Cm
Jacqueline was seventeen
                      Ab                    Bb
Working on a desk when Ivor peered above a spectacle

Forgot that he had wrecked a girl
Cm               Ab                           Bb
 Sometimes these eyes forget the face they're peering from

When the face they peer upon
G                            Cm
 Well, you know that face as I do
                 Ab
And how in the return of the gaze
          Bb
She can return you the face
              Cm
That you are staring from

Interlude: Cm

Chorus:
Cm           Eb        Bb
 It's always better on holiday
Cm       Eb        Bb
 So much better on holiday
Cm             Eb   Bb
 That's why we only work when
Cm  Eb       Bb
 We need the money

Bridge:
Cm
Gregor was down again
    Ab
Said "come on, kick me again"
    Bb
Said "I'm so drunk I don't mind if you kill me"
Cm           Ab            Bb
Come on you, gutless, I'm alive, oh, I'm alive!
G
Oh, I'm alive!


          Cm
And how I know it's true
        Ab            Bb
But for chips and for freedom I could die

Chorus:
Cm           Eb        Bb
 It's always better on holiday
Cm       Eb        Bb
 So much better on holiday
Cm             Eb   Bb
 That's why we only work when
Cm  Eb       Bb
 We need the money

Interlude: Cm Eb Bb

Chorus:
Cm           Eb        Bb
 It's always better on holiday
Cm       Eb        Bb
 So much better on holiday
Cm             Eb   Bb
 That's why we only work when
Cm  D       Bb      Cm
 We need the money
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