Taxi Chords by Harry Chapin

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_ [F] _ [Gm] [Am] It was [Gm] raining [C] hard [Gm] in Frisco [C] I needed one more [Am] fair to make [Gm] my night
[Am] A [Bb] lady up [F] ahead waved a [Gm] flag me [Bb] down [Ab] She got [C] in at the [Gm] light
[C] Oh [Gm] _ [C] [Gm] where you going [C] to my [Gm] lady blue [C] It's a shame you ruined your [Gm] gown [C] in the [Gm] rain
[C] She [Gm] just [C] looked out the [Bb] window She said [Fm] sixteen [C] Parkside [Gm] Lane
[C] Something _ _ [Bb] _ [D] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [D] _ _
about her was familiar I could [C] swear I seen her [D] face before
[Am]
[D] But she [C] said I'm [D] sure you're [C] mistaken And she [Bb] didn't say [D] anything more
_ It took a [C] while but she [D] looked in the [C] mirror [D] Then she glanced at the license for [C] my name
[D] A [Am] smile seemed to [D] come to her [C] slowly It was a [Gm] sad [D] smile just to say
And [G] she said [D] how are you Harry [C] I [G] said [D] how are you Sue
[G] Through the [Em] too many [Bm] miles and the two little [Em] smiles I still [A] _ [Em] [D] remember [Am] [D] you _
_ [C] _ [D] _ [Am] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
[C] _ [Bb] _ [D] _ _ _ It was somewhere in a fairy tale I used to take her home in my car
We learned about love in the back of a [C] Dodge The [Bb] lesson hadn't [D] gone too far _
[G] You see she was gonna [Em] be an actress [D] And I was gonna [Em] learn to [Bm] fly
[G] She took [D] off to find the footlights [C] [Gm] I took [D] off to find the sky
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_ _ _ Oh I've got something [Bm] inside me To drive [E] the princess [Am] blind
There's a wild man wizard He's hiding in [D] me [Em] Illuminating my mind
[C] Oh I've got something [Bm] inside me Not what my [E] life's about
[Am]
I've been letting my outside [Bb] drive me Over till my time [Eb] runs _ out _ _ _
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_ _ So [C] _ _ [Em] I [Gm] must retire _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ I [Am] must retire
There _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ [C] [G] was not [C] much more [D] for us to talk [G] about [D] Whatever [Em] we had [D] once was [G] gone
[Bm] So I [Am] turned my cab [D] into the [C] driveway Past the [Bb] gate and the [D] fine trim law _ _
And she [C] said we [D] must get [G] together [D] But I [Am] knew it'd never [D] be arranged
Then she handed me twenty dollars for a [Em] two-fifty fare [C] She said [Bb] Harry [D] keep the change
Well _ another man might have been angry And another man might have been hurt
But another man never would have let her go [G] I [Bb] snatched the bill [D] and my shirt
And [G] she walked away [D] in silence [C] It's [G] strange how you [D] never know
[G] But [Em] we'd both [D] gotten what we'd [Bm] asked for [Em] Such a _ [A] long, long [D] time ago _
You see she was gonna be an actress And I was gonna learn to fly
She took off to find the footlights [C] [F] I took [D] off for the sky
And [G] here [Em] she's acting happy [D] Inside [Bm] her handsome [G] home
And me, I'm [D] flying in my taxi [C] Taking [Bb] tips [D] and getting stoned
[Em] I go flying [A] so high _ [Em] on the stone
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