Chord/Tab song: Taxi Driver

...TAXI DRIVER... by Steel Pulse


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from 'Victims' (1991)

Intro:

(Spoken):

Now [F#]hear this crowd of [B]people;
I man well [F#]vex,
And just have fe [B]big up me chest,
'Cos the [F#]Taxi Driver,
Don't have no re-[B]spect.

[F#] Want I fe catch [B]bus,
Hop [F#]truck and ride [B]bike,
And [F#]stand up on the road,
And hitch [B]hike.
But dem deh [F#]things can't go on,
[B] 'Cos Natty Dread,[F#]
Ride the [B]storm!

Chorus 1:

Taxi [F#]Driver, (dri-[B]ver),
Won't stop for [F#]me, (stop for [B]me).
When-[F#]ever I flag him [B]down,
He won't stop for [F#]me.[B]

Taxi [F#]Driver, (dri-[B]ver),
Won't stop for [F#]me, (stop for [B]me).
When-[F#]ever I flag him [B]down,
He won't stop for [F#]me.[B]

Verse 1:

(DJ Bumbo Brown)

In a [F#]London city and [B]in a New York,
There are [F#]no go areas [B]after dark.
I say [F#]muggers on the streets,
And [B]thief in the park,
[F#] Tramps 'pon the sidewalk,
A [B]dem a sky lark.

[F#] Some a catch the taxi,
When they [B]reach their spot.
Pre-[F#]tend to pay the driver,
And then they [B]just run off.
Some a [F#]argue with the driver,
And say the [B]fare ain't right,
The [F#]next thing you know,
They got a [B]kitchen knife.

Chorus 2:

Taxi [F#]Driver, (dri-[B]ver),
Won't stop for [F#]me, (stop for [B]me).
When-[F#]ever I flag him [B]down,
He won't stop for [F#]me.[B]

Interlude:

F# B (x2)

Break:

F# (n.c)
To hail a cab you got to be fast,
You try to catch a taxi,
But they just drive past.

Verse 2:

(David Dread)

The [F#]taxi-cab driver,
Never [B]stop for me,
They got [F#]all kind of excuses,
[B] Up his sleeve.
Some [F#]say they off duty,
Some [B]say they not free.
The [F#]taxi cab driver,
Never [B]stop for me.

Be-[F#]cause of my dreadlocks,
[B] Looking wild,
They [F#]think I'm a mugger,
Or [B]some bad guy.
[F#] No they, never stop they,
Just [B]pass me by,
They [F#]treat me like a leper,
Who's [B]left to die. Yo!

Chorus 3:

[F#] Driver, (dri-[B]ver),
Won't stop for [F#]me, (stop for [B]me).
No [F#]care how I flag him [B]down,
He won't stop for [F#]me.[B]

Break:

[F#] Excuse me mate,
Can you [B]get me a taxi?[F#][B]
[F#] Is that the [B]driver?
[F#] Boy...[B]Jungle!

Interlude:

F# B (x4)

Verse 3:

(DJ Bumbo Brown)

F# (n.c)
Well I was walking with my son,
Who was just a child,
And still the Taxi Driver,
Wouldn't give [B]me a ride.
F# (n.c)
He was caught by,
The [B]traffic lights,
F# (n.c)
And had to slow down,
So I opened the [B]back door,
F# (n.c)
And sat my son down.
So he tried his best [B]to,
F# (n.c)
Stop me from coming in,
I say move yourself man,
[B] And start your driving!

[F#] He was very angry,
But he [B]asked where to,
I said [F#]take me to the station;
My train [B]leaving soon.
So [F#]guess what he did to me,
[B] Just for spite;
F# (n.c)
He stopped at every,
Single traffic light.

He [F#]took the wrong turn,
And the [B]long way too,
He [F#]stopped at the bar,
Just to [B]use the loo.
When [F#]I got to the station,
It was [B]all in vain;
Good [F#]golly good gosh,
I say I [B]miss my train.

Coda:

[F#] Me kick up the taxi,
Me [B]kick up the taxi, driver,
[F#] Me lick up the taxi,
Me [B]lick up the taxi, driver.

[F#] Me kick up the taxi,
Me [B]kick up the taxi, driver,
[F#] Me lick up the taxi,
Me [B]lick up the taxi, driver.

[F#] Not stopping,
They're [B]just not stopping,
[F#] Not stopping,
They're [B]just not stopping.

[F#] Not stopping,
They're [B]just not stopping,
[F#] Not stopping,
They're [B]just not stopping.

[F#] Not stopping,
They're [B]just not stopping,
F# (n.c)
Not stopping,
They're just not stopping.

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)