[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]
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[Verse 1] [Am] Is it getting better [D] [F] Or do you feel the s [G] ame [Am] Will it make it eas [D] ier on you now [F] you got someone to [G] blame
[Chorus] You say, [C] one love, [Am] one life [F] When it's one need [C] , in the night [C] One love [Am] , we get to share it, [F] It leaves you baby if you [C] don't care for it
[Instrumental - Drums in] [Am][D][F][G]
[Verse 2] [Am] Did I disa [D] point you? [F] Or leave a bad taste in your [G] mouth? [Am] You act like you never [D] had love [F] And you want me to go with [G] out
[Chorus] Well it's [C] too late, [Am] tonight [F] To drag the past out in [C] -to the light [C] We're one, but we're [Am] not the same We get to [F] carry each other, car [C] ry each other O [Am] ne ... [D] ..... [F] ..... [G] .....
[Verse 3] [Am] Have you come here for for [D]giveness [F] Have you come to raise [G] the dead [Am] Have you come here to play [D] Jesus [F] To the lepers in your [G] head
[Chorus] [C] Did I ask too much [Am] More than a lot [F] You gave me nothing Now it's [C] all I got [C] We're one, but we're [Am] not the same Well we, [F] hurt each other, then we [C] do it again
[Bridge] You say, [C] love is a temple, [Am] love's a higher law [C] Love is a temple, [Am] love's a higher law You [C] ask me to enter, but [G] then you make me crawl And [G] I can't be holding o [F] To what you got [F] , when all you got is [C] hurt
[Chorus] One [C] love, [Am] One blood [F] One life, you got to [C] do what you should [C] One life [Am] , with each other [F] Sisters, [C] brothers [C] One life, but we're [Am] not the same We get to [F] carry each other, car [C] ry each other [C] One, [Am] O [F] ne [C]
[Outro] [C][Am][F][C] x4
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