| Song Name: | TAXI (Chromatic) | By: | Harry Chapin |
| Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
| Key: | C | Genre: | Rock |
| Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
| Created: | 2008-08-09 15:08:18 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
| Song: | TAXI
By Harry Chapin (play this an octave lower if you have a 16-holer) It was rain-ing hard in 'Fris-co, 7 7 7 7 7 -6 -6 6 I need-ed one more fare to make my night. 5 5 5 -7* -7* -7* -7 -6 -67 7 A lad-y up a-head waved to flag me down, 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 -6 -6 6 6 She got in at the light. -6 -6 -5* 5 5 5 Oh, where you go-ing to, my lad-y blue, 7 7 7 7 7 7 -6 -6 6 6 It's a shame you ruined 5 5 -7* -7 -7* your gown in the rain. -7 -7* -7 -6 7 She just looked out the win-dow, she said 7 7 7 7 -6 -6 6 5 5 "Six-teen Park-side Lane". -6 -6 -5* 5 5 5 -3* -3 -5 5 -3 -6* 7 -6* 6 -7* -7 7 8 Some-thing a bout her was fa-mil-iar -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 7 7 -6* I could swear I'd seen her face be-fore, 8 -8 8 -8 8 -8 8 -9 -7 But she said, "I'm sure you're mis-tak-en" -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 7 7 -6* And she did-n't say an- y-thing more. -5 -5 7 7 7 -6 -5 -5 -5 It took a while, -7 -7 -7 -7 but she looked in the mir-ror, -7 -7 -7 -7 7 7 -6* Then she glanced at the li-cense for my name. 8 -8 8 8 -8 -9 -8 7 -7 -7 A smile seemed to come to her slow-ly, -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 7 7 7 -6* It was a sad smile, just the same. -5 -5 -5 7 -6 -5 -5 -5 And she said, "How are you Har-ry?" -9 -9 -9 -9 8* -8 -8 -7 I said, "How are you Sue? -6* 7 -6* 7 7 -7 Through the too ma-ny miles -5 -5 -9 -9 -9 9* and the too lit-tle smiles -8 -8 -7 -7 -7 -6* I still re-mem-ber you." -5 7 -6* -5 -5 -5 (-7-7-7-7 77-77-6*-6*-6* 5555 -4-4-4-3-3-3-3 3-33-2*-2*-2*-2* 2-2*) It was some-where in a fai-ry tale, -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 7 7 -6* -6* I used to take her home in my car. 8 8 8 8 -8 8 -8 7 -7 We learned a-bout love -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 in the back of a Dodge, 7 7 7 -6*-6* -6* The les-son had-n't gone too far. -5 7 7 7 7 -6 -5 -5 You see, she was gon-na be an ac-tress, -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 8* 8* -8 And I was gon-na learn to fly. -7 -7 -6* -7 -6* -7 -8 -6* She took off to find the foot-lights, 7 7 -6* 6 -6* 6 -7 -5 I took off to find the sky. 7 7 -6 -5 -5 -5 -5 Whoa, I've got some-thing in-side me, 9 -9 9 -8 9 -9 9 -8 To drive a prin-cess blind. -8 -8 -7 -8 -9 -8 There's a wild man, wi-zard, -8 -8 8 -8 -7 -8 He's hid-ing in me, -8 8 -8 -7 -7 il-lu-mi-na-ting my mind. -7 -7 7*-7 7 7-7 7 6 Whoa, I've got some-thing in-side me, 9-9 -9 9 -8 9 -9 -9 9 -8 Not what my life's a-bout, -8 -8 -7 -8 -9 -8 �Cause I've been let-tin� -8 8 -8 -7 -7 my out-side tide me, -8 8 8 -8 -7 O-ver 'till my time, runs out. -7 7 -7 7 -7 7 7 -6 -7 8 -6 -6 -6 8 -7 -6 -7 8 Ba-by's so high that she's sky-ing, 8 8 8 8 -8 -7 -8 7 Yes she's fly-ing, a-fraid to fall. 6 7 -7 7 7 7 -7 -7* I'll tell you why ba-by's cry-ing, 8 8 8 -9 9 -9 -8 7 �Cause she's dy-ing, aren't we all? 6 7 -7 -7 6 5 -5 -5 -6* -5 6 5 -3 4 -5 -6 -5 6 5 There was not much more -7 -7 -7 7 -7 for us to talk a-bout, 7 7 -7 7 -6* -6* What-ev-er we had once was gone. -5 8 -8 8 8 -8 7 -7 So I turned my cab in-to the drive-way, -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 7 7 -7 7 -6* Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawn. -5 -5 7 7 7 -6 -5 -5 And she said we must get to-geth-er, -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 7 7 -6* But I knew it-'d nev-er be ar-ranged. 8 -8 8 -8 8 -8 8 -9 -7 Then she hand-ed me twent-y dol-lars, -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 7 On a two fif-ty fare, she said 7 7 7 -6*-6* -6* -5 -5 "Har-ry, keep the change." 5 5 -5 5 5 (spoken0)(my ad lib) Well an-oth-er man might have been an-gry, -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 7 7 -6* And an-oth-er man might have been hurt, 8 -8 8 -8 8 8 -8 7 -7 But an-oth-er man nev-er -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 would have let her go... 7 7 7 -6* -6* I stashed the bill in my shirt. 5 -5 5 6 -5 5 5 (spoken)(my ad lib) And she walked a-way in si-lence, -9 -9 -9 -9 9* -8 -8 -7 It's strange, how you nev-er know, -7 7 7 7 7 7 7 -7 But we'd both got-ten what we'd asked for, -5 -8 -8 -7 7 -7 7 -7 -5 Such a long, long time a-go. -4 -5 7 -6* -5 -5 -5 You see, she was gon-na be an ac-tress -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 7 7 -6* And I was gon-na learn to fly. -8 8 -8 8 -8 8 -9 -9 She took off to find the foot-lights, -7 -7 -7 7 7 7 7 -6* I took off for the sky. 7 7 -6 -5 -5 -5 And here, she's act-ing hap-py, -9 -9 9* -9 9* 9* -8 In-side her hand-some home. -8 -7 -6* -7 -8 -6* And me, I'm fly-ing in my tax-i, -5 7 -6* -6* 6 -6* 6 -7 -5 Tak-ing tips, and get-ting stoned, -4 -5 7 -5 -6 -5 -5 I go fly-ing so high, when I'm stoned. -7-7 -7-8 -8 -8 -7 -5 -5 -5 -5 -6* -5 6 5 -3 5 -5 -6* -5 5 6 -3 5 -5 -6* -5 6 5 -3 5 Repeat last line and fade. Mr. Chapin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5dwksSbD34 |
