Harry Chapin - Taxi

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It was r^Aaining ^Em/Ahard in ^AFrisco ^Em/A I needed ^Aone more ^Em/Afare to make ^Amy night^Em/A A ^Alady up a^Em/Ahead waved to ^Aflag me ^Em/Adown ^Gshe got ^Fin at the ^Alight^{Em/A A Em/A} Oh ^Awhere ya going ^Em/Ato my ^Alady blue^Em/A It?s a ^Ashame you ^Em/Aruined your ^Agown ^Em/Ain the ^Arain ^Em/A She ^Ajust ^Em/Alooked out the ^Awindow ^Em/A she said ^GSixteen ^FParkside ^ALane ^{Em/A A Em/A}

^BSomething a^About her was ^Bfamiliar ^A I could ^Bswear I?d ^Aseen her face ^Bbefore ^A But ^Bshe said I?m ^Asure you?re mis^Btaken ^A and she ^Adidn?t say ^Ganything ^Bmore ^{A B A} It took a ^Bwhile but she ^Alooked in the ^Bmirror ^A Then she ^Bglanced at the ^Alicense for ^Bmy name^A A ^Bsmile seemed to ^Acome to her ^Bslowly ^A it was a ^Asad ^Gsmile just the ^Bsame ^{A B A}

And she ^Esaid how are you ^BHarry, I ^Asaid ^Ehow are you ^BSue Through the ^Etoo many ^F#miles and ^Btoo little ^G#msmiles I ^Estill... re^Amember ^Byou ^A

It was ^Bsome^Awhere in a ^Bfairy tale ^A I ^Bused to take her ^Ahome in my ^Bcar ^A We ^Blearned about ^Alove in the ^Bback of a ^ADodge The ^Alessons ^Ghadn?t gone too ^Bfar ^{A B A}

You see ^Eshe was gonna be an ^C#m7actress, and ^BI was gonna learn to ^G#mfly E B E A B A B A (build up) She took off to find the footlights I took off to find the sky

Oh ^AI?ve got something inside me^G#m to drive a princess ^C#blind There's a ^Awild man ^F#wizard he?s ^F#mhiding in me, ^Billuminatin my ^C#mmind Oh ^AI?ve got something inside me ^G#m not what my life's a^C#bout Cause ^F#mI?ve been ^C#mletting my ^F#moutside tide me ^Dover till my time runs ^Bout ^{A B A}

There was ^Bnot much ^Amore for us to ^Btalk about ^A What^Bever we ^Ahad once was ^Bgone ^A So I ^Bturned my ^Acab into the ^Bdriveway ^A Past the ^Agate and the ^Gfine trimmed ^Blawns ^{A B A} And she ^Bsaid ^Awe must get to^Bgether ^A but I ^Bknew it?d never ^Abe ar^Branged ^A And she ^Bhand me twenty ^Adollars for a ^Btwo fifty ^Afare And said ^A Harry ^G keep the ^Bchange ^{A B A}

Well an^Bother man might have been ^Aangry And an^Bother man might have been ^Ahurt But an^Bother man never would have ^Alet her go ^A I stashed the ^Gbill in my ^Bshirt ^{A B A}

And she ^Ewalked away in ^Bsilence, it?s ^Astrange how you ^Enever ^Bknow But ^Ewe'd both ^F#gotten what we'd ^Basked for ^G#m such a ^Elong... long, ^Atime a^Bgo ^{A B A}

You see ^Bshe was gonna ^Abe an ^Bactress ^A and ^BI was gonna ^Alearn to ^Bfly ^{A B}She took ^Aoff to find the ^Bfootlights ^{A A}I took ^Goff to for the ^Bsky ^{A B A}

And ^Ehere's she's acting ^C#m7happy, in^Bside her handsome ^G#mhome And ^Eme I fly in my ^Btaxi, taking ^Etips and ^Agettin ^Bstoned ^{A B A} I go ^C#m7flying so ^F#high, when I?m ^Bstoned ^{A B A B A B A D(hold)}