strumming is constant down stroke :)

capo: 3rd fret

[Verse]

She came from 

Greece she had

 a thirst for 

knowledge
              
She studied sc

              
ulpture at Sai

              
nt Martin's Co

              
llege, that's 

      
where I caught

 her eye. 

She told me th

at her Dad was

 loaded

I said in that case I'll have a rum and coca-cola. 
             
She said fine 

              
and in thirty 

              
seconds time s

         
he said, I wan

t to live like

 common people
              
I want to do w

              
hatever common

           
 people do, I 

want to sleep 

with common pe

ople

[Chorus]
              
I want to slee

              
p with common 

             
people like yo

u. 

Well what else could I do - I said I'll see what I can do. 

[Verse]

I took her to 

a supermarket
              
I don't know w

              
hy but I had t

              
o start it som

      
ewhere, it sta

rted there. 

I said pretend

 you've got no

 money, she ju

st laughed and

 said oh you'r

e so funny. 
          
I said yeah? W

ell I can't se

e anyone else 

smiling in her

e. 

[Chorus]
              
Are you sure y


ou want to liv

e like common 

people

You want to see whatever common people see

You want to sl

eep with commo

n people, 

you want to sleep with common people like me. 

But she didn't

 understand, s

he just smiled

 and held my h

and. 

[Bridge]

Rent a flat ab

ove a shop, cu

t your hair an

d get a job. 
            
Smoke some fag

s and play som

e pool, preten

d you never we

nt to school. 

still you'll n

ever get it ri

ght 
              
'cos when you'

              
re laid in bed

              
 at night watc

       
hing roaches c

limb the wall 

If you call your Dad he could stop it all. 

[Chorus]

You'll never l

ive like commo

n people

You'll never do what common people do

You'll never f

ail like commo

n people
              
You'll never w

              
atch your life

              
 slide out of 

   
view, and danc

e and drink an

d screw 

Because there's nothing else to do. 

Sing along wit

h the common p

eople, sing al

ong and it mig

ht just get yo

u thru'

Laugh along wi

th the common 

people
              
Laugh along ev

              
en though they

              
're laughing a

   
t you and the 

stupid things 

that you do. 

Because you think that poor is cool. 

I want to live

 with common p

eople 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 youuu

La La La

Oh youuu

La La La

Oh youu