Taxi Chords by Harry Chapin

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It was in [G] _ Harpers Cove
I [C] needed one more fair to make [D] my night _
A lady up ahead waved a flag [C] me down
She got in at [D] the last _
_ _ [A] Oh, [D] where you gone to, my lady blue?
[Em] It's a shame [D] you ruined your [Am] gown in the [D] rain
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[D] She just looked out the window
She [C] said, 16 [D] Parkside Lane _ _ _
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_ Something about her was familiar _
I could swear I'd seen her face before _
But she said, I'm sure you're mistaken
[C]
And she didn't [Bb] say anything [D] more _
It _ _ took a while, [Am] but she looked in the [D] mirror
_ Then she glanced at the license for my name
A smile seemed to come to her slowly
[C] It was a [Bb] sad smile, [D] just the same
_ _ _ _ And she [G] said, how [D] are you, Harry? _
[G] I said, how [D] are you, Sue?
_ [G] Through the too many miles and the [Bm] too little smiles
I [G] still _ [A] _ _ [D] remember you
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It was somewhere _ in a fairy tale
I used to take her home in my car
We learned about love in the back lodge
[C] The lesson hadn't [Bb] gone too [D] far _
_ _ You [G] see, she was gonna be [Em] an actress
[D] And I was gonna learn [Bm] to fly
_ _ [G] She took off to [D] find the footlights
[C] I took off [D] to find the _ sky _ _ _ _
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_ _ Oh, I've got something inside [Bm] me
To drive a [E] princess blind
[Am] There's a wild man wizard _
He's hiding in [D] me
_ Illuminating [Em] my mind
_ _ Something _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ inside me
[Bm] But it's not what my life's [E] about
_ [Am] Cause I've been left with my outside tight
[Bb] Over till my time _ _ [Eb] runs _ out _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ There was not much more for us to talk [D] about
Whatever we [G] had once [D] was gone
So I turned my [G] cab into the [D] driveway
[G] Past the gate and the fine trim [D] locks _ _ _ _
And she said, we must get together
But I knew it'd never be arranged
[Am]
Then [D] she handed me $20 for a $2.50 fare
She said, [Bb] Harry, keep the [D] change _
_ _ _ Well, another man might have been angry
And another man might have been hurt
But another man never would have let her go
[C] _ I stashed the bill in [D] my shirt
_ _ And [G] she walked away [D] in silence
[C] It's [G] strange how you [D] never know _ _
[Em] We'd both got what [D] we'd asked [B] for
Such a [G] _ _ [A] long, long [D] time _ ago
_ _ _ You see, she was gonna be an actress
[C] _
[D] And I was gonna land a flight
She _ took off _ _ for the lakes
[C]
I took [D] off for the sky _ _
_ _ _ [G] And here she's acting happy
[D] Inside a handsome [Bm] hall
_ [G] And me, I'm flying [D] in my taxi
_ [C] Taking trips, _ [D]
getting _ stoned
_ I [Em] go _ flying _ _ [A] so _ high
_ _ _ [D] When I'm _ stoned _ _ _
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