Intro: D,C as needed Verse 1 D5 C5 Jill was a girl, Jack was a guy D5 C5 One day they caught each other's eye D5 C5 D5 C5 And they went steady for two years D5 C5 D5 They'd spend their summers by the sea C5 D5 And they were happy and carefree C5 D5 C5 And for the future had no fears Pre-chorus 1 D5 A5 G5 But Jack had a little secret B5 C5 He'd been keeping to himself very deep inside his soul D5 A5 G5 He was ashamed, he was embarrassed B5 C5 Didn't want to jeopardise the loved they shared, oh not at all Chorus 1 G\Bm7\C\\ Jack was... a hedgehog G\Bm7\C\\C\C6\C\C5 Nobody knew G5 D5 He was a filthy little creature A5 D5 But with one redeeming feature C5 D5 G5 He was quite good at impersonating a human Verse 2 D5 C5 D5 Well, Jack decided to tell Jill C5 D5 But he did not know how she'd feel C5 D5 C5 D5 So he made a hedgehog slice C5 D5 She said, "Jack, thank you for the food C5 D5 And I don't want to sound too rude, C5 D5 C5 I don't think hedgehogs are nice." Pre-Chorus: D5 A5 D5 Then Jack was gutted and a tear rolled down his cheek C5 D5 And Jill said, "Jack, I was joking. I love this chocolate treat. B5 C5 It's just the animal hedgehogs that I despise." C5 C6(repeat for this line) And it was quite sad because she still had no idea that Jack G\Bm7\C\\ was a hedgehog G\Bm7\C\\C\C6\C\C5 Yes, she had no idea Post Chorus: G5 D5 But he couldn't stand the shame A5 D5 And he had to clear his name C5 D5 G5 So he organised to meet Jill down on Southbank A5 C5 D5 And he said, "Jill, I wanna tell you..." N.C5 She said, "Shh, I wanna smell you." C5 D5 E5 He said, "Not the best idea." C5 D5 E5 And he said, "Jill, I am a hedgehog." C5 D5 E5 And she said, "Haha, silly. Well, give me a hedge-hug." C5 D5 E5 And they held each 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 G5 D5 C5 up, and she kicked him high into the air! (Sung) G5 D5 C5 Jack went flying through the air D5 Like a big ball of hedgehog D5 And all the while, he was singing: G5 D5 "Goodbye my lover, goodbye my friend C5 D5 You have been the one..." (Spoken repeat G\\D\\C\\D\\) And after he'd done singing James Blunt's entire extended repertoire, two albums to date, he came to rest through the G5 open window of a yellow taxi cab in Frankston. (Sung) A5 G5 Hedgehog in a taxi, will he pay the fare? A5 G5 Hedgehog in a taxi, does the driver even know that he's there? F5 The driver did know he was there G5 And they charged Jack the fare F5 G5 But Jack disagreed with the two dollar fifty flagfall A5 Hedgehog in a taxi, getting fiscal G5 Didn't like the driver, pulled a pistol A5 Out shot the driver, couldn't revive her G5 You all thought that she was a man but she was a woman, you Am\\G\\ are sexist A5 Hedgehog in a taxi, hedgehog on the run G5 There are twenty cops behind him but they know he's got a gun A5 So he's gotta keep on going, petrol flowing G5 F5 But now he's been surrounded and he's slowing down G5 He's in an alleyway F5 The cops are are and they G5 Are just about to shoot (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. Interlude: A5 , G5 , F5 , G5 Outro (Sung) A5 G5 In conclusion, it has been seen F5 G5 Don't pretend to be a human A5 G5 In conclusion, it has been seen F5 G5 Some people who say they are a human might not actually be a human A5 G5 In conclusion, it has been seen F5 Many of us are still heavily instructed by a dominant social paradigm that suggest taxi driving is not an occupation for G5 females Coda: F5 G5 (gliss up) There might be a hedgehog in this room F5 G5 (gliss up) There might be a hedgehog in this room F5 G5 (gliss up) There might be a hedgehog in this room ( A5 ) Ow! Prickly.