Common People
Pulp
Intro:
[C] [C]
Verse 1:
[C] She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge
She studied sculpture at St. Martins College
That’s where [G] I... caught her eye [G]
[C] She told me that her dad was loaded
I said "In that case I’ll have a rum and cola"
She said [G] "Fine"... and then in thirty seconds time, she said
|Chorus 1:
|[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 you" [G]
|What else could I do... I said "Oh... I’ll see what I can do" [C]
Verse 2:
[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 anyone else smiling in here (are you sure...)
|Chorus 2:
|[F] You want to live like common people
|You want to see whatever common people see [C]
|You want to sleep with common people
|You want to sleep with... common people like me [G]
|But she didn’t... understand... she just smiled and held my [C] hand
Bridge (Stronger Strum):
Rent a flat above a shop... cut you 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 your dad he could stop it all yeah
|Chorus 3:
|[F] You’ll never live like common people
|You’ll never do whatever common people do [C]
|You’ll never fail like common people You’ll never watch your life slide out of view [G]
|And dance, and drink, and screw, because there’s nothing else to [C] do
Instrumental & La La la's:
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[G-G-G] [G-G-G] [G-G-G] [G-G-G] [G] [G] [G] [G] [G/////////]
|Chorus 4:
|[F]Sing along with the common people, Sing along and it might just get you through [C]
|Laugh along with the common people
|Laugh along even though they are laughing at you [G]
|And the stupid things that you do Because you think that poor is cool [C]
[C] I wanna live with... common people like you x6
[Outro]
[C] Oooh la-la-la-la, oooh la-la-la-la, oooh la-la-la-la, oh [C] yeah!