The final taxi

 

    G - Bm - E - A (2x)

 

         G                                       Bm                                       

1. A black cavalcade winds it´s way through the back streets,                         

      E                             A                                                   

    flowers all lie on a wooden box,

     G                                      Bm

    friends and relations set a rose on the back seats,

     E                                        A                    

    all looking shaky ‘cause it came as a shock

          G                                     Bm

    A black cavalcade winds it´s way through the back streets,

      E                                    A                - G - Bm - E - A

    some poor soul took his final taxi.

           

                     G                  Bm                        D

And there´s only one destination in the final taxi.

               G                   Bm                       D   

There´s only one destination in the final taxi.

 

+ A - D - C - G (2x)

 

     G                                        Bm

2. Up through the town to the garden of rest,

     E                          A

    riding in style in a long wooden box.

           G                                        Bm

    No fare on the meter they´ll be paid by cheque,

      E                                           A

    this is one fare you don´t see up on the clock.

     G                          Bm      

    Riding in style in a long wooden box,

      E                                    A                - G - Bm - E - A

    some poor soul took his final taxi.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                     G                  Bm                        D

And there´s only one destination in the final taxi.

               G                   Bm                       D   

There´s only one destination in the final taxi.

              G                   Bm                       D

There´s only one destination in the final taxi.

  G                              Bm

Only one destination, only one destination,

  G                              Bm

only one destination, only one destination,

             G                   Bm                       D   

there´s only one destination in the final taxi.

 

              G                                    Bm                                                                                                       

3. They lowered him down into a hole in the ground,

        E                                              A       

    threw all the flowers that should lay on the top.

G                                        Bm

    Cars pulled away in the garden of rest,

     E                          A

    funeral tea with twenty-five guests.

             G                               Bm

    The cars pulled away for a funeral tea,

      E                                    A                

    some poor soul took his final taxi.

 

+ CHORUS        + A - D - C - G (4x) 

 

    (Wreckless Eric)