Category: Music

Verse

G	D	G	D

Chorus and Bridge

C	G	D	G 

[Intro] - C

[Verse 1]

She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge
She studied sculpture at Saint Martin's College
That's where I Caught her eye
She told me that her Dad was loaded
I said "In that case I'll have a rum and CocaCola", She said "Fine"
And then in thirty seconds time she said
 
[Chorus]

I wanna live like common people
I wanna do whatever common people do
Wanna sleep with common people
I wanna sleep with common people, Like you
What else could I do
I said "I'll see what I can do"
 
[Verse 2]

I took her to a supermarket
I don't know why, But I had to start it somewhere
So it started there
 I said, "pretend you've got no money"
She just laughed and said
"Oh you're so funny"
I said "Yeah?
Well I can't see anyone else smiling in here?
Are you sure"
 
[Chorus]

You wanna live like common People
You wanna do whatever common people do
Wanna sleep with common people 
Wanna sleep with common people like me
But she didn't understand
She just smiled and held my hand
 
[Verse 3]

Rent a flat above a shop
Cut your hair and get a job
Smoke some fags and play some pool
Pretend you never went to school
But still you'll never get it right
'Cause when you're laid in bed at night
Watching roaches climb the wall
If you called your Dad he could stop it all, yeah
 
[Chorus]

You'll never live like common people
You'll never do whatever common people do
Never fail like common people
You'll never watch your life slide out of view
And then dance and drink and screw
Because there's nothing else to do

[Solo]
C G C G

[Chorus]

Sing along with the common people
Sing along and it might just get you through
Laugh along with the common people
Laugh along even though they're laughing at you
And the stupid things that you do
Because you think that poor is cool
 
 
[Verse 4]

 Like a dog lying in a corner
They will bite you and never warn you
Look out, they'll tear your insides out
 'Cause everybody hates a tourist
Especially one who thinks it's all such a laugh
Yeah and the chip stain's grease
Will come out in the bath

[Bridge]

You will never understand
How it feels to live your life
With no meaning or control
And with nowhere left to go
You are amazed that they exist
And they burn so bright
Whilst you can only wonder why

[Verse 3]
 
[Chorus]

Never live like common people
Never do what common people do
Never fail like common people
Never watch your life slide out of view
And then dance and drink and screw
Because there's nothing else to do

[Outro]

 Wanna live with common people like you (x6)

Verse

D	-	G	-
A	-	A7	D
D	-	G	-
A	-	D	A

Chorus

D	-	G	-
D	-	A	-
D	- 	G	-
D	-	A	D 

INTRO: D, D, D, D
 
VERSE 1

If you should ask any girl from the parish a-round
What pleases her most from her head to her toes
She'll say: I'm not sure that it's business of yours
But I do like to waltz with a log driver, (for he goes)
 
CHORUS:

For he goes birling down, a-down white water
That's where the log driver learns to step lightly
It's birling down, a down white water
A log drivers waltz pleases girls com-pletely

VERSE 2

When the drive's nearly over, I like to go down
To see all the lads while they work on the river
I know that come evening they'll be in the town
And we all want to waltz with a log driver (for he goes)
 
(CHORUS)
 
VERSE 3

To please both my parents, I've had to give way
And dance with the doctors and merchants and lawyers
Their manners are fine, but their feet are of clay
For there's none with the style of a log driver (for he goes)
 
(CHORUS)
 
VERSE 4

I've had my chances with all sorts of men
But none is so fine as my lad on the river
So when the drive's over, if he asks me again
I think I will marry my log driver  (for he goes)
 
(CHORUS) X2

Verse

G	-	C	-
G	-	D	-
G	-	C	-
G	D	G	-

Chorus

C	-	-	-
G	-	-	-
C	-	-	-
A	-	D	-

[Intro]
G

[Verse 1]
Tumble outta bed 
And I stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of ambition
And yawn and stretch 
And try to come to life
Jump in the shower 
And the blood starts pumpin'
Out on the street 
The traffic starts jumpin'
The folks like me on the job from 9  to 5
 
[Chorus]
Workin' 9 to 5,
What a way to make a livin'
Barely  gettin' by
It's all takin' and no givin'
They just use your mind
And they never give you credit
It's enough to drive you crazy
If you let it
9 to 5, for service and devotion
You would  think that I
Would deserve a fat promotion
Want to move ahead
But the boss won't seem to let me
I swear sometimes that man is  out to get me
 
