Home for a Rest

Intro

played with quick even notes

Am G C F

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C G C

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This Intro is played once then along with the chorus

Chorus

Am G C F

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best

C G

I've been gone for a month

C

I've been drunk since I left

Am G

These so called vacations

C F

Will soon be my death

C G

I'm so sick from the drink

C

I need home for a rest ...

Then it breaks into a verse with fast paced chords:

Verse

Am G C F

We arrived in December and London was cold

C G

So we stayed in the bars

C G

Along Charing Cross Road

Am G C F

We never saw nothin' but brass taps and oak

C G

Kept the shine on the bar

C G

With the sleeves of our coats

Chorus

G C G

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best

C F

I've been gone for a week

C G

I've been drunk since I left

G

These so-called vacations

C G

Will soon be my death

C F

I'm so sick from the drink

G C

I need home for a rest ...

Verse 2

Euston Station the train journey north

In the buffet car we lurched back and forth

Past odd crooked dykes

Through Yorkshire's green fields

We were flung into dance

As the train jigged and reeled

Chorus

G C G

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best

C F

I've been gone for a week

C G

I've been drunk since I left

G

These so-called vacations

C G

Will soon be my death

C F

I'm so sick from the drink

G C

I need home for a rest ...

Verse 3

By the light of the moon she'd drift through the streets

A rare old perfume so seductive and sweet

She'd tease us and flirt as the pubs all closed down

Then walk us on home and deny us a round

Chorus

G C G

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best

C F

I've been gone for a week

C G

I've been drunk since I left

G

These so-called vacations

C G

Will soon be my death

C F

I'm so sick from the drink

G C

I need home for a rest ...

Verse 4

The gas heater's empty, it's damp as a tomb

And the spirits we drank like a ghost in the room

I'm knackered again, come on sleep take me soon

And don't lift up my head

'till the twelve bells at noon

Chorus

G C G

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best

C F

I've been gone for a week

C G

I've been drunk since I left

G

These so-called vacations

C G

Will soon be my death

C F

I'm so sick from the drink

G C

I need home for a rest ...