Cab Driver Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays508

Cab Driver by Hank Thompson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, C7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			C                          G 
Cab driver drive by mary's place 
			            C 
I'd like to get a chance to see her face 
                      C7            F 
Please don't stop the meeter let it race 
    G                   C 
Cab driver drive mary's place 
 
 
C                              G 
Cab driver once more round the block 
                              C 
Never mind the ticking of the clock 
               C7		F 
I only wish we could have had a top 
    G                            C 
Cab driver a once more round the block 
 
 
C                          G 
Cab driver a once down the street 
                                  C 
There the little place we used to eat 
                        C7            F 
That's where I layed my future at her feet 
    G                         C 
Cab driver once more down the street 
 
C                             G 
Cab driver a wait here by the door 
                                     C 
Perhaps I'll hold her in my arm once more 
                         C7               F 
Then things will be just like they were before 
    G                       C 
Cab driver wait here by the door 
 
C                         G 
Cab driver better take me home 
                                C 
I guess that I was meant to be alone 
                      C7             F 
I hope god sends me a love one of my own 
    G                     C 
Cab driver better take me home 
    G                     C 
Cab driver better take me home 
    	

Chord diagrams

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