[Verse 2]
They let you dream
Just to watch 'em shatter
You're just a step
On the bossman's ladder
But you got dreams
He'll never take away
You're in the same boat
With a lotta your friends
Waitin' for the day your ship'll come in
'N' the tide's gonna turn
And it's all gonna roll your way
 
 
[Chorus]
Workin' 9 to 5
What a way to make a livin'
Barely  gettin' by
It's all takin' and no givin'
They just use your mind
And you never get the credit
It's enough to drive you crazy
If you let it
9 to 5, yeah
They got you where they want you
There's a  better life
And you think about it, don't you
It's a rich man's game
No matter what they call it
And you spend your life
Puttin' money in his wallet
 
 
[Outro (Fade Out)]
9 to 5, whoa
What a way to make a livin'
Barely gettin' by
It's all takin' and no givin'
They just use your mind
And then they never give you credit
It's enough to drive you crazy
If you let it
9 to 5, yeah
They got you where they want you
There's a better life
And you dream about it, don't you
It's a rich man's game
No matter what they call it
And you spend your life
Puttin' money in his wallet

Chorus and Outro

E7	A7	D	G

Verse 

G	C	G	C
G	C	G	C
A7	-	D	-
A7	-	D	-
G	C	G	C
A7	-	G	-

[Chorus]

Would you like to swing on a star,
Carry moonbeams home in a jar,
And be better off than you are?
Or would you rather be a mule?

[Verse 1]
A mule is an animal with long funny ears.
He kicks up at anything he hears.
His back is brawny but his brain is weak.

He's just plain stupid with a stubborn streak.
And by the way, if you hate to go to school,
You may grow up to be a mule.
 
[Chorus]
Or would you like to swing on a star,
Carry moonbeams home in a jar,
And be better off than you are?
Or would you rather be a pig?
 
[Verse 2]
A pig is an animal with dirt on his face.
His shoes are a terrible disgrace.
He has no manners when he eats his food.
He's fat and lazy and extremely rude.
But if you don't care a feather or a fig,
You may grow up to be a pig.
 
[Chorus]
Or would you like to swing on a star,
Carry moonbeams home in a jar,
And be better off than you are?
Or would you rather be a fish?
 
[Verse 3]
A fish won't do anything but swim in a brook.
He can't write his name or read a book.
To fool the people is his only thought,
and though he's slippery, he still gets caught.
But then if that sort of life is what you wish,
You may grow up to be a fish.
 
[Outro]
And all the monkeys aren't in the zoo;
Every day you meet quite a few.
So, you see, it's all up to you.
You can be better than you are.
You could be swingin' on a star!

Intro:  44, 30, 32, 23, 20, 23, 10, 12, 10, 23, 10, 10, 23

Verse

D	-	G	-
D	-	G	-
D	-	G	-
A	-	D	-

Chorus

F♯	-	G	-
A	-	D	-
F♯	-	G	-
D	-	A	-

{Strum A chord}

{Verse 1}
Come along with me
And the butterflies and bees
We can wonder through the forest
And do so as we please
Chorus

{Verse 2}
Come along with me
To a cliff under a tree
Where we can gaze upon the water 
As an everlasting dream

{Chorus}
All of my collections 
I’ll share them all with you 
Maybe by next summer 
We won’t have changed our tune

{Verse 3}
I still want to be 
With the butterflies and bees
Making up new numbers 
And living so merrily

{Chorus}
All of my collections 
I’ll share them all with you
I’ll be here for you always
And always be with you 

{Verse 1}
Come along with me 
And the butterflies and bees
We can wonder through the forest 
And do so as we please

{Outro}
Living so merrily (G, A, D)

Verse and Interlude

C	-	F	C
C	-	F	C
F	- 	C	A7
D7	G7	C	-

Chorus

E7	-	-	-
A7	-	-	-
D7	-	-	-
G7	-	-	-

[Verse 1]
Oh, we ain't got a barrel of money
Maybe we're ragged and funny
But we'll travel along
Singing a song
Side  by  side
 
[Verse 2]
I don't know what's coming tomorrow
Maybe it's trouble and sorrow
But we'll travel the road
Sharing our load
Side  by  side
 
[Chorus]
Through all kinds of weather
What if the sky should fall
Just as long as we're together
It really doesn't matter at all
 

[Verse 3]
When they've all had their quarrels and parted
We'll be the same as we started
Just traveling along
Singing a song
Side  by  side
 
[Interlude]
 
[Chorus]
Through all kinds of weather
What if the sky should fall
Just as long as we're together
It really doesn't matter at all

[Verse 3]
When they've all had their quarrels and parted
We'll be the same as we started
Just traveling along
Singing a song
Side  by  side

