Key: G major
Verse 1
E
C#m
So here she's actin' happy in
B
G#m
side her handsome home
E
B
And me, I'm flyin' in my taxi,
A
G
takin' tips and gettin' stoned
B
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
A
G
B
Then I knew where I had to go
I thought about taking a limousine
F#m
B
Or at least a fancy car
But I ended up taking a taxi
A
G
B
'Cause that's how I got this far
Verse 3
B
G#m
Drivin' stoned and feelin' no pain
A
G
B
Hitting 16Parkside Lane
C#
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
F#m
C#
B
F#m
C#
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
B
F#m
"I got one more fare for you"
C#
B
F#m
Verse 5
C#
F#
A
Up to a five-storey old old brownstone
B
F#m
The buzzer said somebody's
C#
home
Interlude 1
B
F#m
C#
B
F#m
C#
Verse 6
F#
A
Was like an old joke told by a friend
B
F#
C#
And I watched the corners start to bend
And she said,
F#
D#m
"How are you Harry ?
F#
C#
I said, "It's so good to see you, Sue
B
F#m
C#
Had to play it out just once more"
B
C#
Play it out just once more
Interlude 2
C#
B
C#
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
B
F#
When we don't get to touch our
Interlude 3
dreams"
C#
B
F#m
C#
B
F#m
Db
Verse 8
Ab
Db
"That was somebody else"
Interlude 4
Fm
Db
Ebsus4
Bbsus4
Bb
Ebm
Ebdim
Gbm
Db
Verse 9
Talking about where we'd been
We talked of the tiny difference
Ebm
We talked 'cause talking tells you things
Like what you really are
Interlude 5
C#
Verse 10
She said, "No, I work at night"
I said, "We've gotten too damn
good at leaving, Sue"
B
F#
She said, "Harry,
B
F#m
C#
B
F#m
Verse 11
Db
F#
Ebm
Don't ask me if I made love to her
B
Gbm
If I answered at all I'd lie
Interlude 6
C#
B
C#
A
G
B
Verse 12
And how the circle keeps rolling around
F#m
B
How I act as I'm facing the footlights
B
Verse 13
E
C#m
I guess it's a sequel to our story
A
G
B
And half thinkin' just as well
C#m
F#
B
I guess only time will tell
Outro 1
B
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