Taxi Chords by Harry Chapin

[Intro]

[Verse]
C                C              
■ It was raining hard in 'Frisco
                                  F    
I needed one more fare to make my night
C                                       Bb
■ A lady up ahead waved to flag me down ■ 
              Ab  C7    C
She got in at the light ■
C                                 
Oh where you going to my lady blue
C                                            
It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain
                C7            
She just looked out the window
Bb               Ab       C7   D
She said sixteen Parkside Lane ■
C D7                         D       
■ ■  Something about her was familiar
                                Dsus4  D
I could swear I'd seen her face before ■
C            D   Am7         D       
But she said I'm sure you're mistaken
C              Bb           D   
And she didn't say anything more
                D7                Dsus4     
It took a while but she looked in the mirror
Am7             D      Am7            D    Am7
And she glanced at the license for my name ■  
        D         Am7         D      Am7
A smile seemed to come to her slowly ■  
         Bb                 D   
It was a sad smile just the same


[Chorus]
             G           D    
And she said How are you Harry
  C    G           D  
I said How are you Sue
                G    Bm    Em          Bm           
Through the too many miles and the too little smiles
  Em7   A7       D  
I still remember you


[Inst]
Dsus4 D D7 D Am7 D Bb D
■     ■ ■  ■ ■   ■ ■  ■


[Verse]
                            D   
It was somewhere in a fairy tale
                   D             
I used to take her home in my car
                 D                            
We learned about love in the back of the Dodge
C                 Bb       D  
The lesson hadn't gone too far
        G                Em7       
You see she was gonna be an actress
D                        Bm7
And I was gonna learn to fly
G                        D         
She took off to find the footlights
C          Bb          D       C
And I took off to find the sky ■


[Inst]

[Verse]
        C                      
Oh I've got something inside me
Bm7        E7            
To drive a princess blind
          Am7            
There's a wild man wizard
               Am D              Em7 Em  
He's hiding in me ■ illuminating my  mind


[Chorus]
C                              
Oh I've got something inside me
Bm                 E7   
Not what my life's about
Am               Am7                       
'cause I've been letting my outside tide me
          Am7             
Over 'til my time runs out
                          Bbmaj7
Baby's so high that she's skying
          Bbmaj7               
Yes she's flying afraid to fall
                  Bb           
I'll tell you why baby's crying
Eb                              
'cause she's dying aren't we all


[Solo]
Bbmaj7 Bb F C Cmaj7 Gm7 C F
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[Bridge]
E7 Em Am D Am7
■  ■  ■  ■ ■  


[Verse]
          G   D    G              D         
There was not much more for us to talk about
D                            
Whatever we had once was gone
     D                              
So I turned my cab into the driveway
         C            Bb           D    
Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns
        D7      D                
And she said We must get together
      D                          
But I knew it'd never be arranged
                         Am7               D           D7        
And she handed me twenty dollars for a two hundred and fifty fare
         C Bb             D     
She said ■ Harry keep the change


[Chorus]
     D                                
Well another man might have been angry
    D                               
And another man might have been hurt
    D                                      
But another man never would have let her go
C               Bb         D    
■ I stashed the bill in my shirt


[Verse]
        G              D      
And she walked away in silence
     C               G     D   
It's strange how you never know
G             Em               D     Bm7
But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for
       Em7  A7        D  
Such a long long time ago


[Chorus]
        D                          
You see she was gonna be an actress
                         D  
And I was gonna learn to fly
                         D         
She took off to find the footlights
C          Bb          D  
And I took off for the sky
    G                 Em7   Em
And here she's acting happy ■ 
D          Bm7          
Inside her handsome home
G                       D   
And me I'm flying in my taxi
C           Bb  D             
Taking tips and getting stoned
     Em        Am   A7 Am   D   Am7   
I go flying so high ■  when I'm stoned


[Outro]
D Am7 D Am7 D
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