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Sequel

Harry Chapin
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D-DU-UDU
 So  here she's actin'  happy,  inside her handsome  home
 And  me, I'm flyin' in my  taxi, taking  tips  and
 gettin'  stoned
 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
 Then I  knew where I  had to go
 I thought about taking a limousine
 Or at least a fancy car
 But I ended up taking a "Taxi'
 'Cause  that's how I  this  far
 You see  ten years ago it was the  front seat
 Drivin'  stoned and feelin' no  pain
 Now  here I am straight and  sittin' in the back
 Hitting  Sixteen  Parkside  Lane
 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
 And said "She  doesn't live  here  anymore
 But he offered to give me the address
 That they were forwarding her letters to
 I just took it and returned to the cabbie
 And said "I got  one more  fare for  you."
 And so we rolled back into the  city
 Up to a  five story old brown  stone
 I rang the  bell that had her name on the  mailbox
 The  buzzer said somebody's  home
 And the look on her face as she  opened the door
 Was like an  old joke told by a  friend
 It'd taken  ten more years but she'd  found her smile
 And I  watched the corners start to  bend
 And she  said, ?How are you  Harry?
 Haven't we  played this scene before??
 I  said, "It's so good to  see you , Sue.
 Had to  play it out  just once  more
Play  it out just once  more."
 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,
 "It's better sometimes, when we don't  get to touch our  dreams."
   - ]  x2
 That's when I  asked her where was that  actress
 She  said "That was somebody  else."
 And then I  asked her why she looked so  happy now
 She said, "I  finally like myself, at last I like  myself."
/]
 So we talked all through that afternoon
 Talking about where we'd been
 We talked of the tiny difference
 Between ending and starting to begin
 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
 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."
 She said, ?  Harry,  your  right."
 Don't  ask me if I made  love to her
 Or which  one of us started to cry.
 Don't  ask me why she wouldn't take the  money that I left.
 If I  answered at all I'  lie.
 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
 And how she's  flying with both  feet on the  ground
 I guess  it's a sequel to our  story
 >From the  journey ?tween heaven and  hell
 With  half the time thinking of what  might have been been
 And  half thinkin'  just as  well
 I guess  only  time will  tell
 Enjoy all...

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Readable chord sheet for Sequel by Harry Chapin

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]/[C#]]  [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

Enjoy all...

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