Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

 RIFF

Rpt x3

Verse 1

One way system, smooth and commendable

Go by bus, they're highly dependable

 The swings in the park for the kids have won awards

The clean streets, acknowledged in the Lords

But what's a park if you can't see a linnet

A timetable if your journey's infinite

My bag's packed and I'm leaving in a minute

For what is Chatteris without you in it?

 Riff x2

Verse 2

Car crime's low, the gun crime's lower

The town hall band's CD, it's a grower

 You never hear of folk getting knocked on the bonce

Although there was a drive by shouting once

But there's a brass band everywhere

And I don't drive, so I don't care

 And as a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square

What's Chatteris if you're not there?

 Riff x2

Middle 4

 Like a game-bird reserve short on pheasants

Weavers' cottages devoid of tenants

 A market town that lacks quintessence

That's Chatteris without your presence

Verse 3

Three good butchers, two fine chandlers

 An indoor pool and a first class cake shop

OFSTED plaudits, envy of the fens

Prick barriers at both ends

But what's Chatteris if you're not there?

What's Chatteris if you're not there?

What's Chatteris if you're not there?

What's Chatteris if you're not there?

What's Chatteris if you're not there?

What's Chatteris if you're not there?

 I may as well be in Ely or St. Ives