Cm Jacqueline was seventeen, working on a desk G# A# When Ivor peered above her spectacle A#7 A#7 Forgot that he had wrecked a girl Cm G# A# Sometime these eyes forget the face theyʼre peering from A#7 A#7 When the face they peer upon G Cm Well you know that face as I do G# And how in the return of the gaze A# Cm She can return you the face that youʼre staring from Chorus: Cm A# G Itʼs always better on holiday Cm D# A So much better on holiday Cm A# G Cm D# A Thatʼs why we only work when we need the money Cm Gregor was down again G# Said, ʼCome on, kick me againʼ A# A#7 Said, ʼIʼm so drunk I donʼt mind if you kill meʼ Cm G# Come on you gutless A# Yeah, Iʼm alive A#7 Iʼm alive G Cm Iʼm alive and how I know it G# A# Cm But for chips, and for freedom I could die Chorus.
