Chords for Common Man - Reina del Cid (live)
Tempo:
93.575 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
Ab
Abm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
And you'll have a dinner conversation with these people and it's [B] a little uncomfortable.
So I decided to write a song for that person.
[Bm] And it goes back to that person.
[B]
[G] Did you read [E] it in a magazine?
Or you were sitting on a plane?
There's something about St.
Augustine.
Boy, the life you [B] should have made.
That one [A] thing you couldn't [B] even see.
[A] Or you forgot [B] his name.
[Db] But you're a regular sponge.
You just soak it up.
Always [Gb] been and never will [Ab] be.
Did you see it [E] documentary?
Think [Ab] you could do it yourself?
Expert in [E] geology.
Life in [B] prison cells.
What a burden to [E] know everything.
[B] But you managed it [Abm] so well.
[Db] There's a secret life behind those double [Gb] lines.
We never could tell.
[Abm]
[B]
[Ab] [Abm] [B]
[A]
[Abm] [A] [B] [Ab]
[Db] [Gb]
So you skimmed a [E] little Hemingway.
Or your senior English [B] class.
And the specifics sort [E] of slipped away.
But you got enough to fit an ass.
Oh, you never [A] had to work [B] that hard.
[A] But be a [B] sequestar.
So [Db] that in 15 years you could top fine beer.
[Gb] What a card!
[Ab] And have your [E] friends all disappointed somehow.
Working harder than [B] their degrees.
I mean, you're basically [E] a doctor now.
[B] Because of what they'll need.
When the ivory tower crumbles down.
No one will [Ab] be more [Abm] pleased.
Because [Db] where it used to stand would be the common man.
And [Gb] his magazines.
[Abm] To do the [E] living in a magazine.
[B]
Something [E] about them visiting teams.
[B]
You can't remember everything.
[Ab] [Abm]
But [Db] your living is such a brilliant one.
[Gb] Always been.
[B] [Bm]
So I decided to write a song for that person.
[Bm] And it goes back to that person.
[B]
[G] Did you read [E] it in a magazine?
Or you were sitting on a plane?
There's something about St.
Augustine.
Boy, the life you [B] should have made.
That one [A] thing you couldn't [B] even see.
[A] Or you forgot [B] his name.
[Db] But you're a regular sponge.
You just soak it up.
Always [Gb] been and never will [Ab] be.
Did you see it [E] documentary?
Think [Ab] you could do it yourself?
Expert in [E] geology.
Life in [B] prison cells.
What a burden to [E] know everything.
[B] But you managed it [Abm] so well.
[Db] There's a secret life behind those double [Gb] lines.
We never could tell.
[Abm]
[B]
[Ab] [Abm] [B]
[A]
[Abm] [A] [B] [Ab]
[Db] [Gb]
So you skimmed a [E] little Hemingway.
Or your senior English [B] class.
And the specifics sort [E] of slipped away.
But you got enough to fit an ass.
Oh, you never [A] had to work [B] that hard.
[A] But be a [B] sequestar.
So [Db] that in 15 years you could top fine beer.
[Gb] What a card!
[Ab] And have your [E] friends all disappointed somehow.
Working harder than [B] their degrees.
I mean, you're basically [E] a doctor now.
[B] Because of what they'll need.
When the ivory tower crumbles down.
No one will [Ab] be more [Abm] pleased.
Because [Db] where it used to stand would be the common man.
And [Gb] his magazines.
[Abm] To do the [E] living in a magazine.
[B]
Something [E] about them visiting teams.
[B]
You can't remember everything.
[Ab] [Abm]
But [Db] your living is such a brilliant one.
[Gb] Always been.
[B] [Bm]
Key:
B
E
Ab
Abm
A
B
E
Ab
And you'll have a dinner conversation with these people and it's [B] a little uncomfortable.
So I decided to write a song for that person.
[Bm] And it goes back to that person.
_ [B] _ _
[G] Did you read [E] it in a magazine?
Or you were sitting on a plane?
_ There's something about St.
Augustine.
Boy, the life you [B] should have made. _
That one [A] thing you couldn't [B] even see.
[A] Or you forgot [B] his name.
[Db] But you're a regular sponge.
You just soak it up.
Always [Gb] been and never will [Ab] be.
Did you see it [E] _ documentary?
Think [Ab] you could do it yourself? _
_ Expert in [E] geology. _
Life in [B] prison cells.
_ What a burden to [E] know everything.
_ _ [B] But you managed it [Abm] so well.
[Db] There's a secret life behind those double [Gb] lines.
We never could tell.
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
So you skimmed a [E] little Hemingway.
Or your senior English [B] class.
_ And the specifics sort [E] of slipped away.
But you got enough to fit an ass. _
Oh, you never [A] had to work [B] that hard.
[A] But be a [B] sequestar.
So [Db] that in 15 years you could top fine beer.
[Gb] What a card!
_ [Ab] And have your [E] friends all disappointed somehow.
_ Working harder than [B] their degrees. _
_ I mean, you're basically [E] a doctor now. _ _
[B] Because of what they'll need.
_ When the ivory tower crumbles down.
_ _ No one will [Ab] be more [Abm] pleased.
Because [Db] where it used to stand would be the common man.
And [Gb] his magazines.
_ [Abm] To do the [E] living in a magazine.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
Something [E] about them visiting teams.
_ _ [B] _
_ _ You can't remember everything.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ But [Db] your living is _ _ such a brilliant one.
_ [Gb] Always been. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
So I decided to write a song for that person.
[Bm] And it goes back to that person.
_ [B] _ _
[G] Did you read [E] it in a magazine?
Or you were sitting on a plane?
_ There's something about St.
Augustine.
Boy, the life you [B] should have made. _
That one [A] thing you couldn't [B] even see.
[A] Or you forgot [B] his name.
[Db] But you're a regular sponge.
You just soak it up.
Always [Gb] been and never will [Ab] be.
Did you see it [E] _ documentary?
Think [Ab] you could do it yourself? _
_ Expert in [E] geology. _
Life in [B] prison cells.
_ What a burden to [E] know everything.
_ _ [B] But you managed it [Abm] so well.
[Db] There's a secret life behind those double [Gb] lines.
We never could tell.
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
So you skimmed a [E] little Hemingway.
Or your senior English [B] class.
_ And the specifics sort [E] of slipped away.
But you got enough to fit an ass. _
Oh, you never [A] had to work [B] that hard.
[A] But be a [B] sequestar.
So [Db] that in 15 years you could top fine beer.
[Gb] What a card!
_ [Ab] And have your [E] friends all disappointed somehow.
_ Working harder than [B] their degrees. _
_ I mean, you're basically [E] a doctor now. _ _
[B] Because of what they'll need.
_ When the ivory tower crumbles down.
_ _ No one will [Ab] be more [Abm] pleased.
Because [Db] where it used to stand would be the common man.
And [Gb] his magazines.
_ [Abm] To do the [E] living in a magazine.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
Something [E] about them visiting teams.
_ _ [B] _
_ _ You can't remember everything.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ But [Db] your living is _ _ such a brilliant one.
_ [Gb] Always been. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _