash.”
             E
    The doctor says he's coming, but you gotta pay him cash."
                      B7
    They went rushin' down that freeway, messed around and got lost,
A
    they didn't care they were just dying to get off.


[Chorus]

E   - - - - - - - - - - - - -   - D
    Life in the fast lane.
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    Life in the fast lane.