Chords for Common Man - Reina del Cid

Did you read [C] it in a magazine? _ _
Or you were sitting on [G] a plane _
Something _ _ [C] about St.
_ Augustine
_ Or the [G] life of Charlemagne _
That one king [F] who went _ [G] insane
_ Or [F] you forgot his [G] name
But [A] your regular sponge you just soak it all up [D] always been that way
[A] Did you see [C] a documentary? _
_ _ Can't keep [G] it to _ yourself
_ Now you're an [C] expert in _ geology _ and
life [G] in prison cells _
_ What a burden [C] to know everything
_ But _ [G] you [D] manage [Em] it so well
If [A] there's a secret life behind those dull brown eyes, [D] then we never could tell
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ So [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] you [C] skimmed a little Hemingway
_ In your [G] senior English class _ _ and the [C] specifics sort of slipped away
_ You got enough [G] to be an ass
_ All you never [F] had to work that [G] hard
To [F] be a C plus [G] star
[A] So that in 15 years you could talk fine beer [D] what a card you are
_ [C] Have your friends all lost the point somehow _ _ working [G] hard in their degrees? _ _
_ I mean, you're [C] basically a doctor now
_ because [G] of WebMD _ and
When the [C] ivory tower crumbles down
_ _ [G] No one would be [Em] more pleased
It's [A] where it used to stand will be the common man [D] and his _ magazines
_ [B] And did you read [C] it in a magazine?
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Something _ [C] about the _ Byzantines
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Can't [C] remember _ everything
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ But [A] your regular sponge
_ _ It's such a brilliant _ one
_ _ [Em] [D] Always been that _ way _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ Thanks _ _ _ _ _ guys, we'll see you next week _