Verse

D	-	-	-
Em	A7	Em	A7
Em	A7	Em	A7
D	-	-	-

Chorus

D	-	-	-
G	-	-	-
Em	A7	Em	A7
D	-	-	-

Bridge

D	-	-	-
G	-	-	-
E	-	-	-
A	-	-	-

[Intro] - Em D

[Verse 1]

I  know I stand in line until you think
You have the time to spend an  evening with  me
And  if we go some  place to dance I  know that
There's a  chance you won't be  leaving with me
 
[Chorus]

And  afterwards we drop into a quiet little place
And have a  drink or two
And  then I go and  spoil it all by  saying
Something  stupid like I  love you
 
[Bridge]

I can  see it in your eyes that you despise
The same old lines you heard the  night before
And  though it's just a line to you for me it's true
And never seemed so  right before
 
[Verse 2]

I  practice everyday to find some clever lines
To say to make the  meaning come  true
But  then I think I'll  wait until the  evening gets  late
And I'm  alone with you
 
[Chorus]

The  time is right your perfume fills my head
The stars get red and oh, the  night's so blue
And  then I go and  spoil it all by  saying
Something stupid like I  love you
 
[Instrumental]  = to verse
 
[Chorus]

The  time is right your perfume fills my head
The stars get red and oh, the  night's so blue
And  then I go and  spoil it all by  saying
Something  stupid like I  love you
 
[Outro]   X4 - 
A7	D
I  love you

Please NOTE.  I like to use a capo on this song.  Second fret.  That means that all notes in this song are actually one note higher.

This song is in the Key of B.

Verse

Em	G	D	-
C	-	A	-

Chorus

C	D	G	-
C	D	E	-
Bm	-	C	-
D	-	A	-

[Verse 1]

No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
And no one knows what it's like
To be hated
To be fated
To telling only lies
 
[Chorus]

But my dreams.......
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free
 
[Verse 2]

No one knows what it's like
To feel these feelin's
Like I do
And I blame you
No one bites back as hard
On their anger
None of my pain an' woe
Can show through
 
[Chorus]

[Verse 3]

No one knows what it's like
To be mistreated
To be defeated
Behind blue eyes
And no one knows how to say
That they're sorry
An' don't worry
I'm not telling lies
 
[Chorus]

G	-	- 	-
D7	-	-	-
G	-	-	C
C	G	D7	G


[Verse 1]

You work and work for years and years, you’re always on the go
You never take a minute off, too busy making dow
Some day you’ll say you’ll have your fun when you’re a millionaire
Imagine all the fun you’ll have, in your old rocking chair.

[Chorus]

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
The years go by as quickly as a wink
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself It's later than you think
 
[Verse 2]

You're gonna take that two week trip No matter, come what may
But every year you put it off You just can't get away
Next year, for sure, you'll hit the road You'll really get around
But how far can you travel When you're six feet underground?
 
[Chorus]

[Verse 3]

You never go to nightclubs, and You just don't care to dance
You don't have time for silly things Like moonlight and romance
You only think of dollar bills tied neatly in a stack
But when you kiss a dollar bill It doesn't kiss you back
 
[Chorus]

[Verse 4]

You worry when the weathers cold, You worry when its hot
You worry when your doing well, you worry when your not
It’s worry, worry all the time, you don’t know how to laugh
They’ll think of something funny when they write your epitaph
 
[Chorus]

"Enjoy yourself”
 
“Don't be a fool"

Verse

C	-	B7	-
E7	-	A7	-
D7	-	G7	-
C	-	A7	G

Chorus

C	-	B7	-
E7	-	A7	-
Dm	-	F	-
C	D7	C	-

[Verse]

Mr. Sandman bring me a dream
Make her the cutest that I've ever seen
Give her two lips like roses in clover
And tell her that her lonesome nights are over
 
[Chorus]

Sandman I'm so alone
Don't got nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman bring me a  dream

[Verse]

Mr. Sandman bring me a dream
Make her the cutest that I've ever seen
Give her the word that I'm not a rover
And tell her that her lonesome nights are over
 
[Chorus]

Sandman I'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman bring me a  dream
 
[Verse]

Mr. Sandman bring us a dream
Give her a pair of eyes with a come-hither gleam
Give her a lonely heart, who’s solitary
With lots of wavy hair, and smells like cherry
 
[Chorus]

Mr. Sandman someone to hold
Would be so peachy before we're too old
So please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman bring us please please please

C		D7		C
Mr. Sandman bring us a  dream