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Intro:

G#, C#

Fm, C#



 G#                            C#        

Such was the expression of the child

                        Fm

As he bounced across my windscreen

                  C#

And off the other side.



       G#  

That I got the strong impression

      C#                            Fm

For a second that he wasn't so much angry

                 C#

As incredibly surprised.



     C#                                  D#

As I watched him in my rear view mirror slowly slip away,

  C#                            D#

I turned to my instructor and I felt I had to say,

       G#                C            C#

Do you think we should reschedule the test?

           G#              C                 C#

'Cause I'm starting now to think it might be best.



       Fm 

Either way, I'm pretty sure

               C#

You could have taught me clutch control

     D#                               G#

In a playground that was emptier than this.



G#, C#

Fm, C#



  G#                            C#

Such was the blind panic of the boy scouts

                     Fm

As I backed into the duck pond

                     C#

In the middle of the green.



        G#

That it became a little clearer

        C#                                Fm

Why the mirror said that objects featured in it

                          C#

Might be closer than they seem.



     C#                                      D#

As I watched the displaced goldfish flapping vainly on the grass

   C#                           D#

I smiled at the policeman and I felt I had to ask,

        G#          C            C#

Would a fifty maybe make this go away?

         G#                C               C#

'Cause I really don't have time for this today.



              Fm

Besides which how am I supposed to learn to drive

         C#

When everywhere I turn there's

        D#                                G#

Five or six small children getting in the way.



Fm

                    C#   

I would later learn that was the moment

    A#                           Fm

The SWAT team was mobilised

             C# 

And that the car chase that followed

    A#                      Fm

Was globally televised.



In fact I'm told that they

 C#                       A#                  Fm

Still use the footage for police training video

                C#      

And though I've not seen it personally

     A#                            G#

I've learned that it basically shows



(From here to the end just repeat the intro pattern G#, C#, Fm, C#)



                     C#                         Fm

Me and my instructor tearing down the autobahn

                  C#                          G#

Doing ninety in a Mazda with the handbrake on

                             C#                        Fm

Ploughing recklessly through traffic, cones and trees.

                   C#               G#

I am Thelma to his terrified Louise



                             C#                   Fm

And all the while I got him screaming in my head

                                  C#                 G#      

That I should probably change up out of second gear,

                          C#                     Fm

Check my mirrors, keep my hands at two and ten

                                C#                G#

And maybe give some thought to turning myself in.





But in spite of everything,

   C#                    Fm

We made it to the border

                                   C#

Though the last two miles was in reverse

                        G#

Up the hard shoulder.





That old car was dead,

    C#                     Fm

But somehow we'd survived.



We climbed out of the wreck

    C#                    G#

And solemnly high-fived.



So that's how me and my instructor

Moved to Switzerland.

Opened up a little cafe

In the hinterland.



And though I never got my licence, in the end,

I found something so much better

A brand new, bestest friend.