Vampire Weekend – Taxi Cab (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Versions (3)

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Chords

[Verse 1]
       C      F            Em    G
Unsentimental, travelling around

          C     F           Em   G
Sure of myself, sure of it now

                               C            F
But you were standing there so close to me

                    Em                 G
Like the future was supposed to be

                     C        F
In the aisles of the grocery

                 Em    G
And the blocks uptown

  C        F         Em      G
I remember, remember it well

           C         F         Em     G
But if I'd forgotten, could you tell?

                      C            F
In the shadow of your first attack

                      Em            G
I was questioning and looking back

                          C              F
You said, "Baby, we don't speak of that"

              Em       G
Like a real aristocrat
[Verse 2]
            C        F     Em       G
Compound to compound, lazy and safe

           C       F         Em      G
Wanted to leave it, wanted to wait

                       C          F
When the taxi door was open wide

                  Em         G
I pretended I was horrified

                   C               F
By the uniform and gloves outside

                 Em    G
Of the courtyard gate

             C      F             Em    G
You're not a victim, but neither am I

              C       F              Em   G
Nostalgic for garbage, desperate for time

                         C              F
I could blame it on your mother's hair

                         Em            G
Or the colors that your father wears

                      C          F
But I know that I was never fair

                Em   G
You were always fine
[Verse 3]
       C     F             Em    G
Unsentimental, travelling around

          C    F           Em   G
Sure of myself, sure of it now

                           C            F
You were standing there so close to me

                       Em          G
Like the future was supposed to be

                     C       F
In the aisles of the grocery

                 Em    G
And the blocks uptown

  C        F           Em     G
I remember, remember it well

           C        F           Em     G
And if I'd forgotten, could you tell?

                      C            F
In the shadow of your first attack

                      Em           G
I was questioning and looking back

                      C            F
You were standing on another track

             Em        G
Like a real aristocrat