Tablature home for a rest - Spirit of the West

          



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  From: 4kjm1@qlink.queensu.ca (Moore Kevin J)

  

  Here's what I got out of this little drinking song from Spirit of the West

  

  HOME FOR A REST

  Written by Kelly/Mann

  

  

   INTRO: - played with quick even notes

  

      Am           G               C            F

  

  e|----------------------------|--0-----1-3----1-----3-1-----|

  b|--1-----0-1----3-----1-3----|----1-------1----1-------1---|

  g|----2-------0----0-------0--|------0------------2---------|

  d|------2------------0--------|--2------------3-------------|

  a|--0------------2------------|-----------------------------|

  e|----------------------------|-----------------------------|

  

      C            G                           C

  

  e|--0----------------0-3------|-----------------------------|

  b|----1---3-1----3-------3----|--1---1---1----1-------------|

  g|------0-----0----0-------0--|----2---0---0--0-------------|

  d|--2-------------------------|--3---2---0------------------|

  a|---------------2------------|---------------3-------------|

  e|----------------------------|-----------------------------|

  

  

  	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

     Euston Station the train journey north

     In the buffet car we lurched back and forth

     Past odd crooked dykes

     Through Yorkshire's green fields

     We were flung into dance

     As the train jigged and reeled

  

    Chorus

  

    Verse #3

     By the light of the moon she'd drift through the streets

     A rare old perfume so seductive and sweet

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

     Then walk us on home and deny us a round

  

    Chorus

  

    Verse #4

     The gas heater's empty, it's damp as a tomb

     And the spirits we drank like a ghost in the room

     I'm knackered again, come on please take me soon

     And don't lift up my head

     'till the twelve bells at noon

  

    Chorus

  

  

    KM

  

   


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 Home for a rest, de Spirit of the west 

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