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