Common People Chords by William Shatner

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_ _ _ _ _ _ She [Fm] came from Greece.
She had a [C] thirst for knowledge.
She studied sculpture at St.
[G] Martin's College.
That's where I_
_ _ _ _ _ [C]
She told me that her dad was loaded.
I said, in that case, I'll have a rum and [G] Coca-Cola.
She said, fine.
[C] And in 30 seconds time, she [F] said,
I want to live like common people.
I want to do [C] whatever common people do.
I want to sleep with common people.
I want to sleep with [G] common people like you.
_ Well, what else could I do?
I said, I'll see [C] what I can do. _ _ _ _ _ _
I took her to a supermarket.
I don't know why, but I had to start it somewhere.
[G] _
So it started there.
_ _ _ _ [C]
I said, pretend you've got no money.
She just laughed and [G] said, oh, you're so funny.
I said, yeah?
Well, I can't see anyone else smiling in here.
[F] Are you sure?
You want to live like common people?
You want to see whatever [C] common people see?
You want to sleep with common people?
You want to sleep with common [G] people like me?
But she didn't understand.
She just smiled [C] and held my hand.
Grab some plants above a shop.
Cut your hair and get a job.
[G] Smudge some splats and play some pool.
Pretend you never went to school.
[C] Still, you'll never get it right.
When you're lying in bed at night,
[G] watching roaches climb the wall.
If you called your daddy, he could stop it [F] all.
You'll never live like common people.
You'll never do whatever common [C] people do.
You'll never fail like common people.
You'll never watch your life [G] slide out of view
and dance and drink and screw.
Because there's nothing else [C] to do. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Sing along with the common people.
Sing along and it might just get you [C] through. _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Do the stupid things that you do
because you think that war is [C] cool. _
_ Like a dog lying in a corner,
they'll bite you and never warn you.
[G] Look out.
They'll tear your insides out
because everybody _ hates a tourist.
Especially one who thinks they sold such a law.
Yeah, and the chip stays grease.
Look him up in the back.
You [F] will never understand
how it feels to live [C] your life
with no meaning or control.
And with nowhere left to go,
you're [G] amazed that they exist.
And they burst on bright slides
like you [C] barely once arrived. _ _ _ _
When the best bumbers shop,
cut your hair and get a job,
[G] smoke some fat and race a bull.
But then you never went to school.
But [C] still you'll never get it right
because when you wait in bed at night
[G] watching roaches climb the wall,
and you called your dad, he [F] could stop it all.
Yeah.
You'll never live like common people.
You'll never do what [C] common people do.
You'll never fail like common people.
You'll never watch your life [G] slide out of view.
And dance and drink and screw
because there's nothing else [C] to do. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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