Home For A Rest
By: Spirit Of The West

Tuning: Standard
No Capo

Intro (Picked):
Am (x02210@1)    |G      |C      |F      |C      |G      |F   C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)  |C

Intro Verse: (Play Slow)
       Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)       FYou'll (133211@1)have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
          C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)              F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)   D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
I've been gone for a month, I've been drunk since I left
      Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)        FThese (133211@1)so-called vacations will soon be my death
       C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
I'm so sick from the drink I need home for a rest.

Verse:
     Am (x02210@1)     G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)        FWe (133211@1)arrived in December and London was cold
   C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)        FWe (133211@1)stayed in the bars along Charing Cross Road
   Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)            FWe (133211@1)never saw nothin' but brass taps and oak
       C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)            GKept (320003@1)a shine on the bar with the sleeves of our coats

CHORUS:
       G (320003@1)                    C (x32010@1)       GYou'll (320003@1)have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
          C (x32010@1)        FI've (133211@1)been gone for a week
          GI've (320003@1)been drunk since I left
          GAnd (320003@1)these so-called vacations
     C (x32010@1)        GWill (320003@1)soon be my death
       C (x32010@1)           FI'm (133211@1)so sick from the drink
       G (320003@1)        FI (133211@1)need home for a rest
Take me home....

Break:
Am |Dm |G |Em Am |
Am |Dm |G |Em Am |

Verse:
Am (x02210@1)   G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)           FEuston (133211@1)Station the train journey North
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)    FIn (133211@1)the buffet car we lurched back and forth
     Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)               FPast (133211@1)old crooked dykes through Yorkshire's green fields
        C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)              GWe (320003@1)were flung into dance as the train jigged and reeled

CHORUS:
       G (320003@1)                    C (x32010@1)       GYou'll (320003@1)have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
          C (x32010@1)        FI've (133211@1)been gone for a week
          GI've (320003@1)been drunk since I left
          GAnd (320003@1)these so-called vacations
     C (x32010@1)        GWill (320003@1)soon be my death
       C (x32010@1)           FI'm (133211@1)so sick from the drink
       G (320003@1)        FI (133211@1)need home for a rest
Take me home....

Break:
Am |F |G |Dm |Am |F |G |G |
Am |Dm |G |Em |Am |Dm |G |G |E |

Verse:
       Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)               FBy (133211@1)the light of the moon, she'd drift through the streets
  C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)    FA (133211@1)rare old perfume, so seductive and sweet
      Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)             FShe'd (133211@1)tease us and flirt, as the pubs all closed down
     C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)       GThen (320003@1)walk us on home and deny us a round

CHORUS:
       G (320003@1)                    C (x32010@1)       GYou'll (320003@1)have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
          C (x32010@1)        FI've (133211@1)been gone for a month
          GI've (320003@1)been drunk since I left
          GAnd (320003@1)these so-called vacations
     C (x32010@1)        GWill (320003@1)soon be my death
       C (x32010@1)           FI'm (133211@1)so sick from the drink
       G (320003@1)        FI (133211@1)need home for a rest
Take me home....

Break:
Am |Dm |G |Em Am |
Am |Dm |G |Em Am |

Verse:
    Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)       FThe (133211@1)gas heater's empty, it's damp as a tomb
    C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)       FThe (133211@1)spirits we drank now ghosts in the room
    Am (x02210@1)                  G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)           FI'm (133211@1)knackered again, come on sleep take me soon
    C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)       GAnd (320003@1)don't lift up my head 'till the twelve bells at noon

CHORUS:
       G (320003@1)                    C (x32010@1)       GYou'll (320003@1)have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
          C (x32010@1)        FI've (133211@1)been gone for a month
          GI've (320003@1)been drunk since I left
          GAnd (320003@1)these so-called vacations
     C (x32010@1)        GWill (320003@1)soon be my death
       C (x32010@1)           FI'm (133211@1)so sick from the drink
       G (320003@1)        FI (133211@1)need home for a rest