Taxi — Harry Chapin
Chords and lyrics for Taxi by Harry Chapin (key of D).
Verse 1
[D]It was raining hard in Frisco, I needed one more fair to make my night,
[Am7]A lady up ahead waved to flag me down and she got in at the [C]light, [Bb][D]
[D]Where are you going my lady blue, it's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain,
[Am7]She just looked out the window, she said sixteen parkside [C]lane, [Bb][D]
[D]Something about her was familiar, I could swear I seen that face before,
[Am7]But she said I'm sure your mistaken, and she didn't say anything [C]more, [Bb][D]
[D]It took a while but she looked in the mirror and she glanced at the license for my name,
[Am7]A smile seemed to come to her slowly, it was a sad smile just the [C]same, [Bb][D]
Chorus
[G]And she said how are you Harry, I said [D]How are you Sue,
[C]Through the too many miles and two little smiles I still [G]remember [D]you
Verse 2
[D]It was somewhere in a fairy tale, I used to drive her home in my car,
[Am7]We learned about love in the back of a Dodge, the lessons hadn't gone to [C]far, [Bb][D]
[G]You see she was gonna be an actress, and [Em]I was gonna learn to [D]fly
[G]She took off to find the footlights, [Bm]I took off to find the [C]sky [Bb][D]
Bridge
[C]I've got something inside me, to make a [Bm]princess blind,
[C]There's a wild man wizard [Em]he's hiding in [Am]me, [Em]illuminatin' my [C]mind, [Em][Am][D]
[C]I've got something inside me, not what my [Bm]life's about
[C]'Cause I've been letting my outside tide me [Em]over till my [Am]time runs [F]out
Interlude
[F]Baby's so high that she's skying, yes she's flying, afraid to [Cmaj7]fall
[Gm7]I'll tell you why baby's crying, 'cause she's dying, [C7]aren't we all?
Verse 3
[D]There was not much more for us to talk about, whatever we once had was gone,
[Am7]So I turned my cab into the driveway, past the gate and the fine trimmed [C]lawn, [Bb][D]
[D]And she said we must get together, but I knew it'd never be arranged
[Am7]So she hand me twenty dollar for a two fifty fare and said Harry, Keep the [C]change [Bb][D]
[D]Well another man might have been angry, and another man might have been hurt,
[Am7]But another man never would have let her go, I stashed the bill in my [C]shirt, [Bb][D]
[G]And she walked away in silence, it's strange how you never [Em]know,
[D]But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for, such a [Bm]long, long, time [G]ago [D]
Verse 4
[D]You see she was gonna be an actress, and I was gonna learn to fly,
[Am7]She took off to find the footlights, I took off to find the [C]sky [Bb][D]
[G]And here she's acting happy, inside her [Em]handsome [D]home,
[Bm]And me I fly in my taxi, taking tips and gettin' [C]stoned [Bb][D]
Outro
[G]I go flying [A]so high, when I'm [D]stoned