Hedgehog

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
D,C as needed

{section: Verse 1}
[D] Jill was a girl, Ja[C]ck was a guy
[D] One day they caug[C]ht each other's eye
[D] And they went stead[C]y for two years[D]       [C]
[D] They'd spend their summers [C]by the sea            [D]
And they were happy[C] and caref[D]ree
A[C]nd for the future had n[D]o fea[C]rs

{section: Pre-chorus 1}
[D/A] But Jack [A/C#]had a little se[G/D]cret
He'd been keeping to himself ver[B]y deep inside his soul                   [C]
[D/A] He was ashamed,[A/C#] he was embarrassed     [G/D]
Didn't want to jeopardise the lo[B]ved they shared, oh not at all                          [C]

{section: Chorus 1}
Jack was... a hedgehog      [G]         [Bm7]               [C]
Nobody knew                 [G]                    [Bm7]                          [C]                                [C]                                   [C6]                                        [C]                                           [C6]
He was a fil[G]thy little creature  [D/F#]
But with one[A/C#] redeeming feature   [D]
He was qui[C]te good at impersonati[D]ng a human          [G]

{section: Verse 2}
[D] Well, Jack decid[C]ed to tell Jill         [D]
But he did not know [C]how she'd feel         [D]
So he mad[C]e a hedgehog slice     [D]             [C]                     [D]
She said, "Jack, thank yo[C]u for the food            [D]
And I don't want [C]to sound too rude,        [D]
I don't thi[C]nk hedgehogs are nice."       [D]              [C]

{section: Pre-chorus}
[D/A] Then Jack was gutte[A/C#]d and a tear rolled d[D]own his cheek
And Jill sai[Csus2]d, "Jack, I was joking. I love this chocolat[D]e treat.
It's just the anima[Bm]l hedgehogs that I despise."         [C]
[C]And[C6] it was quite sad because she still had no idea that Jack
was a hedgehog   [G]      [Bm7]            [C]
Yes, she had no idea     [G]        [Bm7]              [C]                    [C]                       [C6]                            [C]                               [C6]

Post Chorus:
[G]But he couldn't stand the shame     [D/F#]
And he ha[A/C#]d to clear his name      [D]
So he org[C]anised to meet Jill down [D]on Southbank      [G]
[Am7] And he said, "Jill, [C]I wanna tell [D]you..."
[N.C.]She said, "Shh, I wanna smell you."
[C]He said,[D] "Not th[Em]e best idea."
[C]And he s[D]aid, "Ji[Em]ll, I am a hedgehog."
[C]And she [D]said, "H[Em]aha, silly. Well, give me a hedge-hug."
[C]And they[D] held ea[Em]ch other near

(Spoken Bridge– All throughout in 8ves |C\\D\\|Em\\\\|)

But as they were hugging each other, Jill cut her hand up on one of the
 spikes on his back. And she said, "Jack, what the fuck is this? You have
spikes on your back! And he tore away his trench coat, and he pulled off his
little mask and his snout popped out and she said, "Are you- you actually
are a hedgehog!" "Yes, I was trying to tell you, babe. I've been trying to
tell you for a week." "Four years, Jack, you've been keeping this from me!
Four years, you little crazy fuck! What were you doing? What were you
thinking!" And she picked Jack
up, and she kicked him high into the air!                  [G]                       [D/F#]                               [C/E]

(Sung)
[G]Jack went flying[D/F#] through the air          [C/E]
Like a bi[D/F#]g ball of hedgehog

[D/F#]And all the while, he was singing:
[G]"Goodbye my lover, goodbye [D/F#]my friend
[C/E]You have been the one..."       [D/F#]

(Spoken repeat |[G]\\\\|[D/F#]\\\\|[C/E]\\\\|[D]/F#\\\\|)
And after he'd done singing James Blunt's entire extended repertoire, two albums
to date, he came to rest through the
open window of a yellow taxi cab in Fran[G]kston.

(Sung)
[Am]Hedgehog in a taxi, will he pay the fare?[G]
[Am]Hedgehog in a taxi, does the driver even know that he's th[G]ere?
The driver did k[F]now he was there
And they cha[G]rged Jack the fare
But [F]Jack disagreed with the two dollar fifty flagfall             [G]
[Am]Hedgehog in a taxi, getting fiscal
[G]Didn't like the driver, pulled a pistol
[Am]Out shot the driver, couldn't revive her
[G]You all thought that she was a man but she was a woman, you
are sexist       [Am]              [G]

[Am]Hedgehog in a taxi, hedgehog on the run
There are twenty[G] cops behind him but they know he's got a gun
So he's got[Am]ta keep on going, petrol flowing
But [G]now he's been surrounded and he's slowing down                [F]
He's in an alleyway     [G]
The cops are[F] are and they
Are just about to shoot   [G]

(Spoken - No Chords here apart from when appropriate play the chorus - |G\\Bm7\\|C\(rest for 3)|)

And then Jill came running in through the alleyway. She said, "Stop! Don't
shoot the little prick! Can't you see he's not man! He's just a hedgehog!"
But as she was playing the grand piano she'd wheeled into the alleyway for
dramatic effect, the policemen riddled Jack's little body with bullets and
then started playing soccer with his corpse. Final scores were Victoria
Police 3, Jack's corpse nil. Some say it was an unfair match. And all the
while, Jill kept on playing.

{section: Interlude}
[Am] [G] [F] [G]

{section: Outro}
Sung)
[Am] In conclusion, it has b[G]een seen
[F]Don't pretend to be a human             [G]
[Am]In conclusion, it ha[G]s been seen
[F]Some people who say they are a human might not actually be a human [G]
[Am]In conclusion, it ha[G]s been seen
[F]Many of us are still heavily instructed by a dominant social paradigm that suggest
taxi driving is not an occupation for
females   [G]

{section: Coda}
[F]There might be a hedgehog in this room            [G]
[F]There might be a hedgehog in this room            [G]
[F]There might be a hedgehog in this room            [G]
Ow! Prickly.       [Am]