Sequel chords by Harry Chapin

Chords with lyrics

Sequel

Words and Music by Harry Chapin


  G+G         E minorEm
So here she's actin' happy
 D MajorD         B minorBm
Inside her handsome home
  G+G           D MajorD
And me, I'm flyin' in my taxi,
    C majorC Bb majorBb       D MajorD
Takin' tips and gettin' stoned.

D MajorD             A minorAm
I got into town a little early.
   D MajorD       A minorAm       D MajorD   A minorAm
Had eight hours to kill before the show,
      D MajorD      A minorAm     D MajorD     A minorAm
First I thought about heading up north of the bay
    C majorC      Bb majorBb   D MajorD    A minorAm - D MajorD - A minorAm
Then I knew where I had to go.


   D MajorD           A minorAm
I thought about taking a limousine
    D MajorD      A minorAm
Or at least a fancy car.
    D MajorD        A minorAm
But I ended up taking a taxi
     C majorC     Bb majorBb    D MajorD   A minorAm - D MajorD - A minorAm
'Cause that's how I got this far.


     G+G            E minor 7Em7
You see, ten years ago it was the front seat
 D MajorD              B minorBm
Drivin' stoned and feelin' no pain.
   G+G            D MajorD
Now here I am straight and sittin' in the back
      C majorC    Bb majorBb   D MajorD   A minorAm - D MajorD - A minorAm
Hitting Sixteen Parkside Lane.


(C majorC - Bb majorBb - D MajorD
D - C majorC - E MajorE - Bm7Bm7 - E MajorE - Bm7Bm7)


    E MajorE       Bm7Bm7   E MajorE   Bm7Bm7
The driveway was the same as I remembered
    E MajorE        Bm7Bm7    E MajorE   Bm7Bm7
And a butler came and answered the door.
     E MajorE    Bm7Bm7      E MajorE    Bm7Bm7
He just shook his head when I asked for her
        D7D7     A minorAm   E MajorE
And said "She doesn't live here anymore."

D7D7 - A minorAm - E MajorE

     E MajorE    Bm7Bm7      E MajorE   Bm7Bm7
But he offered to give me the address
          E MajorE      Bm7Bm7  E MajorE  Bm7Bm7
That they were forwarding her letters to
    E MajorE       Bm7Bm7      E MajorE
I just took it and returned to the cabbie
  Bm7Bm7     D7D7    A minorAm    E MajorE
And said "I got one more fare for you."


(D7D7 - A minorAm - E MajorE)

      E MajorE          G+G
And so we rolled back into the city
     A augmentedA         C majorC
Up to a five story old brownstone
      D MajorD                E MajorE
I rang the bell that had her name on the mailbox.
   D7D7  A minorAm       E MajorE
The buzzer said somebody's home.


(finger picked, not strummed)
(D7D7 - A minorAm - E MajorE - D7D7 - A minorAm - E MajorE)


     E MajorE            G+G
And the look on her face as she opened the door
       A augmentedA          C majorC
Was like an old joke told by a friend.
      D MajorD             E MajorE
It'd taken ten more years but she'd found her smile
    D7D7     A minorAm       E MajorE    E7E7
And I watched the corners start to bend


     A augmentedA         F# minorF#m
And she said, "How are you Harry?
    E MajorE        E7E7 (5th fret)   E7sus (5th fret)
Haven't we played this scene       before?"
  A augmentedA           E MajorE
I said "It's so good to see you, Sue
    D7D7     A minorAm    E MajorE
Had to play it out just once more."
 D7D7     A minorAm    E MajorE
Play it out just once more.


E MajorE - Bm7Bm7 - E MajorE - Bm7Bm7 - D7D7 - A minorAm - E MajorE

        E MajorE
She said I've heard you flying high on my radio
       E MajorE
I answered "It's not all it seems"
          E MajorE
That's when she laughed and she said, "It's better sometimes
     D7D7      A minorAm     E MajorE
When we don't get to touch our dreams.'


(finger picked, not strummed)
(D7D7 - A minorAm - E MajorE - D7D7 - A minorAm - E MajorE)


        A augmentedA            F# minorF#m
That's when I asked her where was that actress
   E MajorE        E7E7 (5th fret)   E7sus (5th fret)
She said "That was somebody       else"
       A augmentedA              E MajorE
And then I asked her why she looked so happy now
    D7D7                    E MajorE (4th fret)
She said "I finally like myself, at last I like myself."


B6B6 - Bm6Bm6 - Bm6/9 - A major 6A6 - Am6Am6 - A minorAm - E MajorE

    E MajorE
So we talked all through that afternoon
 B6B6
Talking about where we'd been
  Bm6Bm6
We talked of the tiny difference
     Bm6/9
Between ending and starting to begin.


   A major 6A6
We talked because talking tells you things.
        Am6Am6
Like what you really are thinking about.
    A minorAm
But sometimes you can't find what you're feeling
 E MajorE
Till all the words run out.


(E MajorE - Bm7Bm7 - E MajorE - Bm7Bm7 - E MajorE - Bm7Bm7 - E MajorE - Bm7Bm7)


    E MajorE     Bm7Bm7      E MajorE   Bm7Bm7
So I asked her to come to the concert.
   E MajorE   Bm7Bm7      E MajorE    Bm7Bm7
She said "No, I work at night."
         E MajorE    Bm7Bm7       E MajorE   Bm7Bm7
I said, "We've gotten too damn good at leaving, Sue"
      D7D7   A minorAm   E MajorE
She said, "Harry, you're right"


(finger picked, not strummed)
D7D7 - A minorAm - E MajorE - D7D7 - A minorAm - E MajorE


    A augmentedA        F# minorF#m
Don't ask me if I made love to her
     E MajorE     E7E7 (5th fret)   E7sus (5th fret)
Or which one of us started to     cry
    A augmentedA                 E MajorE
Don't ask me why she wouldn't take the money that I left
    D7D7    A minorAm    E MajorE
If I answered at all I'd lie.

D7D7 - A minorAm - E MajorE
C majorC - Bb majorBb - D MajorD - A minorAm - D MajorD - A minorAm

    D MajorD     A minorAm    D MajorD     A minorAm
So I thought about her as I sang that night
       D MajorD      A minorAm   D MajorD    A minorAm
And how the circle keeps rolling around.
    D MajorD      A minorAm      D MajorD    A minorAm
How I act as I'm facing the footlights
        C majorC     Bb majorBb        D MajorD   A minorAm - D MajorD - A minorAm
And how she's flying with both feet on the ground


  G+G             E minorEm
I guess it's a sequel to our story
      D MajorD            B minorBm
From the journey 'tween heaven and hell
   G+G                D MajorD
With half the time thinking of what might have been
   C majorC   Bb majorBb       D MajorD  A minorAm - D MajorD - A minorAm
And half thinkin' just as well
     E minorEm  A augmentedA     D MajorD   A minorAm - D MajorD - A minorAm - D MajorD - A minorAm - D MajorD