G                           Em
We didn't see the summer sun, we didn't speak to any one
                        Cm                        D
The caravan was on it's own, we didn't have a telephone.
                               G                                 Em
That's why I'd never liked the Mini, that's why I'm into Sleater Kinney
                         Cm                             D
From holidays when I was small. the only thing that I recall

                    G                          Em
Bottleneck at Capel Curig, bottleneck at Capel Curig
                    Cm                       D
Bottleneck at Capel Curig, Neil Morrisey's a knobhead.

                   G                     Em
I got a job in Aberdeen, I was only seventeen
                     Cm                          D
I met a girl on halloween, she was nowhere to be seen.
                   G                              Em
Disappeared down a sewer, I sent my brother to pursue her
                          Cm                                 D
They ran away and fell in love, I hope they're in the middle of

                      G                          Em
A bottleneck at Capel Curig, bottleneck at Capel Curig
                    Cm                               D
Bottleneck at Capel Curig, fate decrees they're in Hawaii.

                     G                         Em
Now I'm living on my own, scared of dying all alone
                    Cm                          D
I haven't got a telephone, if I did it wouldn't ring.
                       G                                Em
Seeing that I'm on the way out, I'm gonna take me for a day out
                     Cm                      D
I wanna wash away my sin, so I'm not forever in

                      G                          Em
A bottleneck at Capel Curig, bottleneck at Capel Curig
                    Cm                   D
Bottleneck at Capel Curig, my shame will cause
                      G                          Em
A bottleneck at Capel Curig, bottleneck at Capel Curig
                    Cm      D    Eb   F    G
Bottleneck at Capel Curig - ig - ig - ig - ig.