Love Of The Common People
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
From the album "Now Then" (1982)
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/n7HaO28FH0s
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/5TuPn6N3KDENj2bNQD4QKE?si=cc09ed8a9f6742b6
[Intro]
| A5 | C#5 E5 | D5 | F#5 E5 |
| A5 | C#5 E5 | D5 | F#5 E5 |
| A | A |
[Verse 1]
A
Living on Government hand-outs
A G
Water in the milk from a hole in the roof where the rain comes through
D E
What can you do? You can't move
A
You got tears from your little sister
A G
Crying cause she don't have a dress without a patch in for the party to go
D E
Aw, but you know she'll get by cause she's
[Chorus]
A D
Living in the love of the common people
A E
Smiles through the heart of the family man
A D
Poppa's gonna buy her a dream to cling to
A E
Momma's gonna love her just as much as she can
A A
And she can
[Verse 2]
A
It's a good thing you don't have bus fares
A G
They would fall through a hole in your pocketand you'd lose them in the snow on the
ground
D E
You gotta walk into town to get a job
A
But you're trying to keep yourself warm
A G
But the hole in your shoe let's the snow come through and chills you to the bone
D E
So now you better go home where it's warm and you can
[Chorus]
A D
Living in the love of the common people
A E
Smiles through the heart of the family man
A D
Poppa's gonna buy her a dream to cling to
A E
Momma's gonna love her just as much as she can
A A B B
And she can
[Instrumental]
| E | A | E | B |
| E | A | E | B | B |
[Chorus]
E A
Living in the love of the common people
E B
Smiles through the heart of the family man
E A
Poppa's gonna buy her a dream to cling to
E B E E
Momma's gonna love her just as much as she can and she can
[Solo]
| E | A | E | B |
| E | A | E | B | B | E | E |
[Chorus]
A D
Living in the love of the common people
A E
Smiles through the heart of the family man
A D
Poppa's gonna buy her a dream to cling to
A E E
Momma's gonna love her just as much as she can
A D
Living in the love of the common people
A E
Smiles through the heart of the family man
A D
Poppa's gonna buy her a dream to cling to
A E
Momma's gonna love her just as much as she can and she
[Outro]
| A5 | C#5 E5 | D5 | F#5 E5 |
| A5 | C#5 E5 | D5 | F#5 E5 | A5 |
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