Cab Driver Chords by Daryl Hall

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] All right.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ The second [C] song is _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [C] a song I wrote one late night in London, a cold rainy night.
_ [Am] _ _
I was standing [D] on the street all alone, _ [Am] _ _ [C] _
not far from my English home, but far from this home. _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ And I needed a [Em] cab real bad.
[Am] It was raining hard.
_ _ _ I wanted to yell, cab driver, you know.
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[F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Bm] Oh, standing [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
in the [D] rain, [Bm] a [D] cab [F] coming to you.
_ Ask me [Dm] where am I going to?
[A] _ [C] _
Running for so [Bm] long, been gone too [F] many nights.
_ And my heart's paid the [C] price. _
This ain't heaven.
[Bm] This ain't the life that I [F] was looking for.
[C] Oh, no.
Oh, no.
Reasonable living [Bm] isn't _ [F] here inside this car.
_ You know I gotta get back to [Em] you, cab [C] driver.
_ [Bm] Take me home.
_ [Am] I spent too much time away.
Too much [Em] time alone, cab driver.
_ [Bm] Take me home.
_ [F] I spent too much time away from my [Dm] family.
_ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Need _ [D] familiar streets to show me [F] that you're near.
_ Feeling like a [C] stranger here.
Oh, drives a little rush [D] up, but miles [Am] on my face.
_ Am I going [C] as it [Am] pleases?
This ain't heaven.
[Bm] _ [Am] This ain't the life I was waiting for.
Oh, [C] no.
Oh, no. _
Reasonable living [D] _ [Bm] isn't here [F] inside this car.
You know I gotta get back to [C] you, [Am] cab driver.
_ [D] Take me home.
[Bm] _ [F] I spent too much time away.
Too much [Em] time alone, cab [C] driver.
_ [Bm] Take me home.
_ [F] I spent too much time away from my baby.
_ [C] _ Cab driver, _ [Bm] take me home.
Take me home.
[F] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] Cab driver, take [Bm] me home.
Take me home.
[F] _ _
_ I _ _ _ _ need to [G] see your face.
[F] A kiss from your [G] lips.
All the [A] time I've [F] wasted.
But nothing waiting [G] for me.
But an [A] empty [F] room.
Yeah, but I gotta get back to my baby.
Soon.
_ [G#] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ Soon.
[C] Cab _ _ _ _ driver, _ [Bm] take me home.
_ [F] Spent too much time away.
Too much [Em] time alone, cab driver.
[Am] _ [Bm] Take me home.
_ [F] Spent too much time away [Am] from my baby.
_ [G] _ [Am] Cab driver, _ [D] take me home.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] Cab driver, take me home.
Cab driver, [D] take me home.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] Be [Am] there. _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Am] _ _
[E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] I [G] gotta get back.
[Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Am] _ _
Gotta [F#] get home.
_ _ [C] Sing it out.
[Am] Gotta get back.
Gotta get back to my [Bm] baby.
_ [G] _ [Am] Gotta get back to my baby.
Real [C] soon.
_ [D] [Am] Hey, baby.
Gotta get back.
Gotta get back.
_ _ [Bm] _ [Am] Gotta get back to my baby.
Oh.
_ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ Gotta get [C] back.
Now you know [D] how you can [Am] tell when you've been on the road too long.
I [C] gotta get back to my baby.
You call your girlfriend [Em] _ on the [C] phone.
Gotta get back to her.
_ _ [Bm] There ain't no answer.
[Am] Gotta get back to my baby.
That's how you know you gotta get back. _ _
I need [G] to see.
[A] I need to see your [F] face.
Get back [G] to live.
It's how the day [Dm] fades.
Nothing waiting [G] for me.
But an [A] answer.
[F] If I gotta get back to my baby.
Real soon.
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_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _
Hey, hey.
[Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ They're gonna [Am] take me home.
_ [C] _ _ _ Oh, cab driver.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
Oh, [G] cab driver.
_ [C] Take me home.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _