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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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
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
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