{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1008517,"song":"Taxi","artist":"Harry Chapin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11222685-taxi-chords-by-harry-chapin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1008517?type=chord","rating":4.62941,"votes":430,"content":"                              Taxi-Harry Chapin\r\nA guy kept requesting this song and i couldn't find a simple chord chart on here \r\nso here one is, it is only a rough guide but it should get you through a performance.\r\n\r\n(D to Am7 vamp throughout most of verse, listen to the song for the picking)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] \r\nIt was raining hard in Frisco, I needed one more fair to make my night, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] \r\nA lady up ahead waved to flag me down and she got in at the light, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] \r\nWhere are you going my lady blue, its a shame you ruined you gown in the rain, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe just looked out the window, she said sixteen parkside lane, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] \r\nSomething about her was familiar, I could swear I seen that face before, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch] \r\nBut she said Im sure your mistaken, and she didnt say anything more, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] \r\nIt took a while but she looked in the mirror and she glanced at the license [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nfor my name, A smile seemed to come to her slowly, it was a sad smile just [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe same, [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd she said how are you Harry, I said How are you Sue, [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThrough the too many miles and two little smiles I still--- remember you [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] \r\nIt was somewhere in a fairy tale, I used to drive her home in my car, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]            \r\nWe learned about love in the back of a Dodge, the lessons hadn’t gone to    [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nfar, [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou see she was gonna be an actress, and I was gonna learn to fly [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe took off to find the footlights, I took off to find the sky [/tab]\r\n                               \r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch] \r\nIve got something inside me, to make a princess blind, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThere's a wild man wizard hes hiding in me, illuminatin my mind, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch] \r\nIve got something inside me, not what my life's about [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCause Ive been letting my outside tide me over till my time runs out [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude] \r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]             [ch]Gm7[/ch]               [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nBaby's so high that she's skying, yes she's flying, afraid to fall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Em9[/ch]              [ch]Gm9[/ch]\r\nI'll tell you why baby's crying, 'cause she's dying, aren't we all?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] \r\nThere was not much more for us to talk about, whatever we once had was gone,  [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSo I turned my cab into the driveway, past the gate and the fine trimmed [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nlawn, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] \r\nAnd she said we must get together, but I knew It'd never be arranged [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]        \r\nSo she hand me twenty dollar for a two fifty fare and said Harry, Keep the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nchange [/tab]\r\n\r\nD Am7  (same chords and timing but full strum not picked)\r\nWell another man might have been angry, and another man might have been \r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nhurt, but another man never would have let her go, I stashed the bill in my [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nshirt, [/tab]\r\n       \r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd she walked away in silence, its strange how you never know, [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]      \r\nBut we'd both gotten what we'd asked for, such a long, long, time ago, [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] (Strummed)\r\nYou see she was gonna be an actress, and I was gonna learn to fly, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nShe took off to find the footlights, I took off to find the sky [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nAnd here's she's acting happy, inside her handsome home, [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] \r\nand me I fly in my taxi, taking tips and gettin stoned [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] \r\nI go fly---ing so high, when Im stoned[/tab]","plain_text":"Taxi-Harry Chapin\nA guy kept requesting this song and i couldn't find a simple chord chart on here \nso here one is, it is only a rough guide but it should get you through a performance.\n\n(D to Am7 vamp throughout most of verse, listen to the song for the picking)\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                               \n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude] \n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD Am7  (same chords and timing but full strum not picked)\nWell another man might have been angry, and another man might have been","chords":["A","D","Am7","C","Bb","G","Em","Bm","E","Am","F","Cmaj7","Gm7","C7","Fmaj7","Em9","Gm9"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}