Moore Christy

Moore Christy - Ordinary Man guitar chord

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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.

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