Ordinary Man

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Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 17:08:00 -0000
From: "Curtis, Damian, CURTISD3" 

 
To: 'OLGA chord submission ' 
 
  
Subject: CRD: m/moore_christy/ordinary_man.crd

Ordinary Man, performed & written by Christy Moore
>From Album; Ordinary Man.

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
        
  F                          
  G                     
  Am
I've had to work for everything I own
  
  Am                            
  G               
  F

  Am
I never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I'd got
  
  F                                  
  G                          
  Am
Enough to keep my family and my home

                   
  F 	                  
  G

  C                           
  Am
Now they say that times are hard and they've handed me my cards
            
  F                                                      
  E
They say there's not the work to go around
         
  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
       
  F                         
  G                       
  Am
For twenty years I served them best I could

  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
       
  Am                 
  G             
  F                     
  Am
He still drives a car and smokes his cigar
         
  F                             
  G                   
  Am
And still he takes his family on a cruise,
                      
  F 
  G 
  Am             
  F 
  G 
  Am
he'll never l-o-s-e



  Am                          
  G                 
  F         
  Am
Well it seems to me such a cruel irony
           
  F                           
  G                    
  Am
He's richer now than ever he was before

  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 	           
  G                           
  C                     
  Am
Every day I've tried to salvage some of my pride
       
  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
                
  F                    
  G                      
  Am
There's no work for anyone here today,
                
  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
          
  F                  
  G                              
  Am
Like thousands beside me in the queue

  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 	              
  G            
  C                           
  Am
Now that we are faced ... with this human waste
     
  F                                 
  E
A ge---neration cast aside
               
  Am           
  G       
  F                 
  Am
And as long as I live, I never will forgive
               
  F                                  
  G                  
  Am
You've stripped me of my dignity and pride,
                                       
  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.