Stiff Little Fingers – Love Of The Common People (Guitar)

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From the album "Now Then" (1982) 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 |