[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] [Bm] High tide, [F#m/A] Mid-afternoon, [Em7] People fly by__ [Em7b5] In the [Bm] traffic's boom, [Bm] Knowing, Just where your [F#m/A] blowin, [Em7] Getting to where, [Em7b5] you should be [Bm] going.
[Verse 2] [Bm] Don't let, them_ [F#m/A] _ get you down, [Em7] Making you feel, [Em7b5][Bm] guilty about, [Bm] Golden rain will bring [F#m/A] you riches, [Em7] All the good things, [Em7b5][Bm] you deserve now.
[Chorus 1] [Bm] Climbing, For [F#m/A] ever__ trying, [Em7] Find your way out, [Em7b5] of the [Bm] wild wild wood, [Bm] Now there's, no__ [F#m/A] justice, [Em7] You've only yourself, [Em7b5] that you can [Bm] trust in,
[Verse 3] [(Bm)] And I said, [Bm] High tide, [F#m/A] Mid-afternoon, [Em7] People fly by__ [Em7b5] In the [Bm] traffic's boom, [Bm] Knowing, Just where [F#m/A] your blowin, [Em7] Getting to where, [Em7b5] you should be [Bm] going.
[Verse 4] [Bm] Day by day, your [F#m/A] world fades away, [Em7] Waiting to Feel, [Em7b5] all the [Bm] dreams that say, [Bm] Golden rain will bring [F#m/A] you riches, [Em7] All the good things, [Em7b5][Bm] you deserve now,
[Chorus 2] [(Bm)] And I said [Bm] climbing, Forever__ [F#m/A] trying, You're gonna [Em7] find your way out, [Em7b5] of the [Bm] wild wild wood, [(Bm)] Said your gonna [Em7] find your way out, [Em7b5] of the [Bm] wild wild wood.