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The chords to this song are straightforward - chord change every two bars
and there's only three chords in it. The keyboards on the recording play
the melody line throughout (at least when you can hear it in the quiet
bits) and you can mimic this on the guitar by hammering a sus4 on each of the
chords. The biggest problem in playing this song is that it varies in
speed as it meanders through Jarvis' moods. Lyrics are from the New Pulp Home
intro DO DOsus4 DO
DO
She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge
She studies sculpture at St. Martins College
SOL
That´s where I caught her eye
DO
She told me that her dad was loaded
I said "In that case I´ll have a rum and coca-cola"
SOL
She said "fine" and in a thirty seconds time she said
FA
"I want to live like common people
DO
I want to do whatever common people do
I want to sleep with common people
SOL
I want to sleep with common people like you"
DO
Well what else could I do?, I said "I´ll see what I can do"
DO
I took her to a supermarket
SOL
I don´t know why but I had to start it somewhere - so it started there
DO
I said "Pretend you´ve got no money"
She just laughed and said "Oh, you´re so funny"
SOL
I said "Yeah, well I can´t see someone else smiling in here
FA
Are you sure you want to live like common people
DO
You want to see whatever common people see
You want to sleep with common people
SOL
You want to sleep with common people like me
DO
But she didn´t understand, she just smiled and held my hand
DO
Rent a flat above your shop, cut you hair and get a job
SOL
Smoke some fags and play some pool, prentend you never went to school
DO
But still you´ll never get it right, ´cos when you´re laid in bed at night
SOL
watching roaches climb the wall, if you called your dad he could stop it all
FA
You´ll never live like common people
DO
You´ll never do whatever common people do
You´ll never fail like common people
SOL
You´ll never watch your life slide out of view
DO
And dance and drink and screw because there´s nothing else to do
DO SOL
DO SOL
FA
Sing along with the common people,
DO
Sing along and it might just get you thru´
Laugh along with the common people
SOL
Laugh along even though they are laughing at you
And the stupid things that you do
DO
Because you think that poor is cool
DO
Like a dog lying in a corner they will bite you and never warn you
SOL
look out, they´ll tear you insides out
DO
´Cos everybody hates a tourist especially one who thinks that it´s all
SOL
Such a laugh
and the chip stains and grease will come out in the bath
FA
you will never understand how it feels to live your life
DO
With no meaning or control and with nowhere left to go
SOL
You are amazed that they exist and they burn so bright
DO
Whilst you can only wonder why
DO
Rent a flat above your shop, cut you hair and get a job
SOL
Smoke some fags and play some pool, prentend you never went to school
DO
But still you´ll never get it right, ´cos when you´re laid in bed at night
SOL
watching roaches climb the wall, if you called your dad he could stop it all
FA
You´ll never live like common people
DO
You´ll never do whatever common people do
You´ll never fail like common people
SOL
You´ll never watch your life slide out of view
DO
And dance and drink and screw because there´s nothing else to do
I want to live with common people like you
I want to live with common people like you
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