Home For A Rest chords by Spirit Of The West

Spirit of the west - Home For A Rest



This Intro is played once then along with the 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:

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
  Am      G     C     F
Euston Station the train journey north
  C        G
In the buffet car we lurched back and forth
  Am      G     C     F

Past odd crooked dykes
 C         G

Through Yorkshire's green fields
 C         G

We were flung into dance
 C         G

As the train jigged and reeled

Chorus

Verse #3
Am       G     C     F
By the light of the moon she'd drift through the streets
  C        G

 A rare old perfume so seductive and sweet
Am       G     C     F

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

Then walk us on home and deny us a round

Chorus

Verse #4
 Am       G     C     F
The gas heater's empty, it's damp as a tomb
 C         G   C       G

And the spirits we drank like a ghost in the room

Am       G     C     F

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

Chorus