Song: The Car Was The One Artist: Mark Knopfler Album: Get Lucky Open G tuning (DGDGBD) Chords: Cadd9/G (x02010) (2x2002) (x00000) (x22222) Intro: Cadd9/ (x4) In summer ’sixty-three I was staying alive hanging at the races hoping to drive. When they were done with the weekend and loading the cars I couldn’t get a pass so I went to the bar. I’m up in the corner nursing a beer who should come laughing and joking in here but Bobby Brown the winner of the sports car race with some friends and a girl man she lit up the place Bobby was wild boy one summer he knocked down motel wall with hammer. He’ do anything one night for bet he raced through the corn fields in Corvette. Cadd9/ I thought it’s got to be a thrill to be like that with the beautiful girl and be king of the track. But the truth is when all was said and done it was his Cobra I wanted the car was the one. It was his Cobra I wanted the car was the one. The car was the one the car was the one. Cadd9/ (x3)

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À propos de la chanson

La chanson évoque des souvenirs d'un été en 1963, où le narrateur se remémore des moments passés aux courses de voitures. Il observe avec admiration un jeune homme charismatique, Bobby Brown, qui attire l'attention avec sa personnalité flamboyante et sa victoire dans une course de voitures de sport. Au-delà de l’excitation de la compétition et de l'admiration pour Bobby, c'est finalement la voiture elle-même, une Cobra, qui fascine le narrateur. La chanson parle donc de l'attrait du monde automobile et de la jeunesse, avec une touche de nostalgie. Le contexte des courses et des années 60, époque pleine de liberté et de passion, ajoute une profondeur à cette quête d’identité et de désir.