Home For A Rest
by Spirit of the West
- Type:
- Diatonic
- Key:
- C
- Level:
- Beginner
- Posted by:
- Kocot
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You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best,
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I've been gone for a month, I've been drunk since I left.
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These so-called vacations will soon be my death,
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I'm so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest...<br /><br /><br />4 4 4 -3 4 -4 4 -4 5 -5 6 -5<br />We arrived in December and London was cold,<br /><br />-5 5 -4 4 -4 5 -4 4 -3 4 -4<br />We stayed in the bars along Charing Cross Road.<br /><br />4 4 -3 4 -4 4 -4 5 -5 6 -5<br />We never saw nothing but brass taps and oak,<br /><br /> 6 -5 5 -4 4 -4 5 -4 4 -3 4 -4 <br />Kept the shine on the bar with the sleeves of our coats.<br /><br /><br /> -4 -4 3 3 3 3 3 5 -4 4 -4
You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best,
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I've been gone for a week, I've been drunk since I left.
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And these so-called vacations will soon be my death,
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I'm so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest,<br /><br /> -6 -6 -6<br />TAKE ME HOME!<br /><br /><br /> 4 4 -4 4 -4 5 -5 6 -5<br />Euston Station, the train journey north,<br /><br />5 5 -4 4 -4 5 4 -3 4 -4<br />In the buffet car, we lurched back and forth.<br /><br /> 4 4 -3 4 -4 -4 5 -5 6 -5<br />Past old crooked dykes, through Yorkshire's green fields,<br /><br />6 -5 5 -4 4 -4 5 -4 4 -3 4 -4 <br />We were flung into dance as the train jigged and reeled.<br /><br /><br /> -4 -4 3 3 3 3 3 5 -4 4 -4
You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best,
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I've been gone for a week, I've been drunk since I left.
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And these so-called vacations will soon be my death,
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I'm so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest,<br /><br /> -6 -6 -6<br />TAKE ME HOME!<br /><br /><br />4 4 4 -3 4 -4 -4 5 -5 6 -5<br />By the light of the moon, she'd drift through the streets,<br /><br />5 5 -4 4 -4 5 -4 4 -3 4 -4 4<br />A rare old perfume, so seductive and sweet.<br /><br /> 4 4 -3 4 -4 4 -4 5 -5 6 -5<br />She'd tease us and flirt as the pubs all closed down,<br /><br /> 5 5 -4 4 -4 5 -4 4 -3 4 -4 <br />Then walk us on home and deny us a round.<br /><br /><br /> -4 -4 3 3 3 3 3 5 -4 4 -4
You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best,
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I've been gone for a month, I've been drunk since I left.
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And these so-called vacations will soon be my death,
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I'm so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest,<br /><br /> -6 -6 -6<br />TAKE ME HOME!<br /><br /><br /> 4 4 -3 4 -4 -4 4 -4 5 -5 6 -5<br />The gas heater's empty, it's as damp as a tomb,<br /><br /> 5 5 -4 4 -4 4 4 -3 4 -4<br />The spirits we drank now ghosts in the room.<br /><br /> 4 4 -3 4 -4 4 -4 5 -5 6 -5<br />I'm knackered again, come on sleep, take me soon,<br /><br /> 5 5 5 -4 4 -4 5 -4 4 -3 4 -4 <br />And don't lift up my head 'till the twelve bells at noon.<br /><br /><br /> -4 -4 3 3 3 3 3 5 -4 4 -4
You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best,
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I've been gone for a month, I've been drunk since I left.
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And these so-called vacations will soon be my death,
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I'm so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest,<br /><br /> -6 -6 -6<br />TAKE ME HOME!