C#m Jacqueline was seventeen, working on a desk A B When Ivor peered above her spectacle B7 B7 Forgot that he had wrecked a girl C#m A B Sometime these eyes forget the face theyʼre peering from B7 B7 When the face they peer upon G# C#m Well you know that face as I do A And how in the return of the gaze B C#m She can return you the face that youʼre staring from Chorus: C#m B G# Itʼs always better on holiday C#m E A# So much better on holiday C#m B G# C#m E A# Thatʼs why we only work when we need the money C#m Gregor was down again A Said, ʼCome on, kick me againʼ B B7 Said, ʼIʼm so drunk I donʼt mind if you kill meʼ C#m A Come on you gutless B Yeah, Iʼm alive B7 Iʼm alive G# C#m Iʼm alive and how I know it A B C#m But for chips, and for freedom I could die Chorus.
