Harry Chapin – Taxi chords
Chords:
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-Am7It was raining hard in Frisco, I needed one more fair to make my night,C Bb D A lady up ahead waved to flag me down and she got in at the light,D-Am7Where are you going my lady blue, its a shame you ruined you gown in the rain,C Bb DShe just looked out the window, she said sixteen parkside lane,D-Am7Something about her was familiar, I could swear I seen that face before,C Bb D But she said Im sure your mistaken, and she didnt say anything more,D-Am7It took a while but she looked in the mirror and she glanced at the licenseC Bbfor my name, A smile seemed to come to her slowly, it was a sad smile justDthe same,G D C G D And she said how are you Harry, I said How are you Sue,G Em D Bm C Bb DThrough the too many miles and two little smiles I still--- remember youD-Am7It was somewhere in a fairy tale, I used to drive her home in my car,C Bb We learned about love in the back of a Dodge, the lessons hadnt gone toDfar,G Em D BmYou see she was gonna be an actress, and I was gonna learn to flyG Bm C Bb DShe took off to find the footlights, I took off to find the skyBridgeC Bm E Ive got something inside me, to make a princess blind,C Em Am Em C Em Am D Em There's a wild man wizard hes hiding in me, illuminatin my mind,C Bm E Ive got something inside me, not what my life's aboutC Em Am Em C Em Am FCause Ive been letting my outside tide me over till my time runs outWeird 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-Am7There was not much more for us to talk about, whatever we once had was gone,C BbSo I turned my cab into the driveway, past the gate and the fine trimmedDlawn,D-Am7And she said we must get together, but I knew It'd never be arrangedC Bb So she hand me twenty dollar for a two fifty fare and said Harry, Keep theDchangeD-Am7 (same chords and timing but full strum not picked)Well another man might have been angry, and another man might have beenC Bbhurt, but another man never would have let her go, I stashed the bill in myDshirt,G Em D BmAnd she walked away in silence, its strange how you never know,G D Bm G D But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for, such a long, long, time ago,D-Am7 (Strummed)You see she was gonna be an actress, and I was gonna learn to fly,C Bb D She took off to find the footlights, I took off to find the skyG D C G D And here's she's acting happy, inside her handsome home,G D Bm C Bb D-Am7 and me I fly in my taxi, taking tips and gettin stonedG A D-Am7 I go fly---ing so high, when Im stoned