Taxi

Taxi easy guitar chords by Harry Chapin

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Tuning

E A D G B E

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Capo
  • C

  • Gm

    3
  • Bb

  • Ab

    4
  • D

  • Am

  • G

  • Em

  • Bm

    2
  • A

  • E

  • Eb

    6
  • F

  • C

  • Gm

    3
  • Bb

  • Ab

    4
  • D

  • Am

  • G

  • Em

  • Bm

    2
  • A

  • E

  • Eb

    6
  • F

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    It 
    was 
    raining 
    hard 

    in 
    'Frisco 
    needed 

    one 
    more 
    fare 
    to 
    make 
    my 
    night 

    lady 
    up 
    ahead 
    waved 
    to 
    flag 
    me 
    down 

    She 
    got 
    in 
    at 
    the 
    light 


    Verse 2
    Oh, 
    where 
    you 
    going 
    to, 

    my 
    lady 
    blue 

    It's 
    shame 
    you 
    ruined 
    your 
    gown 

    in 
    the 
    rain 

    She 
    just 
    looked 
    out 
    the 
    window, 
    she 
    said 

    "Sixteen 
    Parkside 
    Lane" 




    Verse 3
    Something 
    abo
    ut 
    her 
    was 
    familiar 

    could 
    swear 
    I'd 
    seen 
    her 
    face 
    before 

    But 
    she 
    said, 

    "I'm 
    sure 
    you're 
    mistaken" 

    And 
    she 
    didn't 
    say 
    anything 
    more 


    Verse 4
    It 
    took 
    while, 

    but 
    she 
    looked 
    in 
    the 
    mirror 

    And 
    she 
    glanced 
    at 
    the 
    license 

    for 
    my 
    name 

    smile 
    seemed 
    to 
    come 

    to 
    her 
    slowly 

    It 
    was 
    sad 
    smile, 
    just 
    the 
    same 


    Chorus 1
    And 
    she 
    said, 
    "How 
    are 
    you 
    Harry?" 

    said 
    "How 
    are 
    you 
    Sue? 

    Through 
    the 
    too 
    many 
    miles 

    And 
    the 
    too 
    little 
    smiles 

    still 
    remember 
    you" 

    Interlude 1




    Verse 5
    It 
    was 
    somewhere 

    in 
    fairy 
    tale 

    used 
    to 
    take 
    her 
    home 
    in 
    my 
    car 

    We 
    learned 
    about 
    love 

    in 
    the 
    back 
    of 
    the 
    Dodge 

    The 
    lesson 
    hadn't 
    gone 
    too 
    far 


    Chorus 2
    You 
    see, 
    she 
    was 
    gonna 
    be 
    an 
    actress 

    And 
    was 
    gonna 
    learn 
    to 
    fly 

    She 
    took 
    off 
    to 
    find 
    the 
    footlights 

    took 
    off 
    to 
    find 
    the 
    sky 



    Bridge 1
    Whoa, 
    I've 
    got 
    something 
    inside 
    me 

    To 
    drive 
    prin
    ce
    ss 
    blind 

    There's 
    wild 
    man, 
    wizard 

    He's 
    hiding 
    in 
    me, 

    illuminating 
    my 
    mind 


    Oh, 
    I've 
    got 
    something 
    inside 
    me 

    Not 
    what 
    my 
    life's 
    a
    bout 

    'Cause 
    I've 
    been 
    letting 
    my 
    out
    side 
    tide 
    me 

    Over 
    'till 
    my 
    time, 
    ru
    ns 
    out 




    Bridge 2
    Baby's 
    so 
    high 
    that 
    she's 
    skying 

    Yes 
    she's 
    flying, 
    afraid 
    to 
    fall 

    I'll 
    tell 
    you 
    why 
    baby's 
    crying 

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


    Verse 6

    There 
    was 
    not 
    much 
    more 

    for 
    us 
    to 
    talk 
    about 

    What
    ever 
    we 
    had 
    once 
    was 
    gone 

    So 
    turned 
    my 
    cab 

    into 
    the 
    driveway 

    Past 
    the 
    gate 
    and 
    the 
    fine 
    trimmed 
    lawns 


    Verse 7
    And 
    she 
    said 
    we 
    must 
    get 
    to
    gether 

    But 
    knew 
    it'd 
    never 
    be 

    ar
    ranged 

    And 
    she 
    handed 
    me 
    twenty 
    dollars 

    For 
    two 
    fifty 
    fare, 
    she 
    said 

    "Harry, 
    keep 
    the 
    change" 


    Verse 8
    Well, 
    a
    nother 
    man 
    might 
    have 
    been 
    angry 

    And 
    a
    nother 
    man 
    might 
    have 
    been 
    hurt 

    But 
    a
    nother 
    man 
    never 
    would 
    have 
    let 
    her 
    go 

    stashed 
    the 
    bill 
    in 
    my 
    shirt 


    Chorus 3
    And 
    she 
    walked 
    a
    way 
    in 
    silence 

    It's 
    strange, 
    how 
    you 
    never 
    know 

    But 
    we'd 
    both 
    gotten 

    what 
    we'd 
    asked 
    for 

    Such 
    long, 
    long 
    time 
    ago 


    Verse 9
    You 
    see, 
    she 
    was 
    gonna 
    be 

    an 
    actress 

    And 
    was 
    gonna 
    learn 
    to 
    fly 

    She 
    took 
    off 
    to 
    find 
    the 
    footlights 

    took 
    off 
    for 
    the 
    sky 


    Chorus 4
    And 
    he
    re 
    she's 
    acting 
    happy 

    In
    side 
    her 
    handsome 
    home 

    And 
    me, 
    I'm 
    flying 
    in 
    my 
    taxi 

    Taking 
    tips, 
    and 
    getting 

    stoned 

    Outro 1
    go 
    flying 
    so 
    high, 
    when 
    I'm 
    sto
    ned 



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    and 
    fade] 
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