Words and music by Richard Homer
3/4, 140 bpm
Intro CCC, CCG, CCF, CCG, CCF, CCG, CCF, CCG, C
CCG, CCG, CFGC CCG, CCG, CFGC
CCG, CCG, CFGC
Thick-clad / leather / men relax / by / big / bikes, / with / tea
CCG, CCG, CFGC
they place gear / on the / fuel tank, / and / would // agree
GFC
that rural Wales is a fine / place for roadside / cheer
CCG, CCG.CFGC
a break from / a long, cold / trip / from / where / to / here
CCG, CCG, CFGC, CCG, CCG, CFGC ooh, ooh
CCG, CCG, CFGC
The empty / bus / pull-ins, // even / in / sun, / look / bleak;
old // people / cough, spit, /// arthritis / creak
no shelter, just the ever-changing / Cambrian / air
the depot / is / empty, // rundown, / and / bare
GFC
By the Oasis café, I think of / you, girl, // again
GFC
taking my tea here with the / sun, the wind, the / rain
GFC
putting your name on a song / memory / track
CCG, CCG, CFGC
I wish / I / could, // somehow, / turn / the / clock / back
CCG, CCG, CFGC, CCG, CCG, CFGC ooh, ooh
CCG, CCG, CFGC GGG, CCC, GGG, CCC
Oasis / café, // Abergavenny
FCGC
bringing a / memory of / you, girl, to / me
GGG, CCC, GGG, CCC
Oasis / café, // Abergavenny
FCGC
bringing a / memory of / you back to / me
Next door, / wild dogs / and / children / play
the // Gavenny / flowing / their / thoughts // away
to burgers with chips, / coke with / ice
unbothered / by / road tax, // insurance, // petrol / price
Extra
Am FGC
I went there // myself, / some weeks // ago,
Am FGC
the governor, a nice man, / kept the counter in / good cheer / flow
GFGC
for a sandwich of / lettuce and / tuna, rich and / thick;
CCG, CCG, CFGC
I walked back / in the / early night, / past / church, / tree, / bridge, / brick
