Taxi Harry Chapin
Taxi-Harry Chapin
A guy kept requesting this song and i couldn't find a simple chord chart on here
so here one is, it is only a rough guide but it should get you through a performance.
(D to Am7 vamp throughout most of verse, listen to the song for the picking)
[D-Am7]It was raining hard in Frisco, I needed one more fair to make my night,
A lady up ahead waved to flag me down and [C]she got [Bb]in at the [D]light,
[D-Am7]Where are you going my lady blue, its a shame you ruined you gown in the rain,
She just looked out the window, she said [C]sixteen [Bb]parkside [D]lane,
[D-Am7]Something about her was familiar, I could swear I seen that face before,
But she said Im sure your mistaken, and she [C]didnt say [Bb]anything [D]more,
[D-Am7]It took a while but she looked in the mirror and she glanced at the license
for my name, A smile seemed to come to her slowly, it was a [C]sad smile [Bb]just
the [D]same,
And [G]she said how are you [D]Harry, I [C]said [G]How are you [D]Sue,
Through the [G]too many [Em]miles and [D]two little [Bm]smiles I [C]still--- [Bb]remember [D]you
[D-Am7]It was somewhere in a fairy tale, I used to drive her home in my car,
We learned about love in the back of a Dodge, the [C]lessons h[Bb]adn?t gone to
[D]far,
You see [G]she was gonna be an [Em]actress, and [D]I was gonna learn to [Bm]fly
[G]She took off to find the [Bm]footlights, [C]I took [Bb]off to find the [D]sky
Bridge
[C]Ive got something inside me[Bm], to make a princess [E]blind,
[C]There's a [Em]wild man [Am]wiza[Em]rd [C]hes hiding [Em]in [Am]me, [D]illuminatin my [Em]mind,
[C]Ive got something inside me,[Bm] not what my life's [E]about
[C]Cause Ive [Em]been [Am]letting [Em]my [C]outside [Em]tide [Am]me [F]over till my time runs out
Weird high singing interlude, I just play some jazzy 7 chords. If anyone has the
chords or lyrics for this section please post or send them to me.
[D-Am7]There was not much more for us to talk about, whatever we once had was gone,
So I turned my cab into the driveway, past the [C]gate and the [Bb]fine trimmed
[D]lawn,
[D-Am7]And she said we must get together, but I knew It'd never be arranged
So she hand me twenty dollar for a two fifty fare and said [C]Harry, [Bb]Keep the
[D]change
D-Am7 (same chords and timing but full strum not picked)
Well another man might have been angry, and another man might have been
hurt, but another man never would have let her go, I [C]stashed the [Bb]bill in my
[D]shirt,
And [G]she walked away in [Em]silence, its [D]strange how you never [Bm]know,
But [G]we'd both gotten what we'd [D]asked [Bm]for, such a [G]long, long, time [D]ago,
D-Am7 (Strummed)
You see she was gonna be an actress, and I was gonna learn to fly,
She took off to find the footlights, [C]I took [Bb]off to find the [D]sky
And here's [G]she's acting [D]happy, [C]inside her [G]handsome [D]home,
and [G]me I [D]fly in my [Bm]taxi, taking [C]tips and [Bb]gettin [D-Am7]stoned
[G]I go fly---ing so [A]high, when Im [D-Am7]stoned
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