Taxi | Harry Chapin | Lyrics ☾☀ Chords

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_ _ _ _ [Bb] It [F] was raining hard in Frisco.
I needed one more fair to make my night
[Am] A lady up ahead wave to flag me [Gm] down
She got in at the light
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[Gm] Or where you going to my lady blue?
It's a shame you ruined your gown
[Gm] in the rain
She just looked [C] out the window
She said 16 parks I think _ _ _
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Something about her was familiar.
I could swear I seen her face before
But she said [Am] I'm sure you're mistaken and she [Bb] didn't say anything [D] more
_ It took a while, but she looked [D] in the mirror
Then she glanced at [A] the license for my name a
Smile [Am] seemed to come to her slowly.
It was [Bb] a sad smile [D] just to say _
[G] And she said [D] how are you Harry?
I [G] said, how [D] are you soon?
Through the [Em] too many miles and [Bm] the two little smiles.
[Em] I still _
[E] _ _ [D] Remember you
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ With some wow in a fairy tale I used to [A] take a home in my car
[D] We learned about [A] love in the back of a Dodge
Listen hadn't come [D] to far _
_ You [G] see she was gonna [Em] be an actress
[D] And I was gonna learn to [Bm] fly
[G] She took off [D] to find the footlights.
[C] I took [D] off to find the sky _ _ _
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_ Whoa, I've got
Something inside [Bm] me to drive the [E] princess blind
There's a [Am] wild man
Wizard he's hiding in me
[D] Illuminating [Em] my mind
_ [C] Oh
Got something inside [Bm] me not what my [E] life's about
Cuz I've been letting my outside drive [Bb] me over till my time
_ [Eb] Runs _ _ _ _
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There _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ was not much more for us to talk about
Whatever we had once was [Em] gone
So I turned [D] my cab into the driveway
past the gate and the fine-trimmed logs and
_ She said we must get [A] together
But I knew it never be [D] arranged
Then she had me $20 for a 250 [C] fare.
She said [Bb] Harry keep the change
_ [D] _ Well, another man might have been angry
And another man might have been hurt
But another man never would let her go [C] I [Bb] stashed the bill in my shirt
[D] _ _ [G] And she walked away [D] in silence
It's strange how you never know
But [Em] we'd both gotten what we'd asked [Bm] for such a long
[A] 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 [Bb] I took off for the [D] sky
_ _ [G] And here she's acting [Em] happy
[D] Inside her [Bm] handsome home
[G] And me I'm flying in [D] my taxi
Taking tips and getting stones.
_ I [Em] go
_ _ [A] So high when I'm stone
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