Ray's Taxi chords by Colin Buchanan

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
Raise
Taxi is a
H .J.
A 
D 
Holden with a plastic bucket
on the top.
There's a bald tyre, a shimmy in the steering and
A 
you have to pump the brakes just to stop.
G 
He parks at the rank, reading the form guide,
D 
A 
Bm 
pick a winner on the tote.
A 
It's
Ray's
D 
Bm 
Taxi, and
G 
A 
Bm 
Ray's ready to go
A 
Bm 
Em 
A 
D 
A 
D 
Ray's never joined the local co -op
He's a cowboy cabby on his own
Bm 
D 
Bm 
D 
The two -way crackles,
it's the boss
Bm 
A 
Barrel on the base, station back at home
G 
Stop your chatting,
Ray, make a pick -up,
Ray,
D 
A 
Bm 
Ray, your dinner's getting cold
A 
It's
D 
Bm 
Ray's taxi, but
Em 
A 
D 
Em 
Ray does as he's told
A 
In a town, out of town,
G 
cruising up and down
D 
Byron
Street
Em 
A 
G 
It's the man with the hat and the cab
Em 
A 
that everyone knows
It's
D 
Ray's
Bm 
Taxi, and
Em 
A 
D 
Bm 
Ray's ready to go
Em 
A 
D 
A 
Bm 
Em 
A 
Well,
D 
A 
D 
A 
Ray's always got the juiciest gossip
D 
And  you'll always get his point of view
On the farny weather or on
last night's footy
A 
He'll tell you what they ought to do
G 
Spice it up a bit, keep that meter ticking,
D 
Bm 
take them home the long way
A 
It's
D 
Ray's
Bm 
Taxi, and
Em 
A 
D 
Em 
Ray is do ing okay
A 
In a town, out of town,
G 
cruising up and down
D 
Byron
Street
Em 
A 
G 
It's the man with the hat and the cab
Em 
A 
that everyone knows
It's
D 
Ray's
Bm 
Taxi, and
Em 
A 
D 
A 
Bm 
Ray's ready to go
Em 
A 
D 
A 
Bm 
Em 
A 
D 
Ray traded in the
HJ
Holden for a
Falcon built in 84
It's a smart new colour, he's got new seat covers,
A 
he's screwed a new sign on the door
But
G 
Ray's at the
TAB, barrels on the two -way
D 
A 
Bm 
Cursing and calling out his name
A 
It's
D 
Bm 
Ray's new taxi, but
Em 
A 
D 
Em 
Ray's still just the same
A 
In a town, out of town,
G 
cruising up and down
D 
Byron
Street
Em 
A 
G 
It's the man with the hat and the cab
Em 
A 
that everyone knows
It's
D 
Rise
Bm 
Taxi,  and
Em 
Rise
A 
Ready to
D 
A 
Bm 
Garb
Em 
A 
Yeah,
D 
Rise
Bm 
Taxi, and
Em 
Rise
A 
Ready to
D 
Garb
A 
Bm 
Em 
A 
Yeah,
D 
Rise
Bm 
Taxi, and
Em 
Rise
A 
Ready to
D 
Bm 
Em 
A 
D 
Garb
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