John Mellencamp – Taxi Dancer (Guitar)

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[Verse 1] Oh yeah
D                     A            G
Well she started out, just to be a dancer

D                     A
Gonna make her livin' dancin'

                 G
In the Broadway shows

D
So she hitchhiked cross the country

A                            G
From Pasaroba to the Big Red Apple

Em
Where your dreams are made

A                          D
Your debts must be paid on time
[Chorus]
G             A           D
I'll hold you close, Taxi Dancer

G                           A
And I'll listen to how your outgrew your dreams

               D
How they faded away

G              A          D
I'll hold you close, Taxi Dancer

Em                         A               D
We can pretend this floor is the Broadway stage
[Verse 2]
D                       A             G
Well she wasn't used to livin' in the city

D
So she took a job cleanin' up as a maid

A                     G
At the Grammercy Park Hotel

D
And all her auditions

A                       G
They didn't turn out so pretty

Em
So she took a job dancin'

A                             D
At the bar down the street as well
[Chorus]
G             A           D
I'll hold you close, Taxi Dancer

G                           A
And I'll listen to how your outgrew your dreams

               D
How they faded away

G              A          D
I'll hold you close, Taxi Dancer

Em                         A               D
We can pretend this floor is the Broadway stage
[Verse 3]
D
Well I don't know how long or how far

A                     G
Her fortune did take her

D
But I heard she sits alone drunk

A                         G
In a bar downtown on 42nd Street

D
And sometimes an old Butch

A                            G
Will slip a quarter into the jukebox

Em
And she'll stagger to the bar

A                            G
And dance with that girl for free
[Chorus]
G             A           D
I'll hold you close, Taxi Dancer

G                           A
And I'll listen to how your outgrew your dreams

               D
How they faded away

G              A          D
I'll hold you close, Taxi Dancer

Em                         A               D
We can pretend this floor is the Broadway stage