Chords for Harry Chapin:SEQUEL 81

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_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
So here she's [Em] acting happy
_ _ [D] Inside [Bm] her handsome home
[G] And me, I'm flying [D] in my taxi _
[G] Taking [Bb] tips [D] and getting _ [Am]
stoned
[D] _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _
Well, the years go by, my voice gets lower
And all things can change so fast _ _
Still nothing can set off your heartbeat
_ As when [Em] you return [Bb] yourself to [D] your past
_ I _ _ _ got into town a little early
_ [Am] [D] Had eight hours to kill before the show
[Am] _ [D] First I thought about heading up north to the bay
[Am] [C] Then I knew [Bb] where I had to [D] go _
I _ _ _ _ thought about taking a limousine
_ [Am] _ [D] Or at least a fancy _ [C] car
But [D] I ended up taking a taxi
And I said, [C] cause that's [Bb] how I got [D] this far
_ _ You [G] see, ten years ago it [Em] was the front seat
[D] Driving stoned and feeling no [Bm] pain _
[G] Now here I am straight and [D] sitting in the back
[C] Hitting [Bb] 16 [D] Parkside Lane _
_ _ The [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ driveway was the same as I remembered
And a butler came and answered the door
He just shook his head when I asked for her
And [D] said, she doesn't [Am] live here [E] _ anymore
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ [E] _ _ _ But he offered to give me the address
They were forwarded her letters too
I just took it and returned to the cabin
And said, I [D] got one [Am] more fare [E] for you
[D] And _ [Am] _
_ [E] _ _ _ so we rolled on into [G] the city
And I ran up [A] to a five story old [C] brown stall
I [D] rang the bell and had her name [E] on the mail box
[D] The buzzer [A] said, [E] somebody's home
_ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _
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And the look on her face as [G] she opened the door
Was [A] like an old joke [C] told by a friend
It had taken [D] her ten more years but she [E] found a smile
[D] And watched the [A] corner [E] start to bend
And _ _ she [A] said, how are [Gbm] you Harry
Have [E] we played [Abm] this scene [E] before
_ _ [A] I said, it's so good to see [E] you Sue
_ [D] Had to play it [Am] out just [E] once more
_ [D] Play it [Am] out [E] just one more
_ She [Bm] _ _
_ [E] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ [E] _
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said, I've heard you flying high on my radio
I answered, it's not all it seems
That's when she laughed and she said, it's better [Em] sometimes
[D] When we don't [Am] get to touch [E] our dreams _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] That's when I asked her, where [Gbm] was that actress _
[E] She said, that was somebody else
[A] When I asked her why she [E] looked so happy now
She [D] said, I finally like myself
_ At [E] last I like myself
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We _ _ _ _ talked all through that afternoon
_ Talking about where we'd been
We talked of the tiny difference
Between [Db] ending and starting to begin
[Gbm] We talked cause talking tells you things
Like what [Gb] you really are thinking about
_ _ [Am] Sometimes you can't find what you've been thinking
Or [E] feeling till all the words run _ out _ _ _
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_ _ _ So I asked her to come to the concert
_ She said, no I work at night
I said, we've got to kick damn good and leave soon
She [D] said, [Am] Harry [E] you're right
_ [Am] Don't _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] ask me if I [Gbm] made love to her
[E] Which one of us started to cry
_ [A] Don't ask me why she wouldn't [E] take the money that I left
[D] If I [Am] answered it all [E] I'd lie
_ _ [D] So _
[Am] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I thought about her as I sang that night
And how the circle keeps rolling around
And how our acts isn't facing the footlights
[G] And how she's [Bb] flying with both [D] feet on the ground _
_ _ _ Yes [G] I guess it's a sequel [Em] to our story
From [D] our journey between heaven [E] and [Bm] hell
_ [G] With half the time thinking of what [D] might have been
[C] And half [Bb] thinking [D] just as well
_ I _ [Em] guess _ _ _ only _ _ [A] _ Time _ _ _ _ _ [D] Will tell _ _ _
Thank _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [N] _ _
you Harlan, Steve Chapin, Big John Wallace, Howie Fields
Doug Walker, Ron Cable, and the Hamilton Memorial Choir
_ And Tom Chapin
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