Chords for Gotta Get Out
Tempo:
115.4 bpm
Chords used:
C
D
E
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Taxi!
[C] [D]
Taxi!
[D]
[E] [F] [F#] [D]
Taxi!
Hi.
[Dm] Hi.
I'm not usually inclined to take up useless conversations [C] with a
taxi [F] driver.
[Dm] But I saw as I was walking all these taxis without passengers [C] in constant
[B] circulation.
[E] [Em] Without a [A] destination.
[C] And that's not what life should be [D] about.
So we're gonna [G] get out, cross a bridge, [C] take a road to [E] another
state.
We'll sit back [C] through the [D] noise and the traffic [Em] and wait for
some [C] kind of scenery [A] change.
Wait till the view [C] from our windows [D] is strange.
[Dm] Trust me, I'm not crazy.
I can see you making [C] faces in the [F] rearview mirror.
[Dm] I will pay you what the meter says.
Just drive me up the highway.
[C] I don't care how far [B] the [E] way is.
I guess what I'm trying [A] to say is [C] in the bike lane of life,
[D] sometimes you've got to [Dm]
get
Were you listening?
I don't know where to.
You're the professional.
You should be making these kinds of decisions.
I am really not a person who is qualified to tell you [C] where we should [F] be going.
[D] I mean, I [Dm] just left my boyfriend standing back there on the sidewalk, [C] which is
bad enough without [B]
disclosing he [Em] was actually
[A] proposing.
[C] That's it.
There isn't any [D] doubt that I gotta get out, hit the gas,
make a turn, let this taxi [Em] speed.
Cause there isn't [C] a thing [D] in the world that [Em] I need more than someplace [C] my head
can be clear.
[A] Probably miles [C] and miles from here.
[Em] I don't mean to freak and [A] I don't mean to shout.
[C] But right now, God, [D] I've really gotta [Em] get out.
[F]
[C] I can't stay here [G] anymore.
I just [Em] gotta get out.
[F]
[C] Though I still don't really [D] know what I am getting at.
[G]
[D]
I should be near him and Christ feel happy.
But it's like something's changed inside of my [G] DNA.
I just want to tell him that I'm lost and that [F] I'm frightened.
But something's there that [C] smothers all the words I want [G] to say.
So how can I be what makes him happy [D]
when I can't
even make a promise that [C] I will stay?
[F] I've gotten used to keeping all this space between us.
And when [C] he looks right [G] at me, I just want to run [E] away.
So I [F#m] gotta get out.
[G] Yes, [D] the only thing to do [E] is to get out [F#m]
[D] and accept the fact [E] we're through.
[Bm] We won't get in that [A] car.
[D#] [E] Oh, my [A] God.
Stop the [E] car.
I gotta get [A] out.
[C] [D]
Taxi!
[D]
[E] [F] [F#] [D]
Taxi!
Hi.
[Dm] Hi.
I'm not usually inclined to take up useless conversations [C] with a
taxi [F] driver.
[Dm] But I saw as I was walking all these taxis without passengers [C] in constant
[B] circulation.
[E] [Em] Without a [A] destination.
[C] And that's not what life should be [D] about.
So we're gonna [G] get out, cross a bridge, [C] take a road to [E] another
state.
We'll sit back [C] through the [D] noise and the traffic [Em] and wait for
some [C] kind of scenery [A] change.
Wait till the view [C] from our windows [D] is strange.
[Dm] Trust me, I'm not crazy.
I can see you making [C] faces in the [F] rearview mirror.
[Dm] I will pay you what the meter says.
Just drive me up the highway.
[C] I don't care how far [B] the [E] way is.
I guess what I'm trying [A] to say is [C] in the bike lane of life,
[D] sometimes you've got to [Dm]
get
Were you listening?
I don't know where to.
You're the professional.
You should be making these kinds of decisions.
I am really not a person who is qualified to tell you [C] where we should [F] be going.
[D] I mean, I [Dm] just left my boyfriend standing back there on the sidewalk, [C] which is
bad enough without [B]
disclosing he [Em] was actually
[A] proposing.
[C] That's it.
There isn't any [D] doubt that I gotta get out, hit the gas,
make a turn, let this taxi [Em] speed.
Cause there isn't [C] a thing [D] in the world that [Em] I need more than someplace [C] my head
can be clear.
[A] Probably miles [C] and miles from here.
[Em] I don't mean to freak and [A] I don't mean to shout.
[C] But right now, God, [D] I've really gotta [Em] get out.
[F]
[C] I can't stay here [G] anymore.
I just [Em] gotta get out.
[F]
[C] Though I still don't really [D] know what I am getting at.
[G]
[D]
I should be near him and Christ feel happy.
But it's like something's changed inside of my [G] DNA.
I just want to tell him that I'm lost and that [F] I'm frightened.
But something's there that [C] smothers all the words I want [G] to say.
So how can I be what makes him happy [D]
when I can't
even make a promise that [C] I will stay?
[F] I've gotten used to keeping all this space between us.
And when [C] he looks right [G] at me, I just want to run [E] away.
So I [F#m] gotta get out.
[G] Yes, [D] the only thing to do [E] is to get out [F#m]
[D] and accept the fact [E] we're through.
[Bm] We won't get in that [A] car.
[D#] [E] Oh, my [A] God.
Stop the [E] car.
I gotta get [A] out.
Key:
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Taxi!
[C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ Taxi!
_ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ [F] _ [F#] _ _ [D]
Taxi!
_ _ _ Hi.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Hi.
