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Sequel
Harry Chapin      (klr)
So  Ghere she's actin'  Emhappy,  Dinside her handsome  Bmhome
And  Gme, I'm flyin' in my  Dtaxi, taking  Ctips  Bband
gettin'  Dstoned
I got into town a little early     D  Am  
Had eight hours to kill before the show
First I though about heading up north of the bay
Then I  Cknew where I  Bbhad to go  D  
I thought about taking a limousine     D  Am  
Or at least a fancy car
But I ended up taking a "Taxi'
'Cause  Cthat's how I  Bbthis  Dfar
You see  Gten years ago it was the  Emfront seat
Drivin'  Dstoned and feelin' no  Bmpain
Now  Ghere I am straight and  Dsittin' in the back
Hitting [C] Sixteen [Bb] Parkside [D] Lane    [C]  [Bb]  [D]   [D]
[C]  [E]
The driveway was the same as I remembered     E  Bm  
And a butler came and answered the door
He just shook his head when I asked for her
And said "She  Ddoesn't live  Chere  Eanymore      D    C  E  
But he offered to give me the address    E  Bm  
That they were forwarding her letters to
I just took it and returned to the cabbie
And said "I got  Done more  Cfare for  Eyou."     D    C  E  
 EAnd so we rolled back into the  Gcity
Up to a  Afive story old brown  Cstone
I rang the  Dbell that had her name on the  Emailbox
The [D] buzzer said somebody's [E] home  [D]  [C]  [E]   [C]  [D]
[E]
 EAnd the look on her face as she  Gopened the door
Was like an  Aold joke told by a  Cfriend
It'd taken  Dten more years but she'd  Efound her smile
And I  Dwatched the corners start to  Ebend
And she  Asaid, ?How are you  B7Harry?
Haven't we  Eplayed this scene before??
I  Asaid, "It's so good to  Esee you , Sue.
Had to  Dplay it out  Cjust once  Emore
DPlay it out  just once  Emore."
She said ?I've heard you flying high on my radio.?       E  Bm  
I answered "It's not all it seem."
That's when she laughed and she said,
"It's better sometimes, when we don't  Dget to touch our  Edreams."
   [  D-  E] x2
That's when I  Aasked her where was that  F#mactress
She  Esaid "That was somebody  C#melse."
And then I  Aasked her why she looked so  Ehappy now
She said, "I  Dfinally like myself, at last I like  Emyself."
[E]  [Abm]  [E7]  [E7/Db]  [F#m]  [D7]  [C]  [E]
          ESo we talked all through that afternoon
     AbmTalking about where we'd been
        E7We talked of the tiny difference
  E7/DbBetween ending and starting to begin
     F#mWe talked ?cause talking tells you things
        D7Like what you are really thinking about
          CBut sometimes you can't find what you're feeling
          E?Til all the words run out
So I asked her to come to the concert     E  Bm  
She said ?No, I work at night."
I said, ?We've gotten to damn good at leaving, Sue."
She said, ?[D] Harry, [C] your [E] right."  [D]  [E]  [D]  [E]
Don't  Aask me if I made  F#mlove to her
Or which  Eone of us started to cry.
Don't  Aask me why she wouldn't take the  Emoney that I left.
If I [D] answered at all I' D[E] lie.  [D]  [C]  [E]  [C]  [Bb]  [D]
So I thought about her as I sang that night    Am  D  
And how the circle keeps rolling around
How I act as I'm facing the footlights
And how she's  Cflying with both  Bbfeet on the  Dground
I guess  Git's a sequel to our  Emstory
>From the  Djourney ?tween heaven and  Bmhell
With  Ghalf the time thinking of what  Dmight have been been
And  Chalf thinkin'  Bbjust as  Dwell
I guess  Gonly  A7time will  Dtell

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Sequel

by Harry Chapin

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Abm

F#m

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Sequel

Harry Chapin (klr)

G Em D Bm

So here she's actin' happy, inside her handsome home

G D C Bb

And me, I'm flyin' in my taxi, taking tips and

gettin' stoned

D Am

I got into town a little early

Had eight hours to kill before the show

First I though about heading up north of the bay

C Bb D

Then I knew where I had to go

D Am

I thought about taking a limousine

Or at least a fancy car

But I ended up taking a "Taxi'

C Bb D

'Cause that's how I this far

G Em

You see ten years ago it was the front seat

D Bm

Drivin' stoned and feelin' no pain

G D

Now here I am straight and sittin' in the back

C Bb D C Bb D D

Hitting [] Sixteen [] Parkside [] Lane [] [] [] []

C E

[] []

E Bm

The driveway was the same as I remembered

And a butler came and answered the door

He just shook his head when I asked for her

D C E D C E

And said "She doesn't live here anymore

E Bm

But he offered to give me the address

That they were forwarding her letters to

I just took it and returned to the cabbie

D C E D C E

And said "I got one more fare for you."

E G

And so we rolled back into the city

A C

Up to a five story old brown stone

D E

I rang the bell that had her name on the mailbox

D E D C E C D

The [] buzzer said somebody's [] home [] [] [] [] []

[]

E G

And the look on her face as she opened the door

A C

Was like an old joke told by a friend

D E

It'd taken ten more years but she'd found her smile

D E

And I watched the corners start to bend

A B7

And she said, ?How are you Harry?

Haven't we played this scene before??

A E

I said, "It's so good to see you , Sue.

D C E

Had to play it out just once more

D E

Play it out just once more."

E Bm

She said ?I've heard you flying high on my radio.?

I answered "It's not all it seem."

That's when she laughed and she said,

D E

"It's better sometimes, when we don't get to touch our dreams."

D E

[ - ] x2

A F#m

That's when I asked her where was that actress

E C#m

She said "That was somebody else."

A E

And then I asked her why she looked so happy now

D E

She said, "I finally like myself, at last I like myself."

E Abm E7 E7 Db F#m D7 C E

[] [] [] [/] [] [] [] []

So we talked all through that afternoon

Abm

Talking about where we'd been

We talked of the tiny difference

E7/Db

Between ending and starting to begin

F#m

We talked ?cause talking tells you things

Like what you are really thinking about

But sometimes you can't find what you're feeling

?Til all the words run out

E Bm

So I asked her to come to the concert

She said ?No, I work at night."

I said, ?We've gotten to damn good at leaving, Sue."

D C E D E D E

She said, ?[] Harry, [] your [] right." [] [] [] []

A F#m

Don't ask me if I made love to her

Or which one of us started to cry.

A E

Don't ask me why she wouldn't take the money that I left.

D D E D C E C Bb D

If I [] answered at all I' [] lie. [] [] [] [] [] []

Am D

So I thought about her as I sang that night

And how the circle keeps rolling around

How I act as I'm facing the footlights

C Bb D

And how she's flying with both feet on the ground

G Em

I guess it's a sequel to our story

D Bm

>From the journey ?tween heaven and hell

G D

With half the time thinking of what might have been been

C Bb D

And half thinkin' just as well

G A7 D

I guess only time will tell

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