Taxi chords by
Harry Chapin

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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It was raining hard

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in 'Frisco , I needed

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one more fare to make my night

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A lady up ahead waved to flag me down

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She got in at the light

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Verse 2

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Oh, where you going to,

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my lady blue

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It's a shame you ruined your gown

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in the rain

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She just looked out the window, she said

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"Sixteen Parkside Lane"

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Verse 3

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Something about her was familiar

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I could swear I'd seen her face before

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But she said,

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"I'm sure you're mistaken"

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And she didn't say anything more

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Verse 4

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It took a while,

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but she looked in the mirror

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And she glanced at the license

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for my name

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A smile seemed to come

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to her slowly

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It was a sad smile, just the same

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Chorus 1

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And she said, "How are you Harry?"

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I said "How are you Sue?

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Through the too many miles

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And the too little smiles

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I still remember you"

Interlude 1

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C

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Bb

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Verse 5

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It was somewhere

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in a fairy tale

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I used to take her home in my car

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We learned about love

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in the back of the Dodge

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Bb

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The lesson hadn't gone too far

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Chorus 2

G

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Em

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You see, she was gonna be an actress

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And I was gonna learn to fly

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She took off to find the footlights

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Bb

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D

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I took off to find the sky

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C

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Bridge 1

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Whoa, I've got something inside me

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To drive a princess blind

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There's a wild man, wizard

He's hiding in me,

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illuminating my mind

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Oh, I've got something inside me

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Not what my life's about

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'Cause I've been letting my outside tide me

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Eb

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Over 'till my time, runs out

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Bridge 2

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C

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Baby's so high that she's skying

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Gm

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C

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Yes she's flying, afraid to fall

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I'll tell you why baby's crying

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Gm

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'Cause she's dying, aren't we all

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Verse 6

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There was not much more

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for us to talk about

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Whatever we had once was gone

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So I turned my cab

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into the driveway

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Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns

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Verse 7

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And she said we must get together

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But I knew it'd never be

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arranged

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And she handed me twenty dollars

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For a two fifty fare, she said

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"Harry, keep the change"

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Verse 8

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Well, another man might have been angry

And another man might have been hurt

But another man never would have let her go

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I stashed the bill in my shirt

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Chorus 3

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And she walked away in silence

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It's strange, how you never know

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But we'd both gotten

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what we'd asked for

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Such a long, long time ago

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Verse 9

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You see, she was gonna be

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an actress

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And I was gonna learn to fly

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She took off to find the footlights

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I took off for the sky

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Chorus 4

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And here she's acting happy

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Bm

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In side her handsome home

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And me, I'm flying in my taxi

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Taking tips, and getting

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stoned

Outro 1

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I go flying so high, when I'm stoned

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[Repeat and fade]

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ChordsC Gm Bb Ab D...

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Bb
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