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Taxi
(Harry Chapin)
C       Gm          C       Gm          C       Gm
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-|---1---1---3-----3-|---1---1---3-----3-|---1---1---3-----3-|
-|-------------3-----|-------------3-----|-------------3-----|
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-|-3-----------------|-3-----------------|-3-----------------|
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C       Gm          C       Gm          C       Gm
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It was  raining hard     in Frisco   I needed
C       Gm          C       Gm          C       Gm
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one more fair to make my night     A   lady up ahead waved to
C       Gm          Bb   G#         C       Gm
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-|---1---1---3-----3-|-3-----3--4------4-|---1---1---3-----3-|
-|-------------3-----|---3--------5------|-------------3-----|
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-|-3-----------------|-1-----------------|-3-----------------|
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flag   me   down   she got in at the    light
"Where you going to my lady blue,
It's a shame you runed your gown in the rain,"
She just looked out the window, she said
"Sixteen Parkside lane"
C       Gm          C       Gm          Bb      G#
-|-----0---------3---|-----0---------3---|-----1---------4---|
-|---1---1---3-----3-|---1---1---3-----3-|-3-----3--4------4-|
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-|-3-----------------|-3-----------------|-1-----------------|
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C                C    Bb              D     Am **
-|-------0-----------|-0-----------------|-----2----0--------|
-|-----1---1-----1---|-----1--3----------|---3---3----1---1--|
-|---0-------0-------|---0------3--------|--------------2----|
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-|-3-----------------|-3------1----------|-------------------|
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D     Am **
-|-----2----0--------|
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-|--------------2----|
-|-0-----------------|
-|-------------------|
-|-------------------|
Something about her was familier,
I could swear I'd seen that face before
But she said "I'm sure you're mistaken"
D     Am **     C *       Bb        D       Am **
-|-----2----0--------|-----3--------1---|-----2----0--------|
-|---3---3----1---1--|-5-----5--3-----3-|---3---3----1---1--|
-|--------------2----|---5--------3-----|--------------2----|
-|-0-----------------|------------------|-0-----------------|
-|-------------------|-3--------1-------|-------------------|
-|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
mistaken"    and she  didn't say anything more
It took a while but she looked in the mirror
Then she glanced at the licence for my name
A smile seemed to come to her slowly
It was a sad smile just the same
G                D                 C     G
-|-------2-----------|-------2-2--------|-------------------|
-|-----0---0---------|-----3-----3------|-----1-------0-----|
-|---0-------0----0--|---2---------2----|---0---0---0---0---|
-|-------------0-----|-0-------------0--|-------------------|
-|-------------------|------------------|-3-----------------|
-|-3-----------------|------------------|---------3---------|
And she said "How are you  Harry"         I said "how are you
D                    G                   D     Bm
-|-------2-2h3--------|---------3--------|-------2-----------|
-|-----3-------3------|-----0-----0---0--|-----3--------3----|
-|---2-----------2----|---0---0-----0----|---2--------4---4--|
-|-0---------------0--|------------------|-0-----------------|
-|--------------------|------------------|----------2--------|
-|--------------------|-3----------------|-------------------|
Sue"            Through the too many miles and too little smiles
G                         D     Am **
-|---------3--------1-|-----2----0--------|
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-|-3----------------3-|-------------------|
I still           remember you
It was somewhere in a fairy tail
I used to take her home in my car
We learned about love in the back of a Dodge
The lessons hadn't gone too far
C *       Bb         D     Am **            D     Am **
-|-----3--------1---|-3---3----0--------|-3---3----0--------|
-|-5-----5--3-----3-|-2---2----1--1---2-|-2---2----1--1---2-|
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-|------------------|-0---0----0--------|-0---0----0--------|
-|-3--------1-------|-------------------|-------------------|
-|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
lessons hadn't gone to far
G                Em      A           D     D (add C#)
-|---------2---------|-------------0---|-----2-------2-----|
-|-----0-----0----0--|-----0-------2---|-----3-------3-----|
-|---0---0-----0-----|---0---0---2---2-|---2---2---2---2---|
-|-------------------|-----------------|-0-------4---------|
-|-------------------|---------0-------|-------------------|
-|-3-----------------|-0---------------|-------------------|
You see she was going to be an actress And I was gonna learn to
Bm                    G                   D     Bm
-|---------2----------|---------3--------|-------2-----------|
-|-----3-----3---3----|-----0-----0---0--|-----3--------3----|
-|---4---4-----4------|---0---0-----0----|---2--------4---4--|
-|--------------------|------------------|-0-----------------|
-|-2------------------|------------------|----------2--------|
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fly          She took off to find the footlights, I
C *       Bb      D Am **      D     Am **
-|-----3--------1----|-3-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-|
-|-5-----5--3-----3--|-2-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-1-1-1-|
-|---5--------3------|-3-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-2-2-2-|
-|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
-|-3--------1--------|---------|-------------|
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took off to find the sky
C                              Bm                   E
I've got something inside me, to make a princesess blind
C    Em  Am  Em  C           Em Am  D               Em
Theres a wild man wiz-ard he's hiding in me, illuminatin' my mind
C                               Bm                E
I've got something inside me, not what my life's about
C    Em   Am      Em C       Em   Am F                        A#
Cause I've been letting my outside tide me over till my time runs out
D#  A#  F  A#  D#  F
Some harmonic stuff (no idea)
D     Am **     D        Am **      D        Am **
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There was not much more for us
D     Am **         D     Am **         D     Am **
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to talk about Whatever we had once was gone So I turned my cab
D     Am **        C *       Bb    D Am **   D     Am **
-|-----2----0--------|-----3--------1---|-3-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-|
-|---3---3----1---1--|-5-----5--3-----3-|-2-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-1-1-1-|
-|--------------2----|---5--------3-----|-3-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-2-2-2-|
-|-0-----------------|------------------|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
-|-------------------|-3--------1-------|---------|-------------|
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into the driveway  Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawn
And she said "We must get together", but I knew it never be arranged
So she hand me twen-ty doll-ar for a two fifty fare
She said "Harry, keep the change"
D       D   Am Am Am Am          D   D  Am Am Am Am
Well, another man might have been      angry,
D       D   Am Am Am               D   D  Am Am Am Am
and another man might have been        hurt
D       D   Am Am Am Am         D   D   Am Am Am Am
But another man never would have    let her go
C             Bb         D Am Am Am Am  D D D Am Am Am
I stashed the bill in my shirt
G                Em      A           D     D (add C#)
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-|-------------------|---------0-------|-------------------|
-|-3-----------------|-0---------------|-------------------|
And she walked away in silence          its strange how you never
Bm                    G                   D     Bm
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-|---4---4-----4------|---0---0-----0----|---2--------4---4--|
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-|-2------------------|------------------|----------2--------|
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know         But we'd both gottem what we'd asked for such a
G                        D     Am **
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long, long time ago
D   Am **
You see she was gonna be an actress, and I was going to learn to fly
She took off to find the footlights, and I took off to find the sky
G                D                 C     G
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-|---0-------0----0--|---2---------2----|---0---0---0---0---|
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-|-------------------|------------------|-3-----------------|
-|-3-----------------|------------------|---------3---------|
And here she's acting happy              Inside her handsome
D                    G                   D     Bm
-|-------2-2h3--------|---------3--------|-------2-----------|
-|-----3-------3------|-----0-----0---0--|-----3--------3----|
-|---2-----------2----|---0---0-----0----|---2--------4---4--|
-|-0---------------0--|------------------|-0-----------------|
-|--------------------|------------------|----------2--------|
-|--------------------|-3----------------|-------------------|
home                 And me I'm flying in my ta - xi
C *       Bb      D Am **   D     Am **
-|-----3--------1----|-3-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-|
-|-5-----5--3-----3--|-2-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-1-1-1-|
-|---5--------3------|-3-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-2-2-2-|
-|-------------------|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
-|-3--------1--------|---------|-------------|
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taking tips, and getting stoned
G                 A
I go fly - ing so high
When I'm stoned
D     Am **
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repeat and fade
Chords used:
C                Gm               Bb                G#
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| | | | 1 |      | | | | | |   B1 1 1 1 1 1 1   B4 1 1 1 1 1 1
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| | 2 | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | 2 | |
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| 3 | | | |      | 3 | 4 4 4      | | 3 3 3 |      | 3 4 | | |
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D                Am **            C * (bar)        G
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| | | | 1 |      | | | | 1 |   B3 1 1 1 1 1 1      | | | | | |
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| | | 2 | 3      | | | 2 | |      | | | | | |      | 2 | | | |
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| | | | 4 |      | | | | | |      | | 3 3 3 |      3 | | | | 3
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Em               A                D (add C#)       Bm
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| | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |   B3 1 1 1 1 1 1
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| 1 2 | | |      | | 1 2 3 |      | | | 1 | 2      | | | | 2 |
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| | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | 3 |      | | 3 4 | |
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| | | | | |      | | | | | |      | 4 | | | |      | | | | | |
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E                Am               F                D#
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| | | 1 | |      | | | | 1 |      1 1 1 1 1 1   B6 1 1 1 1 1 1
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| 2 3 | | |      | | 2 3 | |      | | | 2 | |      | | | | | |
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| | | | | |      | | | | | |      | 3 4 | | |      | | 3 3 3 |
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A#
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B6 1 1 1 1 1 1
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This is quite a song.  If there are any corrections, additions, etc, please let me know.
Brad Morris
b-morris@uchicago.edu

