The Cars Greatest Hits Songs
On The Acoustic

Drive hails from the album "Heartbeat City" from 1984. This song became the groups highest charting single peaking at #3 in the US, #4 In Germany and #6 in Canada. The song re-entered the UK charts after the Live Aid event of 1985.

There was a video to accompany the single and featured Ric Ocasek's wife. Download the free Drive Lyrics by The Cars below.

This one you can play a steady shuffle rhythm pattern and that will work here in standard tuning. No picking to do with the chords C, Em/G, Am, D7, G6 and F.

Good Times Roll is a song from the bands debut album in 1978 called "The Cars".

The song peaked in the US at #41, but over time the song has become a standard rock classic and has appeared on many compilation albums.

For rhythm here play a down down down up down down down and down strokes in places. No lead but a few riffs with the chords A, G, F and D.

Just What I Needed also hails from the bands debut album from 1978 entitled "The Cars". This was the very first single released by The Cars and peaked at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Two demo recordings

were first aired on a Boston Radio station in 1977 including this one the "My Best friends Girl". Needless to say, the phones started ringing. Several others have covered the song including The Strokes, The Killers and Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

The chords here are D, A, Bm, Gb and G in standard tuning with a down strokes rhythm and some lead required.

Lets Go was released in 1979 by The Cars from their "Candy-O" album with this song as the lead off single. The song peaked at #14 in the US and charted in several other countries including a #5 in Canada and a #6 in Australia.

The hand clap and shouting came from a 1962 song called Let's Go (Pony) by a group called The Routers.

You can play all down strokes here for rhythm in standard tuning. No lead work but a few riffs while playing the chords A, D, G and E.

Download the free Lets Go The Cars lyrics below.

Magic is a song that hails from the 1984 "Heartbeat City" album and peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached #1 on the Top Tracks Chart.

The music video was shot at The Hilton Family Home in Beverly Hills which was leased out to the band by Kathy Hilton (mother of Paris). Download the free Magic by The Cars lyrics below.

I play this one in standard tuning with a down up down up down up down down and repeat rhythm pattern and use a down up down up pattern pre-chorus. The chords here are A, D, E, Gbm7, Dsus2 and Esus. No lead but a few riffs in this one.

My Best Friends Girl is another great song from their debut album "The Cars" from 1978, this one reached #3 in the UK and scored a #35 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song also appeared in the 1979 film Over The Edge.

People have noted that Fountains Of Wayne song "Stacy's Mom" has a very similar vibe.

The chords E, A and B are the chords for this one in standard tuning. Play mainly down strokes and some quick up and down shuffles with some lead work required.

You Might Think was the first single from the 1984 album "Heartbeat City" and the song peaked at #7 in the US and was featured in the 2016 TV series Braindead.

The music video for this song was the first to use computer graphics and won the first MTV Video Of The Year Award. The video cost 3 times the avg video of the day at a cost of $80,000.

I play this one in standard tuning with down strokes mainly with a bit of arpeggio in a few spots. No picking in this one as you play the chords D, G, A and a Bm.