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Common people Pulp
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
Page (http://ns.ph.liv.ac.uk:80/~mbs/plp/pulp_home/) - thanks to Martin Smith.
intro: C Csus4 C
[C]She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge
She studies sculpture at St. Martins College
ThatŽs where I caught[G] her eye
[C]She told me that her dad was loaded
I said "In that case IŽll have a rum and coca-cola"
She said "fine" an[G]d in a thirty seconds time she said
[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]
Well what else could I do?, I said "IŽll see what I can do"[C]
[C]I took her to a supermarket
I donŽt know why but I had to start it somewhere - so it started the[G]re
[C]I said "Pretend youŽve got no money"
She just laughed and said "Oh, youŽre so funny"
I said "Yeah,[G] well I canŽt see someone else smiling in here
Are you sure you wan[F]t 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 didnŽt understand, she just smiled and held my hand[C]
Rent a flat a[C]bove your shop, cut you hair and get a job
Smoke some fags and play[G] some pool, prentend you never went to school
But still youŽll never get[C] it right, Žcos when youŽre laid in bed at night
watching roaches clim[G]b the wall, if you called your dad he could stop it all
[F]YouŽll never live like common people
YouŽll never do whatever common people do[C]
YouŽll never fail like common people
YouŽll never watch your life slide out of view[G]
And dance and drink and screw because thereŽs nothing else to do[C]
[C] [G] [C] [G] [F]Sing along with the common people,
Sing along and it might just get you thruŽ[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]Like a dog lying in a corner they will bite you and never warn you
look out,[G] theyŽll tear you insides out
[C]ŽCos everybody hates a tourist especially one who thinks that itŽs all
Such a laugh[G]
and the chip stains and grease will come out in the bath
you will never [F]understand how it feels to live your life
With no meaning or c[C]ontrol and with nowhere left to go
You are amazed tha[G]t they exist and they burn so bright
Whilst you can only wonder why[C]
Rent a flat a[C]bove your shop, cut you hair and get a job
Smoke some fags and play[G] some pool, prentend you never went to school
But still youŽll never get[C] it right, Žcos when youŽre laid in bed at night
watching roaches clim[G]b the wall, if you called your dad he could stop it all
[F]YouŽll never live like common people
YouŽll never do whatever common people do[C]
YouŽll never fail like common people
YouŽll never watch your life slide out of view[G]
And dance and drink and screw because thereŽs nothing else to do[C]
I want to live with common people like you
I want to live with common people like you
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