[Verse - Just bass drum on 1 and 3 - Csus4 follows melody] [C] She came from Greece she had a [Csus4]thirst [C]for [Csus4]know [C]ledge She studies sculpture at St. [Csus4]Mar [C]tins [Csus4]Col [C]lege ... That's where [G7add7-353463, G7-353433] I ... [Pattern - G7add7 .... G7-G7add7 G7-G7add7] ..............caught her eye [C] ......... She told me that her [Csus4]dad [C]was [Csus4]loa [C]ded I said "In that case, I'll have a [Csus4]rum [C]and coca-[Csus4]cola" .. [C]She said [G7add7 ] "fine" and in a thirty seconds time she said
[Chorus - Bass drum on 1 and 3] [F] "I want to live like common people I want to do whatever common people do [C] I want to sleep with common people I want to sleep with common people like [G] you" .... Well, what else could I do? I said "I'll see what I can do" [C]
[Vamp - Gentle drums - String slap for snare] [C]
[Verse - Straight chords - don't follow melody - downstrokes predominantly] [C] I took her to a supermarket I don't know why but I had to start it some [G] where - so it started there ........ [C] I said "Pretend you've got no money" She just laughed and said "Oh, you're so funny" I said [G] "Yeah, well I can't see someone else smiling in here Are you sure
[Chorus - Downstrokes] [F] you want to live like common people You want to see whatever common people [C] see - You want to sleep with common people You want to sleep with common people like [G] me" But she didn't understand, she just smiled and held my [C] hand
[Bridge - bit more drums - vocals double - Downstrokes] Rent a [C] flat above your shop, cut your hair and get a job Smoke some [G] fags and play some pool, pretend you never went to school But still, you'll [C] never get it right, 'cos when you're laid in bed at night watching [G] roaches climb the wall, if you called [############Stop - Scroll #################] your dad he could stop it all
[Chorus - Downstrokes] [F] You'll never live like common people You'll never do whatever common people [C] do - You'll never fail like common people You'll never watch your life slide out of [G] view And dance and drink and screw because there's nothing else to [C] do
[Instrumental - Keyboard Riff - Starts to speed up here - start to strum up and down] [C][G] [C][G] (1&2 3&4, 1&2 3&4 1 2 3 4 1&2&3&4)
[Chorus] [F] Sing along with the common people, Sing along and it might just get you [C] thru - Laugh along with the common people Laugh along even though they are laughing at [G] you And the stupid things that you do Because you think that poor is [C] cool
[Outro] [C] I want to live with common people like you I want to live with common people like you I want to live with common people like you I want to live with common people like you I want to live with common people like you I want to live with common people like you Yeh ooh - la la la - Yeah eh - la la la-la-la Yeh ooh - la la la - Yeah eh - la la la-la-la Yeh ooh - la la la - Yeah eh - la la la-la-la Oh Yeah [End]
[Keyboard Riff] E -3----1-0---7----5-3-- B -1----1-1---0----0-0-- G -0----0-0---0----0-0-- D -2----2-2---0----0-0-- A -3----3-3---x----x-x-- E ------------3----3-3--
[Intro - BPM - 120 - count 1234 as eighth notes - Just snare] [B]xxx - xxxx - xxxx - xxxx (snare pickup - then full drums - NOTE no G#m and F# before the E) I am the one and only [E]xxx - xxxx - [G#m]x[G#m]x - [F#][F#][F#] oh yeah [B]
(full drums in - Badd6 then to B - x24444) [B]xxx - xxxx - [F#]xxx - [G#m]xxx (same pattern as previous) [E][E]x[E] - [E]xxx - [G#m]x[G#m]x - [F#][F#][F#][B] (A is on snare) xx[A]x - xxxx - xxxx - xxxx Oh yeah!
[Verse 1 - B is passing chord - downstrokes chuggy - all changes on straight bass drum] [G#m]Call me, call me by [B]my Name [E] or call me by [B] my num [C#m] ber ... [B]Put me through it ..... [E] I'll still be doing it the [F#]way I do it [Bm]And yet you try to make [D]me [G]forget Who I real [D] ly [Em]am don't [D]tell me I'd know best [G] I'm not the [A] same as all the rest [B]
[Chorus - Do the Badd6 line] [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] .... No [G#m]body I'd [F#]rather [B]be [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] ....... You can't take [G#m]that a [F#]way from [B]me [A]
[Vamp - 1 bar][A]
[Verse 2] [G#m]I've been a player in [B] the crowd [E] scene A flicker on [B]the [C#m]big screen ... My [B]soul embraces [E]one more in a [F#]million faces Hi [Bm] igh hopes and aspi [D]rations, [G] ideas above my [D]station, may [Em] be but [D]all this time I tried [G] to walk with [A]dignity and [B]pride
[Chorus] [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] .... No [G#m]body I'd [F#]rather [B]be [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] ....... You can't take [G#m]that a [F#]way from [B]me [A]
[Bridge - Each chord is emphasised on snare] [A] I can't wear this uni [F#m] form - Without some compromises [G] Because you'll find out that we come [Em] In different shapes and sizes
[Short Verse 3] [Am]No one can be myself [C]like [F]I can For this job I'm [C]the [Dm]best man And [C] while this maybe true [F] you are the [G] one and only [A]you!
[NO VOCALS FOR THIS BIT - Words are there to help follow changes Key change down - Guitar solo, or Chorus in A] [A] I am the [E]one and [F#m]only [D] No [F#m]body I'd [E]rather [A]be [A] I am the [E]one and [F#m]only [D] You can't take [F#m]that a [E]way from......
[Chorus] [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] .... No [G#m]body I'd [F#]rather [B]be [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] ....... You can't take [G#m]that a [F#]way from [B]me
