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