{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":79870,"song":"Common People","artist":"Pulp","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11547811-common-people-chords-by-pulp/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/79870?type=chord","rating":4.87886,"votes":674,"content":"Hi guys - here's the chords for Common People by Pulp :-\r\n\r\n    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n\r\nThe chords to this song are straightforward - chord change every two bars\r\nand there's only three chords in it. The keyboards on the recording play\r\nthe melody line throughout (at least when you can hear it in the quiet\r\nbits) and you can mimic this on the guitar by hammering a sus4 on each of the\r\nchords. The biggest problem in playing this song is that it varies in\r\nspeed as it meanders through Jarvis' moods. Lyrics are from the New Pulp Home\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe studies sculpture at St. Martins College\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat's where I caught her eye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe told me that her dad was loaded[/tab]\r\n\r\nI said \"In that case, I'll have a rum and coca-cola\"\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe said \"fine\" and in a thirty seconds time she said[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"I want to live like common people[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI want to do whatever common people do[/tab]\r\n\r\nI want to sleep with common people\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI want to sleep with common people like you\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, what else could I do? I said \"I'll see what I can do\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI took her to a supermarket[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don't know why but I had to start it somewhere - so it started there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI said \"Pretend you've got no money\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe just laughed and said \"Oh, you're so funny\"\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI said \"Yeah, well I can't see someone else smiling in here[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAre you sure you want to live like common people[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou want to see whatever common people see[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou want to sleep with common people\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou want to sleep with common people like me\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut she didn't understand, she just smiled and held my hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRent a flat above your shop, cut your hair and get a job[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSmoke some fags and play some pool, pretend you never went to school[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut still, you'll never get it right, 'cos when you're laid in bed at night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwatching roaches climb the wall, if you called your dad he could stop it all[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou'll never live like common people[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou'll never do whatever common people do[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou'll never fail like common people\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou'll never watch your life slide out of view[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd dance and drink and screw because there's nothing else to do[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nSing along with the common people,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSing along and it might just get you thru[/tab]\r\n\r\nLaugh along with the common people\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLaugh along even though they are laughing at you[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd the stupid things that you do\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBecause you think that poor is cool[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike a dog lying in a corner, they will bite you and never warn you[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nlook out, they'll tear your insides out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cos everybody hates a tourist especially one who thinks that it's all[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSuch a laugh[/tab]\r\n\r\nand the chip stains and grease will come out in the bath\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nyou will never understand how it feels to live your life[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith no meaning or control and with nowhere left to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou are amazed that they exist and they burn so bright[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhilst you can only wonder why[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRent a flat above your shop, cut your hair and get a job[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSmoke some fags and play some pool, pretend you never went to school[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut still, you'll never get it right, 'cos when you're laid in bed at night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwatching roaches climb the wall, if you called your dad he could stop it all[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou'll never live like common people[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou'll never do whatever common people do[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou'll never fail like common people\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou'll never watch your life slide out of view[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd dance and drink and screw because there's nothing else to do[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nI want to live with common people like you\r\nI want to live with common people like you","plain_text":"Hi guys - here's the chords for Common People by Pulp :-\n\n    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nThe chords to this song are straightforward - chord change every two bars\nand there's only three chords in it. The keyboards on the recording play\nthe melody line throughout (at least when you can hear it in the quiet\nbits) and you can mimic this on the guitar by hammering a sus4 on each of the\nchords. The biggest problem in playing this song is that it varies in\nspeed as it meanders through Jarvis' moods. Lyrics are from the New Pulp Home\n\n\n[Intro]\nC Csus4 C\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\nShe studies sculpture at St. Martins College\n\n\n\nI said \"In that case, I'll have a rum and coca-cola\"\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nI want to sleep with common people\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\nShe just laughed and said \"Oh, you're so funny\"\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nYou want to sleep with common people\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nYou'll never fail like common people\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC  G\nC  G\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nLaugh along with the common people\n\n\nAnd the stupid things that you do\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\nand the chip stains and grease will come out in the bath\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nYou'll never fail like common people\n\n\n\n\nI want to live with common people like you\nI want to live with common people like you","chords":["C","Csus4","G","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}