...TAXI DRIVER... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'Victims' (1991)*
Intro:
(Spoken):
F# B
Now hear this crowd of people;
F#
I man well vex,
B
And just have fe big up me chest,
F#
'Cos the Taxi Driver,
B
Don't have no re-spect.
F# B
Want I fe catch bus,
F# B
Hop truck 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# B
Taxi Driver, (dri-ver),
F# B
Won't stop for me, (stop for me).
F# B
When-ever I flag him down,
F# B
He won't stop for me.
F# B
Taxi Driver, (dri-ver),
F# B
Won't stop for me, (stop for me).
F# B
When-ever I flag him down,
F# B
He won't stop for me.
Verse 1:
(DJ Bumbo Brown)
F# B
In a London city and in a New York,
F# B
There are no go 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,
B
And then they just run off.
F#
Some a argue with the driver,
B
And say the fare ain't right,
F#
The next thing you know,
B
They got a kitchen knife.
Chorus 2:
F# B
Taxi Driver, (dri-ver),
F# B
Won't stop for me, (stop for me).
F# B
When-ever I 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.
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F#
Be-cause 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# B
Driver, (dri-ver),
F# B
Won't stop for me, (stop for me).
F# B
No care how I flag him down,
F# B
He won't stop for me.
Break:
F#
Excuse me mate,
B F# B
Can you get 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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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
