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Ordinary man Christy Moore
Chords by Damian Curtis, Leeds, England.
curtisd@btsales.bt.com
I play the chord positions below, but with a Capo on 3rd fret.
You can choose depending on your singing key.
[Am] [G] [F] [Am]I'm an ordinary man, nothing special nothing grand
I've had[F] to work for everything I o[G]wn[Am]
[Am] [G] [F] [Am]I never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I'd got
En[F]ough to keep my family and my home[G] [Am]
[F] [G] [C]Now they say that times are [Am]hard and they've handed me my cards
They say the[F]re's not the work to go around[E]
[Am] [G] [F] [Am]And when the whistle blows, the gates will finally close
[F] [G] [Am]Tonight they're going to shut this factory down
[F] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [Am]
Then they'll tear it d-o-w-n
[Am] [G] [F] [Am]I never missed a day nor went on strike for higher pay
For twe[F]nty years I served them be[G]st I could[Am]
[Am] [G] [F] [Am]Now with a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget
[F] [G] [Am]Loyalty through the bad times and through good
[F] [G] [C] [Am]The owner says he's sad to see that things have got so bad
[F] [E]But the captains of industry won't let him lose
He stil[Am]l drives a car and [G]smokes his cig[F]ar[Am]
And still[F] he takes his family on a crui[G]se,[Am]
[F] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [Am]
he'll never l-o-s-e
[Am]Well it seems to me such a c[G]ruel irony[F] [Am]
He's richer[F] now than ever he was before[G] [Am]
[Am] [G] [F] [Am]Now my cheque is spent and I can't afford the rent
[F] [G] [Am]There's one law for the rich, one for the poor
[F]Every day I've trie[G]d to salvage some of my prid[C]e[Am]
[F] [E]To find some work so's I might pay my way
[Am] [G] [F] [Am]Oh but everywhere I go, the answer's always no
There's no work [F]for anyone here today[G],[Am]
[F] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [Am]
no work t-o-d-a-y
[Am] [G] [F] [Am]And so condemned I stand, just an ordinary man
Like thous[F]ands beside me in t[G]he queue[Am]
[Am] [G] [F] [Am]I watch my darling wife trying to make the best of life
[F] [G] [Am]And God knows what the kids are going to do
[F]Now that we are faced [G]... with this[C] human waste[Am]
[F] [E]
A ge---neration cast aside
And as long as [Am]I live, I nev[G]er will [F]forgive[Am]
You've stripped[F] me of my dignity and pride,[G] [Am]
[F] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [Am]
you've stripped me b-a-r-e, you've stripped me b-a-r-e,
[F] [G] [Am]
you've stripped me b-a-r-e.
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