This Intro is played once then along with the chorus

               A5        G5           C5                F5
        You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
                  C5          G5
        I've been gone for a month
                                C5
        I've been drunk since I left
              A5          G5
        These so called vacations
             C5          F5
        Will soon be my death
               C5             G5
        I'm so sick from the drink
                          C5
        I need home for a rest ...


  Then it breaks into a verse with fast paced chords:

           A5           G5         C5         F5
        We arrived in December and London was cold
              C5             G5
        So we stayed in the bars
              C5             G5
        Along Charing Cross Road
           A5        G5          C5             F5
        We never saw nothin' but brass taps and oak
                 C5            G5
        Kept the shine on the bar
                 C5              G5
        With the sleeves of our coats

  Chorus:
               G5                      C5                G5
        You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
                  C5          F5
        I've been gone for a week
                  C5             G5
        I've been drunk since I left
              G5
        These so-called vacations
             C5          G5
        Will soon be my death
               C5             F5
        I'm so sick from the drink
               G5          C5
        I need home for a rest ...

  Verse #2
   A5           G5         C5         F5   
Euston Station the train journey north
   C5                G5
In the buffet car we lurched back and forth
   A5           G5         C5         F5   
  
Past odd crooked dykes
 C5                  G5
  
Through Yorkshire's green fields
 C5                  G5
  
We were flung into dance
  C5                 G5
   
As the train jigged and reeled

  Chorus

  Verse #3
A5              G5         C5         F5      
By the light of the moon she'd drift through the streets
   C5                G5
 
 A rare old perfume so seductive and sweet
A5              G5         C5         F5      
   
She'd tease us and flirt as the pubs all closed down
   C5                G5
  
Then walk us on home and deny us a round

  Chorus

  Verse #4
 A5             G5         C5         F5     
The gas heater's empty, it's damp as a tomb
 C5                  G5      C5              G5

  
And the spirits we drank like a ghost in the room
   
A5              G5         C5         F5      

I'm knackered again, come on please take me soon
 C5                  G5      
 And don't lift up my head
 C5                  G5        
'till the twelve bells at noon

  Chorus