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Version 3Home For A Rest By: Spirit Of The West Tuning: Standard No Capo [Intro] (Picked): Am |G |C |F |C |G |F C D |C [Intro Verse] (Play Slow) Am G C F You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best C G F C D C I've been gone for a month, I've been drunk since I left Am G C F These so-called vacations will soon be my death C G F C D C I'm so sick from the drink I need home for a rest. [Verse] Am G C F We arrived in December and London was cold C G F We stayed in the bars along Charing Cross Road Am G C F We never saw nothin' but brass taps and oak C G F G Kept a shine on the bar 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 G I've been drunk since I left G And these so-called vacations C G Will soon be my death C F I'm so sick from the drink G F I need home for a rest Take me home.... [Break] Am |Dm |G |Em Am | Am |Dm |G |Em Am | [Verse] Am G C F Euston Station the train journey North C G F In the buffet car we lurched back and forth Am G C F Past old crooked dykes through Yorkshire's green fields C G F G We were flung into dance as the train jigged and reeled [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 G I've been drunk since I left G And these so-called vacations C G Will soon be my death C F I'm so sick from the drink G F I 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 G C F By the light of the moon, she'd drift through the streets C G F 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 F G Then walk us on home and deny us a round [Chorus] G C G You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best C F I've been gone for a month G I've been drunk since I left G And these so-called vacations C G Will soon be my death C F I'm so sick from the drink G F I need home for a rest Take me home.... [Break] Am |Dm |G |Em Am | Am |Dm |G |Em Am | [Verse] Am G C F The gas heater's empty, it's damp as a tomb C G F The spirits we drank now ghosts in the room Am G C F I'm knackered again, come on sleep take me soon C G F G And don't lift up my head 'till the twelve bells at noon [Chorus] G C G You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best C F I've been gone for a month G I've been drunk since I left G And these so-called vacations C G Will soon be my death C F I'm so sick from the drink G F I need home for a rest