#-----------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# #This OLGA file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation # #of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or # #research. Remember to view this file in Courier, or other monospaced font. # #See http://www.olga.net/faq/ for more information. # #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Subject: c/church_of_rhythm/common_people.crd Common People Written by Church of Rhythm (from Not Perfect) Transcribed by Mark Guinn ([email protected]) 6-20-97 These chords are easy, so I'm not gonna' write them down. You can use power or open chords. They both sound pretty good (I like to mix them). Chorus: C G We are a common people, each of us a fallen man Am F Let's find that common ground and stop drawing lines in the sand C G We are a common people, living in a common life Am F There are ties that bind us all when we look beyond the lines Am G F Common people you and I Am G F Common people you and I C I see a blind man on the street G He doesn't know what I look like Am So he can't judge the man I am F Except by what he sees inside C I see a child on the street G He doesn't know the mistakes I've made Am I know he takes me where I am F He sees a friend not a crusade Chorus. C I see a brother on the other side G of my crusade, my holy fight Am I think I know where I went wrong F when I gave up love to be proved right C I saw a man die on a cross G He forgot the mistakes I've made Am He died for me the way I was F and He wants me to love the same Chorus. Dm Can't we tear the fences down? Am Can't we rip the labels off? F Can we share the common ground C G instead of judging what is not? Dm Can't we love instead of hate? Am Can't we trust instead of fear? F Can we stop fighting for a moment C G and feel our common fear? Am G Is it us against them, wrong against right, F black against white, my kind your kind? Am G There comes a time to put the argument down F and have a party on the common ground! Chorus.
