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 – Am7
it was raining hard in frisco , i needed one more fair to make my night ,
C A# D
a lady up ahead waved to flag me down and she got in at the light ,
D – Am7
where are you going my lady blue , its a shame you ruined you gown in the rain ,
C A# D
she just looked out the window , she said sixteen parkside lane ,
D – Am7
something about her was familiar , i could swear i seen that face before ,
C A# D
but she said im sure your mistaken , and she didnt say anything more ,
D – Am7
it took a while but she looked in the mirror and she glanced at the license
C A#
for my name , a smile seemed to come to her slowly , it was a sad smile just
D
the same ,
G D C G D
and she said how are you harry , i said how are you sue ,
G Em D Bm C A# D
through the too many miles and two little smiles i still – – – remember you
D – Am7
it was somewhere in a fairy tale , i used to drive her home in my car ,
C A#
we learned about love in the back of a dodge , the lessons hadnt gone to
D
far ,
G Em D Bm
you see she was gonna be an actress , and i was gonna learn to fly
G Bm C A# D
she took off to find the footlights , i took off to find the sky
bridge
C 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 about
C Em Am Em C Em Am F
cause ive been letting my outside tide me over till my time runs out
weird 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 – Am7
there was not much more for us to talk about , whatever we once had was gone ,
C A#
so i turned my cab into the driveway , past the gate and the fine trimmed
D
lawn ,
D – Am7
and she said we must get together , but i knew it’d never be arranged
C A#
so she hand me twenty dollar for a two fifty fare and said harry , keep the
D
change
D – Am7 ( same chords and timing but full strum not picked )
well another man might have been angry , and another man might have been
C A#
hurt , but another man never would have let her go , i stashed the bill in my
D
shirt ,
G Em D Bm
and 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 A# D
she took off to find the footlights , i took off to find the sky
G D C G D
and here’s she’s acting happy , inside her handsome home ,
G D Bm C A# D – Am7
and me i fly in my taxi , taking tips and gettin stoned
G A D – Am7
i go fly – – – ing so high , when im stoned
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 – Am7
it was raining hard in frisco , i needed one more fair to make my night ,
C A# D
a lady up ahead waved to flag me down and she got in at the light ,
D – Am7
where are you going my lady blue , its a shame you ruined you gown in the rain ,
C A# D
she just looked out the window , she said sixteen parkside lane ,
D – Am7
something about her was familiar , i could swear i seen that face before ,
C A# D
but she said im sure your mistaken , and she didnt say anything more ,
D – Am7
it took a while but she looked in the mirror and she glanced at the license
C A#
for my name , a smile seemed to come to her slowly , it was a sad smile just
D
the same ,
G D C G D
and she said how are you harry , i said how are you sue ,
G Em D Bm C A# D
through the too many miles and two little smiles i still – – – remember you
D – Am7
it was somewhere in a fairy tale , i used to drive her home in my car ,
C A#
we learned about love in the back of a dodge , the lessons hadnt gone to
D
far ,
G Em D Bm
you see she was gonna be an actress , and i was gonna learn to fly
G Bm C A# D
she took off to find the footlights , i took off to find the sky
bridge
C 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 about
C Em Am Em C Em Am F
cause ive been letting my outside tide me over till my time runs out
weird 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 – Am7
there was not much more for us to talk about , whatever we once had was gone ,
C A#
so i turned my cab into the driveway , past the gate and the fine trimmed
D
lawn ,
D – Am7
and she said we must get together , but i knew it’d never be arranged
C A#
so she hand me twenty dollar for a two fifty fare and said harry , keep the
D
change
D – Am7 ( same chords and timing but full strum not picked )
well another man might have been angry , and another man might have been
C A#
hurt , but another man never would have let her go , i stashed the bill in my
D
shirt ,
G Em D Bm
and 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 A# D
she took off to find the footlights , i took off to find the sky
G D C G D
and here’s she’s acting happy , inside her handsome home ,
G D Bm C A# D – Am7
and me i fly in my taxi , taking tips and gettin stoned
G A D – Am7
i go fly – – – ing so high , when im stoned
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