Source: GuitarMasta.net
http://www.guitarmasta.net/h/harry_chapin/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Syco Shawn (Jug Wanna Be	#1 by Syco Shawn (Juggalo) at Sep 27, 2007 at 12:37 AM EST
	I heard an interview with Harry Chapin back before he died when I was working at WGBS in Miami. He said he was actually a cab driver and had heard his old girlfriend was in town and he started to think what would she say if he picked her up as a fare. He was terrified of how she would react if this happened and she saw that all he had done with his life (his singing career had not yet taken off, of course). He had this vision of her getting in his cab and saying, and here I can quote the comment he made verbatim, "Harry, what happened to YOU?"

No Picture Francesco Lead Player	#2 by Francesco DeVito at Sep 29, 2007 at 7:57 PM EST
	I love this song...so sad and tender. Similar type song to Dan Fogelberg's "Same Old Lang Syne:

No Picture mikey lee Average	#3 by mikey lee smith at Oct 1, 2007 at 9:12 AM EST
	Its about two people who grow up together and life takes them down different paths. When they meet up years later their lives are just too different for them to get back together. Remember what John Lennon said: Life happens to us when we're busy making other plans

No Picture anthony Wanna Be	#4 by anthony danby at Oct 1, 2007 at 11:39 PM EST
	This is such a beautiful, sad song. 1

No Picture Raimundo Average	#5 by Raimundo Mchoo at Oct 5, 2007 at 11:45 PM EST
	Greatest song! I love the story and the sequel to the song rocks too! I'd like to see a movie on Harry and Sue. That would be kinda cool! Too bad Harry died in '81 before he could write more song about Harry and Sue:-(