| Intro: | | Gm | | Gm | | Ab | | Ab | | Gm | | Gm | | Ab | | Ab | | Gm | | Gm | | Ab | | Ab | | Gm | | Gm | | Fm | | Fm | |
| Eb | Bb | Eb | Bb |
| I was on the | M1, | stuck in heavy | traffic, |
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| I'd | had enough | of it, and | decided to | get off it |
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| Cruising down a | country lane, the | wind upon my | bonnet |
| Gm | Ab | Gm | Fm |
| I | saw a sign for | Blatherwyke, a | name which invites | comment |
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| There | is a place called | Blatherwyke, you | might not have heard | of it |
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| But | half a mile down | to the right, and | I'd have come a | cross it |
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| But I was lost and | it was late, I | needed to step | on it |
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| And the | tail of the Hale-Bopp | comet, was | guiding me | away from it |
| Gm | Ab | Gm | Fm |
| Yes the | tail of the Hale-Bopp | comet, was | guiding me a | way |
| Eb | Bb | Ab | Eb | Bb | Ab |
| Soon I was | on the | A1, | heading | north for | Newark |
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| Though my | progress was | hampered, by | roadworks at | Stamford |
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| Home was getting | closer, and | I was keen to | view it |
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| Keen to view | Blatherwyke, well I | had my chance and | blew it |
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| But to be fair I | don't live there, there was no | reason to have | done it |
| Am | Bb | Am | Bb |
| And the | tail of the Hale-Bopp | comet, was | guiding me away | from it |
| Am | Bb | Am | Gm |
| Yes the | tail of the Hale-Bopp | comet, was | guiding me a | way |
| Am | Bb | Am | Bb |
| The | tail of the Hale-Bopp | comet, was | guiding me away | from it |
| Am | Bb | Am | Gm |
| Yes the | tail of the Hale-Bopp | comet, was | guiding me a | way |
| Ending: | | | Am | | Bb | | Am | | Bb | | Am | | Bb | | C | | C | | F | |
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