Biography:
Spirit of the West was a Canadian folk-rock band from Vancouver, active from 1983 to 2016. The band was popular on the Canadian folk music scene in the 1980s before evolving a blend of hard rock, Britpop and Celtic folk influences which made them one of Canada's most successful alternative rock acts in the 1990s.
The band began in 1983 as a Vancouver-based folk trio called Evesdropper, consisting of John Mann, Geoffrey Kelly and J. Knutson. They soon changed their name to Spirit of the West
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Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Home 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
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
