Key: G major
Verse 1
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D#m
So here she's actin' happy in
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A#m
side her handsome home
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C#
And me, I'm flyin' in my taxi,
B
A
takin' tips and gettin' stoned
C#
Verse 2
I got into town a little early
Had eight hours to kill before the show
First I thought about heading
up north of the bay
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A
C#
Then I knew where I had to go
I thought about taking a limousine
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C#
Or at least a fancy car
But I ended up taking a taxi
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A
C#
'Cause that's how I got this far
Verse 3
C#
A#m
Drivin' stoned and feelin' no pain
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A
C#
Hitting 16Parkside Lane
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Verse 4
The 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
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D#
C#
G#m
D#
here anymore"
But he offered to give me the address
That they were forwarding her letters to
I just took it and returned to
the cabbie and said
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G#m
"I got one more fare for you"
D#
C#
G#m
Verse 5
D#
G#
B
Up to a five-storey old old brownstone
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G#m
The buzzer said somebody's
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home
Interlude 1
C#
G#m
D#
C#
G#m
D#
Verse 6
Ab
B
Was like an old joke told by a friend
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Ab
Eb
And I watched the corners start to bend
And she said,
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Fm
"How are you Harry?
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Eb
I said, "It's so good to see you, Sue
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Abm
D#
Had to play it out just once more"
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D#
Play it out just once more
Interlude 2
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Db
Eb
Verse 7
flying high on my radio"
I answered "It's not all it seems"
That's when she laughed and she said,
"It's better sometimes
Db
Ab
When we don't get to touch our
Interlude 3
dreams"
Eb
C#
G#m
D#
C#
G#m
Eb
Verse 8
Bb
Eb
"That was somebody else"
Interlude 4
Gm
Eb
Fsus4
Csus4
C
Fm
Fdim
Abm
Eb
Verse 9
Talking about where we'd been
We talked of the tiny difference
Fm
We talked 'cause talking tells you things
Like what you really are
Interlude 5
D#
Verse 10
She said, "No, I work at night"
I said, "We've gotten too damn
good at leaving, Sue"
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G#
She said, "Harry,
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G#m
D#
C#
G#m
Verse 11
Eb
Ab
Fm
Don't ask me if I made love to her
Db
Abm
If I answered at all I'd lie
Interlude 6
D#
C#
D#
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A
C#
Verse 12
C#
So I thought about her as I sang that night
And how the circle keeps rolling around
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C#
How I act as I'm facing the footlights
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Verse 13
F#
D#m
I guess it's a sequel to our story
B
A
C#
And half thinkin' just as well
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G#
C#
I guess only time will tell
Outro 1
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