Key: G major
Verse 1
Bb
Gm
So here she's actin' happy in
F
Dm
side her handsome home
Bb
F
And me, I'm flyin' in my taxi,
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Db
takin' tips and gettin' stoned
F
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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Db
F
Then I knew where I had to go
I thought about taking a limousine
Cm
F
Or at least a fancy car
But I ended up taking a taxi
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Db
F
'Cause that's how I got this far
Verse 3
F
Dm
Drivin' stoned and feelin' no pain
Eb
Db
F
Hitting 16Parkside Lane
G
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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G
F
Cm
G
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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Cm
"I got one more fare for you"
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F
Cm
Verse 5
G
C
Eb
Up to a five-storey old old brownstone
F
Cm
The buzzer said somebody's
G
home
Interlude 1
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Cm
G
F
Cm
G
Verse 6
C
Eb
Was like an old joke told by a friend
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C
G
And I watched the corners start to bend
And she said,
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Am
"How are you Harry?
C
G
I said, "It's so good to see you, Sue
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Cm
G
Had to play it out just once more"
F
G
Play it out just once more
Interlude 2
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F
G
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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C
When we don't get to touch our
Interlude 3
dreams"
G
F
Cm
G
F
Cm
G
Verse 8
D
G
"That was somebody else"
Interlude 4
Bm
G
Asus4
Esus4
E
Am
Adim
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G
Verse 9
Talking about where we'd been
We talked of the tiny difference
Am
We talked 'cause talking tells you things
Like what you really are
Interlude 5
G
Verse 10
She said, "No, I work at night"
I said, "We've gotten too damn
good at leaving, Sue"
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C
She said, "Harry,
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Cm
G
F
Cm
Verse 11
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C
Am
Don't ask me if I made love to her
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Cm
If I answered at all I'd lie
Interlude 6
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F
G
Eb
Db
F
Verse 12
And how the circle keeps rolling around
Cm
F
How I act as I'm facing the footlights
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Verse 13
Bb
Gm
I guess it's a sequel to our story
Eb
Db
F
And half thinkin' just as well
Gm
C
F
I guess only time will tell
Outro 1
F
How did you like the song?
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBb Gm F Dm Eb...
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