[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
Tags: easy guitar chords, song lyrics, John Mellencamp
