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It was ^Draining hard^Am in F^Dris^Amco I needed ^Done more fa^Amre to make m^Dy night ^Am

A ^Dlady up a^Amhead waved to ^Dflag me down ^Am ^CShe got i^Bbn at the light ^D ^D ^Am/D ^D ^Am/D

^DWhere you going ^Am/Dto my L^Dady ^Am/DBlue It’s a ^Dshame ^Am/Dyou ruined y^Dour go^Am/Dwn in the^D rain^Am/D

^DShe just loo^Am/Dked out the ^Dwindow ^Am/D She said, &^Cquot;16 Pa^Bbrkside Lane."

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So^Dmething abo^Am/Dut her was fa^Dmiliar ^Am/D I could^D swear I seen her ^Am/Dface before ^D ^Am/D

But she ^Dsaid, "^Am/D;I’m sure you?^D??re mis^Am/Dtaken." C Bb D - Am/D - D - Am/D And she didn’t say anything more.

It, took a whil^De but she l^Am/Dooked in the ^Dmirror ^Am/D Then she g^Dlanced at the ^Am/Dlicense for ^Dmy name ^Am/D

A s^Dmile seemed to ^Am/Dcome to her ^Dslowly. ^Am/D C Bb D Am/D - D - Am/D It was a sad smile just the same

And she ^Gsaid, "How are ^Dyou, Harry?" I ^Csaid, "^G;How are you, Su^De?

Through the ^Gtoo many miles and the ^Dtoo little^Bm smiles I ^Em7stil^Em/Al remember ^Dyou.&qu^Am/Dot;

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^Am/DIt was ^Dsomewh^Am/Dere in a ^Dfairy ^Am/Dtale I ^Dused to take her ^Am/Dhome in my ^Dcar ^Am/D

We l^Dearned about ^Am/Dlove in the ^Dback of a Dodge,^Am/D C Bb D - Am/D - D - Am/D The lesson hadn’t gone too far

You see, ^Gshe was gonna be an ^Emactress And ^DI was gonna learn to fly ^Bm

S^Ghe took off to find the ^Dfootlights, ^CI took of^Bbf to find the ^Dsky.^Am/D

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Oh, ^CI've got something inside me ^BmTo drive the princess ^E7blind

There’s^Am a w^Am/Gild ma^Am/F#n wizar^Am/Gd he??^Am?s hidin^Am/F#g in m^Am/Ee ^DIlluminating my ^Emmind

^CI got something inside me ^BmNot what my life’s about^E7

^Am’Cause ^Am/GI been^Gm/F# lettin^Am/Gg my ^Amoutsid^Am/Ge tid^Am/F#e me ^Bbmaj7Over ’til my time run^Ebmaj7s out.

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^FBaby’s so high that she?^Cmaj7??s skying Yeah she’^Gm7s flying, but afraid t^C7o fall

^FAnd I’ll tell yo^Fmaj7u why Baby’^Ems crying ’Cause she?^Am9??s dying, aren??^Gm9?t we a^Dll?^Am/D

There was ^Dnot much ^Am/Dmore for us to ^Dtalk about ^Am/D What^Dever we ^Am/Dhad once was ^Dgone. ^Am/D

So I t^Durned the ca^Am/Db into the d^Driveway ^Am/D C Bb D - Am/D Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns

And she ^Dsaid, &quo^Am/Dt;We must get together." D Am/D D - Am/D But I knew it’d never be arranged.

And she ha^Dnded me twenty ^Am/Ddollars for a ^Dtwo-fifty ^Am/Dfare She said, &^Cquot;Harr^Bby, keep the change."

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Well a^Dadd2nother man might have been angry And another man might have been hurt

But another man never would have let her go C Bb D - Am/D - D - Am/D I stashed the bill in my shirt.

And she ^Gwalked away in si^Dlence It’s^C strange how yo^Gu never know^D

But ^Gwe’d both gotten what we?^D??d as^Bmked for Em7 Em/A D Am/D - D - Am/D Such a long, long time ago

You ^Dsee, ^Am/Dshe was gonna be a^Dn actre^Am/Dss And ^DI was gonna ^Am/Dlearn to fly ^D ^Am/D

^DShe took o^Am/Dff to find the ^Dfootlights^Am/D C Bb D - Am/D - D - Am/D I took off to find the sky

And ^Ghere she’s acting ^Emhappy, ^DInside her handsome home ^Bm

And ^Gme I’m flying in m^Dy taxi Taking ^Ctip^Bbs and getting ^Dstoned

Em A D Am/D D - Am/D I go flying so high when I’m stoned

Harry Chapin - Taxi