C         Dm       F     G
I'm gonna take a taxi
      C      Dm       F     G
Gonna take a taxi downtown
    Dm                  G
And I'm gonna pick up a hooker
    Dm                  G
And take her to a restaurant

[Verse 2]
C         Dm         F       G
I'm gonna buy her an omlette
       C    Dm           F     G
Or whatever she wants to eat
Dm                         G
I'm gonna treat her like a lady
    Dm             G
And talk to her so sweet

[Verse 3]
    C              Dm           F     G
I'm sure I'll tell her my life story
         C        Dm        F       G
And I'll probably get a few laughs
    Dm                   G
And maybe we'll go see a movie
  Dm                       G
I hope she says yes when I ask

[Bridge]
Am               G
And if she likes dancing
Am               G
Then we're gonna dance
Am              G
And if she says no that's fine
Am        G
I hear it all the time

[Verse 4]
C     Dm            F         G
Maybe I should stop trying so hard
        C           Dm        F     G
You can see it from ten miles away
        Dm                    G
And the heart of a maiden has never been won
   Dm                 G
By true tenderness anyway

[Verse 5]
    C             Dm                 F             G
And who needs the trouble? I've got plenty already
C            Dm              F     G
More than my share you could say
     Dm                        G
But enough about me, there's a hooker downtown
    Dm         G          C
And I've got a cab on the way