[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--
[BPM 81 - Intro - No drums - Fmaj7 Riff] [C][Fmaj7+riff][C][Fmaj7] - straight quarter note strums drums in - don't play riff second time
[Verse 1 - Drums in - Big fill flat of hand on main body - don't play final riff of intro] [C] Slip inside the [G] eye of your mind [Am] Don't you [E7] know you might [F] find ...... [G] A better place to [C] play [Am][G]
[Verse 2] [C] You said that [G] you'd never been [Am] But all the [E7] things that you've [F] seen .... [G] Slowly fade a [C] way [Am][G]
[Prechorus] [F] Gonna start a revo [Fm] lution from my [C] bed Cos you [F] said the brains I [Fm] have went to my [C] head
[F] Step outside the [Fm] summertime's in [C] bloom (drums - backward beat S B S B) [G] Stand up beside the fireplace [E7] Take that look from off your face (normal beat) [Am] Cos you ain't ever [G] going to burn my [F] heart ou.... [G] out [Vamp on G - Big fills thumb and chords at same time - play quarter notes on bass drum throughout]
[Chorus] [C] So [G] Sally can [Am] wait, she [E7] knows it's too [F] late As we're [G] walking on [C] by [Am][G] Her [C]soul [G] slides a [Am] way [E7] but don't look [F] back in anger [G] I heard you [C] say [Am][G]
[Instrumental] C G Am E7 F G C Am-G
[Verse 3] [C] Take me to the [G] place where you [Am] go Where no [E7] body knows [F] .... [G] If it's night or day [C][Am][G] [C] Please don't put your [G] life in the [Am] hands Of a [E7] Rock and Roll [F] band .... [G] Who'll throw it all [C] away [Am][G]
[Prechorus] [F] Gonna start a revo [Fm] lution from my [C] bed Cos you [F] said the brains I [Fm] have went to my [C] head [F] Step outside the [Fm] summertime's in [C] bloom (backward beat) [G] Stand up beside the fireplace [E7] Take that look from off your face (normal beat) [Am] Cos you ain't ever [G] going to burn my [F] heart ou... [G]..outX
[Vamp on G - with drum fills] (drums - leave open strings of G ringing - play r/h bottom of board) (l/h - top of board near submarine pickup)
[Chorus] [C] So [G] Sally can [Am] wait, she [E7] knows it's too [F] late As we're [G] walking on [C] by [Am][G] Her [C]soul [G] slides a [Am] way [E7] but don't look [F] back in anger [G] I heard you [C] say [Am][G]
[Chorus] [C] So [G] Sally can [Am] wait, she [E7] knows it's too [F] late As we're [G] walking on [C] by [Am][G] Her [C]soul [G] slides a [Am] way [E7] but don't look [F] back in anger [G] I heard you [C] say [Am][G]
[C] So [G] Sally can [Am] wait, she [E7] knows it's too [F] late As we're [G] walking on [C] by [Am][G] Her [C] soul [G] slides a [Am] way, [Stop]
But don't look [F] back in anger Dont look [Fm] back in anger I heard you [C] say
[G][Am][E7][F][Fm] At least not to [C] day [End]
[Notes] [Fmaj7 Riff] E 0-0-0 B 1-1-1 G x-x-0 D 2-3-3 on D string finger 2 with 2nd finger, 3 with 3rd finger - G is sort of naturally muted