Common People - Pulp

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Hi guys - here's the chords for Common People by Pulp :-

    COMMON PEOPLE by PULP from the album 'Different Class'
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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]
  


[Verse]

She came from 

Greece she had

 a thirst for 

knowledge

She studies sculpture at St. Martins College
              
That's where I

       
 caught her ey

e

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 a thi

rty seconds ti

me she said


[Chorus]

"I want to liv

e like common 

people
              
I want to do w

              
hatever common

           
 people do

I want to sleep with common people
              
I want to slee

              
p with common 

              
people like yo

   
u"
              
Well, what els

              
e could I do? 

              
I said "I'll s

              
ee 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 - so it

            
 started there

I said "Preten

d you've got n

o money"

She just laughed and said "Oh, you're so funny"
             
I said "Yeah, 

well I can't s

ee someone els

e smiling in h

ere


[Chorus]
              
Are you sure y

      
ou want to liv

e like common 

people
              
You want to se

              
e whatever com

               
mon people see

You want to sleep with common people
              
You want to sl

              
eep with commo

              
n people like 

   
me"
              
But she didn't

              
 understand, s

              
he just smiled

              
 and held my h

    
and


[Bridge]
             
Rent a flat ab

ove your shop,

 cut your hair

 and get a job
              
Smoke some fag

          
s and play som

e pool, preten

d you never we

nt to school
              
But still, you

             
'll never get 

it right, 'cos

 when you're l

aid in bed at 

night
              
watching roach

       
es climb the w

all, if you ca

lled your dad 

he could stop 

it all


[Chorus]

You'll never l

ive like commo

n people
              
You'll never d

              
o whatever com

              
mon people do

You'll never fail like common people
              
You'll never w

              
atch your life

              
 slide out of 

     
view
              
And dance and 

              
drink and scre

              
w because ther

              
e's nothing el

         
se to do


[Instrumental]
  
  


[Chorus]

Sing along wit

h the common p

eople,
              
Sing along and

              
 it might just

              
 get you thru

Laugh along with the common people
              
Laugh along ev

              
en though they

              
 are laughing 

       
at you

And the stupid things that you do
              
Because you th

              
ink that poor 

        
is cool


[Verse]

Like a dog lyi

ng in a corner

, they will bi

te you and nev

er warn you
         
look out, they

'll tear your 

insides out

'Cos everybody

 hates a touri

st especially 

one who thinks

 that it's all
              
Such a laugh

 

and the chip stains and grease will come out in the bath

              
you will never

 
 understand ho

w it feels to 

live your life
              
With no meanin

      
g or control a

nd with nowher

e left to go
              
You are amazed

    
 that they exi

st and they bu

rn so bright
              
Whilst you can

              
 only wonder w

                  
hy


[Bridge]
             
Rent a flat ab

ove your shop,

 cut your hair

 and get a job
              
Smoke some fag

          
s and play som

e pool, preten

d you never we

nt to school
              
But still, you

             
'll never get 

it right, 'cos

 when you're l

aid in bed at 

night
              
watching roach

       
es climb the w

all, if you ca

lled your dad 

he could stop 

it all


[Chorus]

You'll never l

ive like commo

n people
              
You'll never d

              
o whatever com

              
mon people do

You'll never fail like common people
              
You'll never w

              
atch your life

              
 slide out of 

     
view
              
And dance and 

              
drink and scre

              
w because ther

              
e's nothing el

         
se to do


I want to live with common people like you
I want to live with common people like you