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) DC 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) DC 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