[Intro]
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[Verse]
A#
She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge
She studies sculpture at St. Martins College
F
That’s where I caught her eye
A#
She told me that her dad was loaded
I said:In that case I’ll have a rum and coca-cola
F
She said fine, and in a thirty seconds time she said
[Chorus]
D#
I want to live like common people
A#
I want to do whatever common people do
I want to sleep with common people
F
I want to sleep with common people like you
Well what else could I do?,
A#
I said "I’ll see what I can do
[Verse]
A#
I took her to a supermarket
F
I don’t know why but I had to start it somewhere
so it started there
A#
I said "Pretend you’ve got no money"
She just laughed and said "Oh, you’re so funny"
F
I said Yeah, well I can’t see someone else smiling in here
[Chorus]
D#
Are you sure you want to live like common people
A#
You want to see whatever common people see
You want to sleep with common people
F
You want to sleep with common people like me
A#
But she didn’t understand, she just smiled and held my hand
[Bridge]
A#
Rent a flat above your shop, cut you hair and get a job
F
Smoke some fags and play some pool,
prentend you never went to school
A#
But still you’ll never get it right,
’cos when you’re laid in bed at night
F
watching roaches climb the wall,
if you called your dad he could stop it all
[Chorus]
D#
You’ll never live like common people
A#
You’ll never do whatever common people do
You’ll never fail like common people
F
You’ll never watch your life slide out of view
And dance and drink and screw
A#
because there’s nothing else to do
[Interlude]
A# F
A# F
[Chorus]
D#
Sing along with the common people,
A#
Sing along and it might just get you thru
Laugh along with the common people
F
Laugh along even though they are laughing at you
And the stupid things that you do
A#
Because you think that poor is cool
[Outro]
A#
I want to live with common people like you
A#
I want to live with common people like you
A#
I want to live with common people like you
A#
I want to live with common people like you
A#
I want to live with common people like you
A#
I want to live with common people like you
A#
La la la la, oh
A#
La la la la, oh
A#~
La la la la, oh you
[Intro]
A#
[Verse]
A#
She came from Greece she
had a thirst for knowledge
She studies sculpture at St. Martins College
F
That’s where
I caught her eye
A#
She told me that
her dad was loaded
I said:In that case I’ll have a rum and coca-cola
F
She said fine, and in a
thirty seconds time she said
[Chorus]
D#
I want to live like common people
I want to do whatever
A#
common people do
I want to sleep with common people
I want to sleep with
F
common people like you
Well what else could I do?,
I said "I’ll
A#
see what I can do
[Verse]
A#
I took her to a supermarket
I don’t know why but
F
I had to start it somewhere
so it started there
A#
I said "Pretend you’ve
got no money"
She just laughed and said "Oh, you’re so funny"
F
I said Yeah, well I can’t
see someone else smiling in here
[Chorus]
D#
Are you sure you want
to live like common people
You want to see whatever
A#
common people see
You want to sleep with common people
You want to sleep with
F
common people like me
But she didn’t understand,
A#
she just smiled and held my hand
[Bridge]
A#
Rent a flat above your shop,
cut you hair and get a job
F
Smoke some fags
and play some pool,
prentend you never went to school
A#
But still you’ll
never get it right,
’cos when you’re laid in bed at night
F
watching roaches climb the wall,
if you called your dad he could stop it all
[Chorus]
D#
You’ll never
live like common people
You’ll never do
A#
whatever common people do
You’ll never fail like common people
You’ll never watch
F
your life slide out of view
And dance and drink and screw
because there’s
A#
nothing else to do
[Interlude]
A# F
A# F
[Chorus]
D#
Sing along with the common people,
Sing along and it might
A#
just get you thru
Laugh along with the common people
Laugh along even though
F
they are laughing at you
And the stupid things that you do
Because you think
A#
that poor is cool
[Outro]
A#
I want to live with
common people like you
A#
I want to live with
common people like you
A#
I want to live with
common people like you
A#
I want to live with
common people like you
A#
I want to live with
common people like you
A#
I want to live with
common people like you
A#
La la la la, oh
A#
La la la la, oh
A#~
La la la la, oh you