Key: G major
Verse 1
A
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So here she's actin' happy in
E
C#m
side her handsome home
A
E
And me, I'm flyin' in my taxi,
D
C
takin' tips and gettin' stoned
E
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
D
C
E
Then I knew where I had to go
I thought about taking a limousine
Bm
E
Or at least a fancy car
But I ended up taking a taxi
D
C
E
'Cause that's how I got this far
Verse 3
E
C#m
Drivin' stoned and feelin' no pain
D
C
E
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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F#
E
Bm
F#
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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Bm
"I got one more fare for you"
F#
E
Bm
Verse 5
F#
B
D
Up to a five-storey old old brownstone
E
Bm
The buzzer said somebody's
F#
home
Interlude 1
E
Bm
F#
E
Bm
F#
Verse 6
B
D
Was like an old joke told by a friend
E
B
F#
And I watched the corners start to bend
And she said,
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"How are you Harry ?
B
F#
I said, "It's so good to see you, Sue
E
Bm
F#
Had to play it out just once more"
E
F#
Play it out just once more
Interlude 2
F#
E
F#
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
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B
When we don't get to touch our
Interlude 3
dreams"
F#
E
Bm
F#
E
Bm
F#
Verse 8
C#
F#
"That was somebody else"
Interlude 4
A#m
F#
G#sus4
D#sus4
D#
G#m
G#dim
Bm
F#
Verse 9
Talking about where we'd been
We talked of the tiny difference
G#m
We talked 'cause talking tells you things
Like what you really are
Interlude 5
F#
Verse 10
She said, "No, I work at night"
I said, "We've gotten too damn
good at leaving, Sue"
E
B
She said, "Harry,
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Bm
F#
E
Bm
Verse 11
F#
B
G#m
Don't ask me if I made love to her
E
Bm
If I answered at all I'd lie
Interlude 6
F#
E
F#
D
C
E
Verse 12
And how the circle keeps rolling around
Bm
E
How I act as I'm facing the footlights
E
Verse 13
A
F#m
I guess it's a sequel to our story
D
C
E
And half thinkin' just as well
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B
E
I guess only time will tell
Outro 1
E
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