Sequel Chords by Harry Chapin #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # From: LTWU46B@prodigy.com (MR KEN L REYNOLDS) Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 10:45:26, -0500 Subject: sequel_by_harry_chapin album: Sequel song: Sequel artist: Harry Chapin transcribed: Ken Reynolds This is a great Harry Chapin song and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do. Sequel Harry Chapin (klr) So [G] here she's actin' [Em] happy, [D] inside her handsome [Bm] home And [G] me, I'm flyin' in my [D] taxi, taking [C] tips [Bb] and gettin' [D] stoned 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 [C] knew where I [Bb] had 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 [C] that's how I [Bb] this [D] far You see [G] ten years ago it was the [Em] front seat Drivin' [D] stoned and feelin' no [Bm] pain Now [G] here I am straight and [D] sittin' 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 [D] doesn't live [C] here [E] anymore [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 [D] one more [C] fare for [E] you." [D] [C] [E] [E] And so we rolled back into the [G] city Up to a [A] five story old brown [C] stone I rang the [D] bell that had her name on the [E] mailbox The [D] buzzer said somebody's [E] home [D] [C] [E] [C] [D] [E] [E] And the look on her face as she [G] opened the door Was like an [A] old joke told by a [C] friend It'd taken [D] ten more years but she'd [E] found her smile And I [D] watched the corners start to [E] bend And she [A] said, ?How are you [B7] Harry? Haven't we [E] played this scene before?? I [A] said, "It's so good to [E] see you , Sue. Had to [D] play it out [C] just once [E] more [D]Play it out just once [E] more." 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 [D] get to touch our [E] dreams." [D - E] x2 That's when I [A] asked her where was that [F#m] actress She [E] said "That was somebody [C#m] else." And then I [A] asked her why she looked so [E] happy now She said, "I [D] finally like myself, at last I like [E] myself." [E] [Abm] [E7] [E7/Db] [F#m] [D7] [C] [E] [E] So we talked all through that afternoon [Abm] Talking about where we'd been [E7] We talked of the tiny difference [E7/Db] Between ending and starting to begin [F#m] We talked ?cause talking tells you things [D7] Like what you are really thinking about [C] But 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 [A] ask me if I made [F#m] love to her Or which [E] one of us started to cry. Don't [A] ask me why she wouldn't take the [E] money 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 [C] flying with both [Bb] feet on the [D] ground I guess [G] it's a sequel to our [Em] story >From the [D] journey ?tween heaven and [Bm] hell With [G] half the time thinking of what [D] might have been been And [C] half thinkin' [Bb] just as [D] well I guess [G] only [A7] time will [D] tell Any questions or comments LTWU46B@PRODIGY.COM Enjoy all...
