[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 116 - No drums] (Pattern for C to G bit - [C]xx[Csus4] x[C]x[G][G]xxx [G]xxxx)
[C][Csus4][C][G] x3 (snare roll) [F][G]
[Verse 1] This bed is on [C] fire with [Csus4] passion [C] ate [G] love The neighbours com [C] plain about the [Csus4] noises [C] a- [G] bove But she only [C] comes when [Csus4] she's [C] on [G] top (snare roll) [F][G]
[Verse 2] My therapist [C] said not to [Csus4] see you [C] no [G] more She said you're like a di [C] sease with [Csus4] out [C] any [G] cure She said I'm so ob [C] sessed that I'm [Csus4] becom- [C] ing a [G] bore, oh no [F] (drum roll) Ah, you think you're so [G] pretty
[Verse 3] [C] Caught your [Csus4] hand ins [C] ide the [G] till Slammed your fingers in the [C] door [C] Fought [Csus4] with kitchen [C] knives and [G] skewers [C] Dressed me [Csus4] up in [C] women's [G] clothes Messed around with gender [F] (drum roll) roles Line my eyes and call me [G] pretty
[Verse 4] Moved out of the [C] house, so you [Csus4] moved [C] next [G] door I locked you [C] out, you cut a [Csus4] hole [C] in the [G] wall I found you sleeping [C] next to me, I [Csus4] thought I [C] was [G] alone You're driving me [F] (drum roll) crazy, when are you coming [G] home