Home For A Rest

[Intro]
Am G C F
C G
F C G
C       Am        G
 You'll have to excuse me,
    C         F
I'm not at my best
          C
I've been gone for a month,
G          F     C     G C
 I've been drunk since I left
      Am          G            C          F
These so called vacations will soon be my death
       C                  G       F    C   G C
I'm so sick from the drink I need home for a rest

[Verse 1]
     Am         G          C          F
We arrived in December and London was cold
   C                 G      F
We stayed in the bars along Charing Cross Road
   Am        G           C              F
We never saw nothing but brass taps and oak
       C               G         F              G
Kept a shine on the bar with the sleeves of our coats

[Chorus]
       G
You'll have to excuse me,
    C         G
I'm not at my best
          C              F
I've been gone for a week
          G
I've been drunk since I left
And these so called vacations
     C          G
Will soon be my death
       C             F
I'm so sick from the drink
       G          F
I need home for a rest
        Am  Dm
Take me home

[Instrumental]
| G Em | Am Dm | G Em |

[Verse 2]
Am       G           C             F
  Euston Station the train journey North
C             G      F
In the buffet car we lurched back and forth
     Am          G             C                 F
Past old crooked dykes through Yorkshire's green fields
        C          G            F                G
We were flung into dance as the train jigged and reeled

[Chorus]
       G
You'll have to excuse me,
    C         G
I'm not at my best
          C              F
I've been gone for a week
          G
I've been drunk since I left
And these socalled vacations
     C          G
Will soon be my death
       C             F
I'm so sick from the drink
       G          F
I need home for a rest
        Am  F
Take me home

[Instrumental]
| G Dm | Am F  | G - | Am Dm |
| G Em | Am Dm | G - |

[Verse 3]
Em       Am
  By the light of the moon,
G      C                 F
 she'd drift through the streets
  C           G
A rare old perfume,
     F
so seductive and sweet
      Am           G
She'd tease us and flirt,
       C               F
as the pubs all closed down
     C          G          F       G
Then walk us on home and deny us a round

[Chorus]
       G
You'll have to excuse me,
    C         G
I'm not at my best
          C               F
I've been gone for a month
          G
I've been drunk since I left
And these so called vacations
     C          G
Will soon be my death
       C             F
I'm so sick from the drink
       G          F
I need home for a rest
        Am  Dm
Take me home

[Verse 4]
G Em Am Dm G Em    Am           G
               The gas heater's empty,
     C         F
it's damp as a tomb
    C          G         F
The spirits we drank now ghosts in the room
    Am         G
I'm knackered again,
        C             F
come on sleep take me soon
          C          G              F               G
And don't lift up my head 'till the twelve bells at noon

[Chorus]
       G
You'll have to excuse me,
    C         G
I'm not at my best
          C               F
I've been gone for a month
          G
I've been drunk since I left
And these socalled vacations
     C          G
Will soon be my death
       C             F
I'm so sick from the drink
       G          F
I need home for a rest

[Instrumental]
        Am  F G Dm Am F G Am Dm G Em Am Dm G Em Bm G A Bm Em A D Bm G Em A D Bm G Em A Bm G A Bm Em A D Bm G Em A D Bm G Em Am G D Am G Am G D Am G Am G Am G D
Take me home

[Outro]
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| - - - G | - - - Am | - - - G | - D/A - -  |