[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--
[Verse 1] [G] husband don't know [Em] what he's done [G] kids don't know what's [Em] wrong with Mum [G] she can't say, [Em] they can't see [G] putting it down to a [Em] nother bad day [G] daddy don't know what he's [Em] done [G] kids don't know whats [Em] wrong with Mum
[Chorus] [G] this is how it feels to be [B7] lonely [Em] this is how it feels to be [C] small [G] this is how it feels when your [D] word means nothing at [G] all [D]
[Verse 2] [G] black car drives [Em] through the town [G] some guy from the [Em] top estate [G] left a note for a [Em] local girl [G] yet he had it [Em] all on a plate
[Chorus] [G] this is how it feels to be [B7] lonely [Em] this is how it feels to be [C] small [G] this is how it feels when your [D] word means nothing at [G] all [D]
[Verse 3] [G] husband don't know [Em] what he's done [G] kids don't know what's [Em] wrong with Mum [G] she can't say, [Em] they can't see [G] putting it down to a [Em] nother bad day
[Chorus] yeah, [G] this is how it feels to be [B7] lonely [Em] this is how it feels to be [C] small [G] this is how it feels when your [D] word means nothing at [G] all [D]
[Chorus] yeah, [G] this is how it feels to be [B7] lonely [Em] this is how it feels to be [C] small [G] this is how it feels when your [D] word means nothing at [G] all [D]
[Outro] [G][Em] Nothing at [G] all [Em] [G][Em] Nothing at [G] all [Em]
[End]
[Notes] [Intro] E --------------------- B ---4--4--4---4--4-4-- G --4--4------4--4----- D -4--4--4---6--6--6--- A --------------------- E ---------------------
