Biography:
Harry Chapin (December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer and songwriter. Chapin's debut album, Heads and Tales (1972), was a success thanks to the single "Taxi". His follow-up album, Sniper and Other Love Songs, was less successful; but his third, Short Stories, was a major success. Verities & Balderdash, released soon after, was even more successful, bolstered by the chart-topping hit single "Cat's in the Cradle". He also wrote and performed a Broadway musical, The Night That Made America Famous.
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Other songs:
- Cats In The Cradle
- Circle
- Dreams Go By
- Tangled Up Puppet
- Cat’s In The Cradle
- 30000 Pounds Of Bananas
- A Better Place To Be
- A Better Place To Be Version 2
- All My Lifes A Circle
- Any Old Kind Of Day
- Better Place To Be
- Copper
- Coreys Coming
- Coreys Coming Long
- Could You Put Your Light On Please
- Flowers Are Red
- I Wanna Learn A Love Song
- I Wonder What Happened To Him
- I Wonder What Would Happen To This World
- Jenny
- Last Of The Protest Singers
- Last Stand
- Let Time Go Lightly
- Mail Order Annie
- Mr Tanner
- November Rains
- Old Folkie
- Poor Damned Fool
- Remember When The Music
- Saturday Morning
- Sequel
- She Is Always Seventeen
- Shooting Star
- Six String Orchestra
- Story Of A Life
- Stranger With The Melodies
- Sunday Morning Sunshine
- Taxi
- The Rock
- The Shortest Story
- What Made America Famous
- Wold
- You Are The Only Song
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D Am D Am D Am D Am
D Am D Am
It was raining hard in Frisco
D Am D Am
I needed one more fare to make my night
D Am D Am
A lady up ahead waved to flag me down
C Bb D D Am/D D Am/D
She got in at the light
D Am/D D Am/D
Where you going to my Lady Blue
D Am/D D Am/D D Am/D
It’s a shame you ruined your gown in the rain
D Am/D D Am/D
She just looked out the window
C Bb
She said, "16 Parkside Lane."
D Am/D D Am/D C Bb D C Bb D Am/D
D Am/D D Am/D
Something about her was familiar
D Am/D D Am/D
I could swear I seen her face before
D Am/D D Am/D
But she said, "I’m sure you’re mistaken."
C Bb D Am/D D Am/D
And she didn’t say anything more.
D Am/D D Am/D
It, took a while but she looked in the mirror
D Am/D D Am/D
Then she glanced at the license for my name
D Am/D D Am/D
A smile seemed to come to her slowly.
C Bb D Am/D D Am/D
It was a sad smile just the same
G D
And she said, "How are you, Harry?"
C G D
I said, "How are you, Sue?
G D Bm
Through the too many miles and the too little smiles
Em7 Em/A D Am/D
I still remember you."
D Am/D D Am/D D Am/D D Am/D
D Am/D C Bb D Am/D D
Am/D D Am/D D Am/D
It was somewhere in a fairy tale
D Am/D D Am/D
I used to take her home in my car
D Am/D D Am/D
We learned about love in the back of a Dodge,
C Bb D Am/D D Am/D
The lesson hadn’t gone too far
G Em
You see, she was gonna be an actress
D Bm
And I was gonna learn to fly
G D
She took off to find the footlights,
C Bb D Am/D
I took off to find the sky.
D C C C
C
Oh, I've got something inside me
Bm E7
To drive the princess blind
Am Am/G Am/F# Am/G Am Am/F# Am/E
There’s a wild man wizard he’s hiding in me
D Em
Illuminating my mind
C
I got something inside me
Bm E7
Not what my life’s about
Am Am/G Gm/F# Am/G Am Am/G Am/F#
’Cause I been letting my outside tide me
Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7
Over ’til my time runs out.
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 F
F Cmaj7
Baby’s so high that she’s skying
Gm7 C7
Yeah she’s flying, but afraid to fall
F Fmaj7 Em
And I’ll tell you why Baby’s crying
Am9 Gm9 D Am/D
’Cause she’s dying, aren’t we all?
D Am/D D Am/D
There was not much more for us to talk about
D Am/D D Am/D
Whatever we had once was gone.
D Am/D D Am/D
So I turned the cab into the driveway
C Bb D Am/D
Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns
D Am/D
And she said, "We must get together."
D Am/D D Am/D
But I knew it’d never be arranged.
D Am/D D Am/D
And she handed me twenty dollars for a two-fifty fare
C Bb
She said, "Harry, keep the change."
D Am/D D Am/D
Dadd2
Well another man might have been angry
N.C.
