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Taxi Driver

Steel Pulse

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...TAXI DRIVER... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'Victims' (1991)*


Intro:

(Spoken):

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

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

Chorus 1:

     F#
Taxi Driver,
     B
(Dri-ver),
               F#
Won't stop for me,
          B
(Stop for me).
     F#
When-ever I,
         B
Flag him down,
                  F#  B
He won't stop for me.

     F#
Taxi Driver,
     B
(Dri-ver),
               F#
Won't stop for me,
          B
(Stop for me).
     F#
When-ever I,
         B
Flag him down,
                  F#  B
He won't stop for me.

Verse 1:

(DJ Bumbo Brown)

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

F#
 Some a,
Catch the taxi,
          B
When they reach,
Their spot.
    F#
Pre-tend to,
Pay the driver,
And then they,
B
 Just run off.
       F#
Some a argue,
With the driver,
And say the,
B
 Fare aint right,
    F#
The next thing,
You know,
They got a,
B
 Kitchen knife.

Chorus 2:

     F#
Taxi Driver,
     B
(Dri-ver),
               F#
Won't stop for me,
          B
(Stop for me).
     F#
When-ever I,
         B
Flag him down,
                  F#  B
He won't stop for me.

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)

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

  F#
Because of,
My dreadlocks,
B
 Looking wild,
     F#
They think,
I'm a mugger,
   B
Or some bad guy.
F#
 No they,
Never stop they,
     B
Just pass me by,
     F#
They treat me,
Like a leper,
      B
Who's left to die.
Yo!

Chorus 3:

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

Break:

F#
 Excuse me mate,
        B
Can you get,
           F#  B
Me a taxi?
F#           B
 Is that the driver?
F#     B
 Boy...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,
              B
Wouldn't give me a ride.
F# (n.c)
 He was caught by,
    B
The traffic lights,
                F# (n.c)
And had to slow down,
                B
So I opened the back door,
               F# (n.c)
And sat my son down.
                     B
So he tried his best to,
                    F# (n.c)
Stop me from coming in,
I say move yourself man,
B
 And start your driving!

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

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

Coda:

F#
 Me kick up,
The taxi,
   B
Me kick up,
The Taxi Driver,
F#
 Me lick up,
The taxi,
   B
Me lick up,
The Taxi Driver.

F#
 Me kick up,
The taxi,
   B
Me kick up,
The Taxi Driver,
F#
 Me lick up,
The taxi,
   B
Me lick up,
The Taxi Driver.

F#
 Not stopping,
        B
They're just,
Not stopping,
F#
 Not stopping,
        B
They're just,
Not stopping.
 
F#
 Not stopping,
        B
They're just,
Not stopping,
F#
 Not stopping,
        B
They're just,
Not stopping.

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


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   F#      B

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

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