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