And another man might have been hurt
N.C.
But another man never would have let her go
C Bb D Am/D D Am/D
I stashed the bill in my shirt.
G D
And she walked away in silence
C G D
It’s strange how you never know
G D Bm
But we’d both gotten what we’d asked for
Em7 Em/A D Am/D D Am/D
Such a long, long time ago
D Am/D D Am/D
You see, she was gonna be an actress
D Am/D D Am/D
And I was gonna learn to fly
D Am/D D Am/D
She took off to find the footlights
C Bb D Am/D D Am/D
I took off to find the sky
G Em
And here she’s acting happy,
D Bm
Inside her handsome home
G D
And me I’m flying in my taxi
C Bb D
Taking tips and getting stoned
Em A D Am/D D Am/D
I go flying so high when I’m stoned
D Am D Am
It was raining hard in Frisco
D Am D Am
I needed one more fare to make my night
D Am D Am
A lady up ahead waved to flag me down
C Bb D D Am/D D Am/D
She got in at the light
D Am/D D Am/D
Where you going to my Lady Blue
D Am/D D Am/D D Am/D
It’s a shame you ruined your gown in the rain
D Am/D D Am/D
She just looked out the window
C Bb
She said, "16 Parkside Lane."
D Am/D D Am/D C Bb D C Bb D Am/D
D Am/D D Am/D
Something about her was familiar
D Am/D D Am/D
I could swear I seen her face before
D Am/D D Am/D
But she said, "I’m sure you’re mistaken."
C Bb D Am/D D Am/D
And she didn’t say anything more.
D Am/D D Am/D
It, took a while but she looked in the mirror
D Am/D D Am/D
Then she glanced at the license for my name
D Am/D D Am/D
A smile seemed to come to her slowly.
C Bb D Am/D D Am/D
It was a sad smile just the same
G D
And she said, "How are you, Harry?"
C G D
I said, "How are you, Sue?
G D Bm
Through the too many miles and the too little smiles
Em7 Em/A D Am/D
I still remember you."
D Am/D D Am/D D Am/D D Am/D
D Am/D C Bb D Am/D D
Am/D D Am/D D Am/D
It was somewhere in a fairy tale
D Am/D D Am/D
I used to take her home in my car
D Am/D D Am/D
We learned about love in the back of a Dodge,
C Bb D Am/D D Am/D
The lesson hadn’t gone too far
G Em
You see, she was gonna be an actress
D Bm
And I was gonna learn to fly
G D
She took off to find the footlights,
C Bb D Am/D
I took off to find the sky.
D C C C
C
Oh, I've got something inside me
Bm E7
To drive the princess blind
Am Am/G Am/F# Am/G Am Am/F# Am/E
There’s a wild man wizard he’s hiding in me
D Em
Illuminating my mind
C
I got something inside me
Bm E7
Not what my life’s about
Am Am/G Gm/F# Am/G Am Am/G Am/F#
’Cause I been letting my outside tide me
Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7
Over ’til my time runs out.
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 F
F Cmaj7
Baby’s so high that she’s skying
Gm7 C7
Yeah she’s flying, but afraid to fall
F Fmaj7 Em
And I’ll tell you why Baby’s crying
Am9 Gm9 D Am/D
’Cause she’s dying, aren’t we all?
D Am/D D Am/D
There was not much more for us to talk about
D Am/D D Am/D
Whatever we had once was gone.
D Am/D D Am/D
So I turned the cab into the driveway
C Bb D Am/D
Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns
D Am/D
And she said, "We must get together."
D Am/D D Am/D
But I knew it’d never be arranged.
D Am/D D Am/D
And she handed me twenty dollars for a two-fifty fare
C Bb
She said, "Harry, keep the change."
D Am/D D Am/D
Dadd2
Well another man might have been angry
N.C.
And another man might have been hurt
N.C.
But another man never would have let her go
C Bb D Am/D D Am/D
I stashed the bill in my shirt.
G D
And she walked away in silence
C G D
It’s strange how you never know
G D Bm
But we’d both gotten what we’d asked for
Em7 Em/A D Am/D D Am/D
Such a long, long time ago
D Am/D D Am/D
You see, she was gonna be an actress
D Am/D D Am/D
And I was gonna learn to fly
D Am/D D Am/D
She took off to find the footlights
C Bb D Am/D D Am/D
I took off to find the sky
G Em
And here she’s acting happy,
D Bm
Inside her handsome home
G D
And me I’m flying in my taxi
C Bb D
Taking tips and getting stoned
Em A D Am/D D Am/D
I go flying so high when I’m stoned
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