Taxi Dancer chords by 
John Mellencamp 
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Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well, she star
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ted out to be a dan cer
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She's gonna make her livin'
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dancin' in the Broadway shows
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So she hitchiked cross- country from
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Pasaroba to the Big Red Apple
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F#m
Where your dreams are made,
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and your debts are paid on time
Verse 2
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[Chorus] I'll hold you close,
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taxi dan cer
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And I'll listen to how you outgrew your dreams,
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and how they faded away
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I'll hold you close taxi dan cer
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F#m
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And we'll pre tend this floor is
Interlude 1
the Broadway stage
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Verse 3
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Well, she was n't used to
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livin' in the city
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So she took a job as a maid, cleanin'
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up at the Gramercy Park Hotel
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And all her auditions: they
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didn't turn out so pretty
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So she took a job dancin' at the bar down the street as well
Interlude 2
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Verse 4
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[Chorus] Well, I don't
know how long or how
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far her fortune did take her
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But I heard she sits alone,
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drunk in a bar down on 42nd Street
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And some times an old butch will slip
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a quarter into the jukebox
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And she'll stag ger to the bar and dance
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with that girl for free
Outro 1
[Chorus]
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F#m
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A B F#m Bsus4...
E
A
B
F#m
Bsus4
F
D
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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