Capo: 3 Tuning:

Capo 3 (Chords at bottom) A - Em/A - A - Em/A - A - Em/A - A - Em/A

It was ^Araining hard^Em/A in Fri^Asco^Em/A I needed ^Aone more fa^Em/Are to m^Aake my ni^Em/Aght

A ^Alady up a^Em/Ahead wave^Ad to flag me ^Em/Adown ^GShe got i^Fn at the light^A ^A ^Em/A ^A ^Em/A

^AWhere you going ^Em/Ato my L^Aady ^Em/ABlue It’s a sh^Aame yo^Em/Au ruined you^Ar gown^Em/A in the r^Aain ^Em/A

^AShe just loo^Em/Aked out the ^Awindow ^Em/A She said, "^G16 Parksid^Fe Lane."

A - Em/A - A - Em/A - G - F - A - G - F - A - Em/A

So^Amething abo^Em/Aut her was fa^Amiliar ^Em/A I could^A swear I seen her ^Em/Aface before ^A ^Em/A

But she ^Asaid, "I’m ^Em/Asure you’re mist^Aaken." ^Em/A And she ^Gdidn’t say ^Fanything more.^A

^Em/A

It, took a whil^Ae but she l^Em/Aooked in the ^Amirror ^Em/A Then she g^Alanced at the ^Em/Alicense for ^Amy name ^Em/A

A s^Amile seemed to ^Em/Acome to her ^Aslowly. ^Em/A It was a^G sad smi^Fle just the^A same ^Em/A

^Em/A

And she ^Dsaid, "How are you, ^AHarry?" I ^Gsaid, "How ^Dare you, Sue? ^A

Through the ^Dtoo many miles and the ^Atoo little^F#m smiles I ^Bm7stil^Bm/El remember ^Ayou." ^Em/A

A - Em/A - A - Em/A - A - Em/A - A - Em/A A - Em/A - G - F - A - Em/A - A

^Em/AIt was ^Asomewh^Em/Aere in a ^Afairy ^Em/Atale I ^Aused to take her ^Em/Ahome in my ^Acar ^Em/A

We l^Aearned about ^Em/Alove in the ^Aback of a Dodge,^Em/A The ^Glesson hadn’t g^Fone too far ^A

^Em/A

You see, ^Dshe was gonna be an ^Bmactress And ^AI was gonna learn to fly ^F#m

S^Dhe took off to find the ^Afootlights, ^GI took of^Ff to find the^A sky^Em/A.

A - G - G - G

Oh, ^GI've got something inside me ^F#mTo drive the princess b^B7lind

There’s a^Em wil^Em/Dd man ^Em/C#wizard ^Em/Dhe’s h^Emiding in^Em/C# me ^Em/B ^AIlluminating my ^Bmmind

^GI got something inside me ^F#mNot what my life’s about ^B7

^Em’Cause I ^Em/Dbeen l^Dm/C#etting ^Em/Dmy ou^Emtside ^Em/Dtide ^Em/C#me ^Fmaj7Over ’til my time runs^A#maj7 out.

A#maj7 - A#maj7 - A#maj7 - Fmaj7 - C

^CBaby’s so high that she’s ^Gmaj7skying Yeah she’s ^Dm7flying, but afraid to ^G7fall

^CAnd I’ll tell you ^Cmaj7why Baby’s cr^Bmying ’Cause she’s ^Em9dying, aren’t we ^Dm9all? ^A ^Em/A

There was ^Anot much ^Em/Amore for us to ^Atalk about ^Em/A What^Aever we ^Em/Ahad once was ^Agone. ^Em/A

So I t^Aurned the ca^Em/Ab into the d^Ariveway ^Em/A Past the ^Ggate and the ^Ffine trimmed lawns ^A

^Em/A

And she ^Asaid, "We ^Em/Amust get together." But I k^Anew it’d never^Em/A be arranged. ^A

^Em/A

And she ha^Anded me twenty ^Em/Adollars for a ^Atwo-fifty ^Em/Afare She said, "^GHarry, ke^Fep the change."

A - Em/A - A - Em/A

Well a^Aadd2nother man might have been angry And another man might have been hurt

But another man never would have let her go

^GI stashed the ^Fbill in my shirt.^A

^Em/A

^Em/A And she ^Dwalked away in si^Alence

It’s s^Gtrange how you ^Dnever know ^A But ^Dwe’d both gotten what we’d ^Aasked ^F#mfor

Such a ^Bm7long, ^Bm/Elong time ag^Ao ^Em/A

^Em/A You ^Asee, ^Em/Ashe was gonna be a^An actre^Em/Ass

And ^AI was gonna ^Em/Alearn to fly ^A ^Em/A ^AShe took o^Em/Aff to find the ^Afootlights^Em/A

^GI took of^Ff to find the sky ^A

^Em/A

^Em/A And ^Dhere she’s acting ha^Bmppy,

^AInside her handsome home ^F#m And ^Dme I’m flying in my ^Ataxi

Taking ^Gtip^Fs and getting^A stoned I go f^Bmlying so hi^Egh when I’m st^Aoned^Em/A ^A

^Em/A

Harry Chapin - Taxi