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Taxi Harry Chapin
It was [C]raining hard in '[Gm]Frisco,
I needed [C]one more fare to make my [Gm]night.
A [C]lady up ahead waved to [Gm]flag me down,
[Bb]She got [Ab]in at the [C]light. [Gm]
Oh, [C]where you going to, [Gm]my lady blue,
It's a [C]shame you ruined your gown in the [Gm]rain.
She just [C]looked out the [Gm]window, and said
[Bb]"Sixteen [Ab]Parkside [C]Lane".[Gm]
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[D]Something about her was [Am]familiar
I could [D]swear I'd seen her face [Am]before,
But she [D]said, "I'm sure you're [Am]mistaken"
And she [C]didn't say [Bb]anything [D]more. [Am]
It took a [D]while, but she looked in the [Am]mirror,
And she [D]glanced at the license for my [Am]name.
A [D]smile seemed to come to her [Am]slowly,
It was a [C]sad [Bb]smile, just the [D]same.
And she said, "[G]How are you [D]Harry?"
[C]I said, "[G]How are you [D]Sue?
Through the [G]too many miles
and the [D]too little [Bm]smiles
I [G]still remember you." [D] [Am]
It was [D]somewhere in a [Am]fairy tale,
I [D]used to take her home in my [Am]car.
We [D]learned about love in the [Am]back of the Dodge,
The [C]lesson hadn't [Bb]gone too [D]far. [Am]
You see, [G]she was gonna [Em]be an [A]actress,
And [D]I was gonna [D(Db]learn to [Bm]fly.
[G]She took off to find the [D]footlights,[Bm]
And [C]I took [Bb]off to find the [D]sky. [Am]
Oh, [C]I've got something inside me,
[Bm]To drive a princess [Em]blind.
There's a [C]wild [Em]man, [Am]wiz[Em]ard,
[C]He's hiding [Em]in [Am]me, [D]illuminating my [Em]mind.
Oh, [C]I've got something inside me,
[Bm]Not what my life's [E]about,
Cause [C]I've [Em]been [Am]letting [Em]my [C]outside [Em]tide [Am]me,
[F]Over 'till my time, runs out.
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There was [D]not much more for us to [Am]talk about,
What[D]ever we had once was [Am]gone.
So I [D]turned my cab into the [Am]driveway,
Past the [C]gate and the [Bb]fine trimmed [D]lawns. [Am]
And she [D]said we must get [Am]together,
But I [D]knew it'd never be [Am]arranged.
And she [D]handed me twenty dollars, For a [Am]two fifty fare, she said
[C]"Harry, [Bb]keep the [D]change." [Am]
Well [D]another man might have been [Am]angry,
And [D]another man might have been [Am]hurt,
But [D]another man never would have [Am]let her go...
I [C]stashed the [Bb]bill in my [D]shirt. [Am]
And she [G]walked [Em]away in [A]silence,
It's [D]strange, how you [D/db]never [Bm]know,
But [G]we'd both [D]gotten what we'd [Bm]asked for,
Such a [G]long, long time ago. [D] [Am]
You see, [D]she was gonna be an [Am]actress
And [D]I was gonna learn to [Am]fly.
[D]She took off to find the [Am]footlights,
And [C]I took [Bb]off for the [D]sky.
And [G]here, she's acting [D]happy,
[C]Inside her [G]handsome [D]home.
And [G]me, I'm flying in my [D]ta[Bm]xi,
Taking [C]tips[Bb], and getting [D]stoned, [Am]
I go [G]flying so [A]high, when I'm [D]stoned. [Am]
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