Chords for DAVID RUFFIN -"COMMON MAN" (1973)

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_ [E] I have dreamed the dream of every common man, _ [F#m] hoping for rise to the top. _
_ [E] I have sworn by my blood as your man, my love, [F#m] that one day, I promise one day your heart
will make you stop.
[E] But I've never, never, never, [G#m] never changed. _
[A] I've never changed one [Am] single grain of sand.
_ [E] _ Thanks to you [A] baby, _ for just [E] loving a common man.
I want to thank you this evening honey.
Oh, [G#m] _ I thought, I thought that I'd found you soon.
[F#m] But that's when you turned around and looked me in my eyes, and you let me know.
[E] You said, and you said [F#m] it softly, [E] I didn't have to worry about being a common man.
[A] You said, David, you don't have to worry about [F#m] rising to the top.
[E] You said, you said, you said, I didn't have to swear by my [A] blood.
But oh baby, that one day your heartache would stop.
[E] Then you put your arms around me and [G#m] you said, you never, never, never, never [A] cared.
If I'd never [Am] changed one single grain of sand, [E] you said, I love you baby.
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[E] For just being a common man.
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[E] For my gratitude, just [A] keep on growing.
Yeah, [E] for recognizing me.
[A] I thank you baby.
Yeah, [E] for respecting me.
Yeah, [A] I won't make you late.
[E] And I'm tired of me.
[A] Oh, I thank you baby.
[E] For my gratitude.
_ [A] For respecting me baby.
[F#m] For just [E] being a common man.
Oh, [A] I want to thank you baby. _
[F#m] [E] For every time we meet.
[A] I want to thank you for respecting [E] me.
Every time I worry.
[A] I want to thank you for calming my trauma.
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