E
I was born in a hurry
          A                   E
But there wasn't any place to go
E
Nowhere fast seemed
                    B
Better than nowhere slow
  A
I never really got
                     E
The hang of hanging around

[Bridge]
D A
   When you get down to it
A E
   I guess I always knew it
A                                 B
What it is that makes my world go round

[Chorus]
                 A
It's a matter of horsepower
                 E
For 8 seconds or miles per hour
           F#m
That's the way I am
           A            B
And it's a fact I can't ignore
     A
Yea, big four-legged fuel injected
E
Running wild radar detected
                                    B
A man can always stand a little bit more
         E
Horsepower

[Verse]
         E
Well the view looks better
     A                     E
From ahead than it looks behind
E
I've got a need to speed
                                 B
And I don't mean the drugs-store kind
A
Some people like a life
                     E
That barely moves at all

[Bridge]
D A
   I say more power to them
A E
   Then I fly right through 'em
       A               B
Til it slows down to a crawl

[Chorus]
                 A
It's a matter of horsepower
                 E
For 8 seconds or miles per hour
           F#m
That's the way I am
           A            B
And it's a fact I can't ignore
     A
Yea, big four-legged fuel injected
E
Running wild radar detected
                                    B
A man can always stand a little bit more
         E
Horsepower

[Instrumental Break]
E A B A D E
A E G D A E

[Chorus]
                 A
It's a matter of horsepower
                 E
For 8 seconds or miles per hour
           F#m
That's the way I am
           A            B
And it's a fact I can't ignore
     A
Yea, big four-legged fuel injected
E
Running wild radar detected
                                    B
A man can always stand a little bit more
         E
Horsepower

[Outro]
E A B A D E
E A B A D E