This is my favourite song from Ruarri Joseph's debut album 'Tales of Grime 
and Grit'. It is also deliciously simple, so it is easy to master!.

Standard Tuning, Capo 2.

Chords used:

C  - X32010
C6 - X02010
C7 - X32310
F  - XX3211
G  - 320033
Am - X02210

Intro: C C6 C C C6 C

Verse (1):

CI (x32010@1)know there's a party out there,
              FSomewhere (133211@1)for crashers and burners to let down their hair,
    GThe (320003@1)red eye reduction is failing production,
    CThere's (x32010@1)smoke shadows everywhere.
    CI (x32010@1)could go along for a while,
               FAnd (133211@1)talk to my friends and their friends and their friends and that smile,
     GIt's (320003@1)not that I'm better, or cooler, or clever,
     C (x32010@1)                   C7In (x32310@1)fact I'm a geek without style.

Chorus:

FThe (133211@1)ashtrays are empty, there's shandies aplenty,
  G (320003@1)                      AmI (x02210@1)wish I was more rock and roll.
       G (320003@1)But my eyes are adrift as my mind wanders off, 
       F (133211@1)                   CInto (x32010@1)visions of blankets and coal.
     F (133211@1)                                                   GThe (320003@1)sun sets for reasons it's tired and it's pleasing itself,
               AmWhat (x02210@1)an ideal life.
      G (320003@1)              
I may look the part but I know in my heart,
         F (133211@1)                     CThat (x32010@1)I'd rather be home with the wife.

Verse (2):

CThe (x32010@1)girls hang on necks of the boys,
                 FThe (133211@1)boys act all coy with their beer and their cigarettes of joy,
   GIt (320003@1)takes me way back to a time when I'd stay when I'm young,
                  CAnd (x32010@1)that was just yesterday.
        CThere's (x32010@1)nothing wrong with the affair,
                  FIt's (133211@1)just that my hair is all tangled in need of repair,
   GI (320003@1)may get some glasses and sell backstage passes
    C (x32010@1)                         C7To (x32310@1)those who can deal with the noise.

Chorus

Bridge:

C (x32010@1)              F (133211@1)                   CLa (x32010@1)la la lai la lai, la la lai lai la lai,
                G (320003@1)                    CLa (x32010@1)la la lai la lai, la la lai lai la lai.
                F (133211@1)                    GLa (320003@1)la la lai la lai, la la lai lai la lai,
                AmLa (x02210@1)la la lai la lai,

Chorus:

GOh (320003@1)I may look the part but I know in my heart 
         F (133211@1)                     C (x32010@1)That I'd rather be home with the wife.

Bridge:

F (133211@1)                                         GLa (320003@1)la la lai lai lai, la la lai, la la lai lai, la la la lai lai,
                  AmLa (x02210@1)la lai lai lai lai,

Chorus:

GOh (320003@1)I may look the part but I know in my heart
          F (133211@1)                      CThat (x32010@1)I'd rather be home with the wife. x3