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Key: C majorDifficulty: Easy
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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She came from Greece
she had a thirst for knowledge
She studied sculpture
at Saint Martin's College
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That's where I
Caught her eye
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She told me that her Dad was loaded
I said "In that case
I'll have a rum and Coca Cola"
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She said "Fine"
And then in thirty seconds time she said
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I wanna live like common people
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I wanna do whatever common people do
Wanna sleep with common people
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I wanna sleep with common people
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Like you
What else could I do
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I said "I'll, I'll see what I can do"
Verse 2
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I took her to a supermarket
I don't know why
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But I had to start it somewhere
So it started there
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I said, "Pretend you've got no money"
She just laughed and said "Oh you're so funny"
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I said "Yeah?
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Well I can't see anyone else smiling in here?
Are you sure"
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You wanna live like common people
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You wanna see whatever common people see
Wanna sleep with common people
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You wanna sleep with common people
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Like me
But she didn't undestand
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She just smiled and held my hand
Pre-chorus 1
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Rent a flat above a shop
Cut your hair and get a job
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Smoke some fags and play some pool
Pretend you never went to school
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But still you'll never get it right
'Cause when you're laid in bed at night
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Watching roaches climb the wall
Chorus 1
If you called your Dad he could stop it all, yeah
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You'll never live like common people
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You'll never do whatever common people do
Never fail like common people
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You'll never watch your life slide out of view
And then dance and drink and screw
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Because there's nothing else to do
Interlude 1
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Bridge 1
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Sing along with the common people
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Sing along and it might just get you through
Laugh along with the common people
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Laugh along even though
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they're laughing at you
And the stupid things that you do
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Because you think that poor is cool
Verse 3
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Like a dog lying in a corner
They will bite you and never warn you
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Look out,
they'll tear your insides out
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'Cause everybody hates a tourist
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Especially one who thinks it's all such a laugh
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Yeah and the chip stains and grease
Will come out in the bath
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You will never understand
How it feels to live your life
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With no meaning or control
And with nowhere left to go
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You are amazed that they exist
And they burn so bright
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Whilst you can only wonder why
Pre-chorus 2
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Rent a flat above a shop
Cut your hair and get a job
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Smoke some fags and play some pool
Pretend you never went to school
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But still you'll never get it right
'Cause when you're laid in bed at night
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Watching roaches climb the wall
Chorus 2
If you called your Dad he could stop it all, yeah
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Never live like common people
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Never do what common people do
Never fail like common people
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You'll never watch your life slide out of view
And then dance and drink and screw
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Because there's nothing else to do
Outro 1
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Wanna live with common people like you
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Wanna live with common people like you
Wanna live with common people like you
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Wanna live with common people like you
Wanna live with common people like you
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Wanna live with common people like you
Wanna live with common people like you
Oh, la la la la
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Oh, la la la la
Oh, la la la la
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Oh, la la la la la la
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Oh yeah

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