Reina Del Cid - Common man
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Capo: 4
Tuning: E A D G B E
Didn't see chord layout for this song and my sister asked me to play it for her, so I figured it out and
thought I'd share for all of the other RdC fans out there.
At the beginning of each verse, mute the strings and strum for the percussion sound that Rochelle uses. Don't
strum until 'magazine' on the first verse and the subsequent count for the following verses.
Strumming pattern (as best I can tell) is: thumb root note, down up down up (x2) for each chord listed except
for:
line 5 of each verse which goes F down mute down mute to G
last line of each verse you play the aforementioned strumming pattern ONCE on the D bar chord (not twice) and
then slide it down to the capo, mute the strings for the percussion bit, then start again on the C
For F# chord keep pinky from G and put 2nd finger on 2nd fret of 6th string, empasize the bass
End of the song, stay on D and let it ring
[Verse 1]
Did you read it in a Cmagazine
While you were sitting on a Gplane
Was it somethin' 'bout Saint CAugustine
Or the life of CharleGmagne
F G (F barre chord, slide to G)
That one king who went insane
F G (F barre chord, slide to G)
You forgot his name
A (A barre chord to D barre chord)
But you're a regular sponge, you just soak it all up
D (Slide D barre chord down to capo and mute)
Always been that way
[Verse 2]
And did you see a documCentary
Can't keep it to yourGself
Now you're an expert in geCology
And life in prison Gcells
What a burden to know Ceverything
But you Gmanage F#it so Emwell
If there's a Asecret life behind those dull brown eyes
We Dnever could tell
Bridge/Solo-esque pause (don't know what to call it)
C G C G
F G F G
A D
[Verse 3]
Did you skim a little CHemmingway
From your senior English Gclass
And the specifics sort of Cslipped away
But you've got enough to be an Gass
Oh, you never had to Fwork that Ghard
To be a FC+ Gstar
So that in A15 years you could talk fine beer
What a Dcard you are
[Verse 4]
And have your friends all missed the Cpoint somehow
Working hard on their deGgrees
I mean, you're basically a Cdoctor now
Because of WebGMD
And when that ivory tower Ccrumbles down
No Gone will F#be more Empleased
'Cuz where it Aused to stand will be the common man
And his Dmagazines
Did you read it in a Cmagazine
Oh Gooooooh
Was it somethin' 'bout the CByzantines
Ooooh Gooooh ooh-ooooh
And you can't remember Ceverything
GOooh F#ooooh Emoooooh
But you're a Aregular sponge, such a brilliant one
Always Dbeen that way