_ _ _ _ I'm not usually inclined to take up useless conversations [C] with a
taxi [F] driver.
[Dm] But I saw as I was walking all these taxis without passengers [C] in constant
[B] circulation.
[E] _ [Em] Without a [A] destination.
_ [C] And that's not what life should be [D] about.
So we're gonna [G] get out, cross a bridge, [C] take a road to [E] another
state.
We'll sit back [C] through the [D] noise and the traffic [Em] and wait for
some [C] kind of scenery [A] change.
Wait till the view [C] from our windows [D] is strange.
[Dm] Trust me, I'm not crazy.
I can see you making [C] faces in the [F] rearview mirror.
[Dm] I will pay you what the meter says.
Just drive me up the highway.
[C] I don't care how far [B] the [E] way is.
I guess what I'm trying [A] to say is [C] in the bike lane of life,
[D] sometimes you've got to [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
get_
Were you listening?
I don't know where to.
You're the professional.
You should be making these kinds of decisions.
_ I am really not a person who is qualified to tell you [C] where we should [F] be going.
[D] I mean, I [Dm] just left my boyfriend standing back there on the sidewalk, [C] which is
bad enough without [B]
disclosing he [Em] was actually
[A] proposing.
_ [C] That's it.
There isn't any [D] doubt that I gotta get out, hit the gas,
make a turn, let this taxi [Em] speed.
Cause there isn't [C] a thing [D] in the world that [Em] I need more than someplace [C] my head
can be clear.
[A] Probably miles [C] and miles from here.
[Em] I don't mean to freak and [A] I don't mean to shout.
[C] But right now, God, [D] I've really gotta [Em] get out.
_ [F] _
_ [C] I can't stay here [G] anymore.
I just [Em] gotta get out.
_ [F] _
_ [C] Though I still don't really [D] know what I am getting at.
[G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D]
I should be near him and Christ feel happy.
But it's like something's changed inside of my [G] DNA.
_ I just want to tell him that I'm lost and that [F] I'm frightened.
But something's there that [C] smothers all the words I want [G] to say.
_ So how can I be what makes him happy [D]
when I can't
even make a promise that [C] I will stay?
_ [F] I've gotten used to keeping all this space between us. _
_ And when [C] he looks right [G] at me, _ _ _ I just want to run [E] _ away.
_ _ _ _ _ _
So I [F#m] gotta get out.
[G] _ _ Yes, [D] the only thing to do [E] is to get out [F#m] _ _
_ [D] _ _ and accept the fact [E] we're through.
[Bm] We won't get in that [A] car. _ _ _
_ _ [D#] _ _ [E] Oh, my [A] God.
Stop the [E] car.
I gotta get [A] out.
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ Taxi!
_ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ [F] _ [F#] _ _ [D]
Taxi!
_ _ _ Hi.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Hi.
_ _ _ _ I'm not usually inclined to take up useless conversations [C] with a
taxi [F] driver.
[Dm] But I saw as I was walking all these taxis without passengers [C] in constant
[B] circulation.
[E] _ [Em] Without a [A] destination.
_ [C] And that's not what life should be [D] about.
So we're gonna [G] get out, cross a bridge, [C] take a road to [E] another
state.
We'll sit back [C] through the [D] noise and the traffic [Em] and wait for
some [C] kind of scenery [A] change.
Wait till the view [C] from our windows [D] is strange.
[Dm] Trust me, I'm not crazy.
I can see you making [C] faces in the [F] rearview mirror.
[Dm] I will pay you what the meter says.
Just drive me up the highway.
[C] I don't care how far [B] the [E] way is.
I guess what I'm trying [A] to say is [C] in the bike lane of life,
[D] sometimes you've got to [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
get_
Were you listening?
I don't know where to.
You're the professional.
You should be making these kinds of decisions.
_ I am really not a person who is qualified to tell you [C] where we should [F] be going.
[D] I mean, I [Dm] just left my boyfriend standing back there on the sidewalk, [C] which is
bad enough without [B]
disclosing he [Em] was actually
[A] proposing.
_ [C] That's it.
There isn't any [D] doubt that I gotta get out, hit the gas,
make a turn, let this taxi [Em] speed.
Cause there isn't [C] a thing [D] in the world that [Em] I need more than someplace [C] my head
can be clear.
[A] Probably miles [C] and miles from here.
[Em] I don't mean to freak and [A] I don't mean to shout.
[C] But right now, God, [D] I've really gotta [Em] get out.
_ [F] _
_ [C] I can't stay here [G] anymore.
I just [Em] gotta get out.
_ [F] _
_ [C] Though I still don't really [D] know what I am getting at.
[G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D]
I should be near him and Christ feel happy.
But it's like something's changed inside of my [G] DNA.
_ I just want to tell him that I'm lost and that [F] I'm frightened.
But something's there that [C] smothers all the words I want [G] to say.
_ So how can I be what makes him happy [D]
when I can't
even make a promise that [C] I will stay?
_ [F] I've gotten used to keeping all this space between us. _
_ And when [C] he looks right [G] at me, _ _ _ I just want to run [E] _ away.
_ _ _ _ _ _
So I [F#m] gotta get out.
[G] _ _ Yes, [D] the only thing to do [E] is to get out [F#m] _ _
_ [D] _ _ and accept the fact [E] we're through.
[Bm] We won't get in that [A] car. _ _ _
_ _ [D#] _ _ [E] Oh, my [A] God.
Stop the [E] car.
I gotta get [A] out.
_ _ _ _ _ _