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Taxi Driver Chords

Music by: Steel Pulse
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[Intro 1]
[G]
[D][Bm][G]

[Verse 1]
[D]Now hear
this [G]crowd of people
I man [D]well vex
And just have fe [G]big up me chest
'Cause [D]the Taxi Driver don't
have [G]no respect
[D]Want I fe catch [G]bus hop [D]truck and

[Verse 2]
Ride [G]bike and stand [D]up on the road
An[G]d hitch hike
But you see me...de[D]m deh things
can't go [G]on
'Cause Natty [D]Dread RIDE
THE [G]STORM

[Verse 3]
[Chorus] Taxi [D]Driver
[G]Won't stop for [D]me[G]
[D]Whenever I flag him down
[G]He won't sto[D]p[G][D]
[G]for me

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][D][G]
[D]

[Verse 4]
[G]In a [D]London city and [G]in a New York
There are [D]no go areas [G]after dark
I say [D]muggers on the streets
And [G]thief in the park
[D]Tramps pon the sidewalk
A [G]dem a sky lark
[D]Some a catch the taxi - when they [G]reach
Their spot
Pretend to [D]pay the driver
And then they [G]just run off
Some [D]a argue with the driver
And say the [G]fare aint right
The next [D]thing you know
They have a [G]kitchen knife

[Verse 5]
CHORUS [D]Taxi
[G]Driver
Won't stop for [D]me[G]
[D]Whenever I flag him down
[G]He won't stop for me[D]
[G]

[Interlude 2]
[D][G]
[D][G]

[Verse 6]
[D]To hail a cab
You got to be fast
You try to catch a taxi
But they [Em]just drive past

[Verse 7]
DAVID DREAD [D]The
taxi- cab driver never [G]stop for me
They got [D]all kind of excuses
[G]up his sleeve
Some [D]say they off duty
Some [G]say they not free
The taxi [D]cab driver never [G]stop for me
Be[D]cause of my dreadlocks [G]looking wild
They [D]think I'm a mugger of [G]some bad guy
[D]No they never stop they just [G]pass me by
They [D]treat me like a leper
Who's [G]left to [D]die Yo!

[Interlude 3]
[G][D]
[G][D][G]
[D][G][D]

[Verse 8]
Excuse me mate [G]can you get
me [D]a taxi[G][D]
Is that [G]the driver
Boy...Jungle

[Verse 9]
DJ [G]BUMBO BROWN
[D]You[G] think [D]that
[G]bad[D][G]
[D]
Mek I tell you what [G]the brute
Do to [D]me youth[G]
Well I was walk[D]ing with my son
[G]Who was just a child
And [D]still the Taxi Driver
[G]Won't give me a ride
[D]He was caught by the [G]traffic lights
And had to slow down
[D]So I opened the bac[G]k door
And sat my son [D]down
So he tried his best [G]to
Stop me from coming [D]in
I say move yourself man
[G]And start your driving
[D]He was very angry
But he [G]asked where to
I said [D]take me to the station
My train [G]leaving soon
So [D]guess what he did to me
[G]Just for spite
He [D]stopped at every single [G]traffic light
He [D]took the wrong turn
And the [G]long way too
He stopped [D]at the bar
Just to [G]use the loo
When I [D]got to the station
It was [G]all in vain
Good [D]golly good gosh
I say I [G]miss my train

[Verse 10]
[D]Me kick up the taxi
Me [G]kick up the Taxi [D]Driver
Me lick up the taxi
Me [G]lick [D]up [G]the[D] Taxi[G][D][G][D]
[G]Dri[D]ver[G]
[D][G][D][G]
[D]
Not stopping
[G]He jus[D]t not[G] stopping
[D]
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