Ordinary Man chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Chords with lyrics

Gordon Lightfoot - Ordinary Man





CAPO: 1st Fret


[INTRO:] C majorC G+G A minorAm  G+G ~ ~ ~ C majorC

[VERSE 1:]
G+G      A minorAm    D MajorD
Try to understand
           FF      C majorC    FF
I'm not your ordinary man, still I can't deny
    D7/F#D7/F#
You go with me everywhere
     FF         D7/F#D7/F#      C majorC G+G   C majorC G+G C majorC
When I'm dreaming you still share my lonely nights

[VERSE 2:]
G+G       A minorAm   D MajorD
Try to see my side
            FF        C majorC     FF
It's not your ordinary pride that keeps driving me on
     D7/F#D7/F#                FF
It's that lonesome, restless feeling that you feel under the gun
    C majorC                D7D7          G+G    ~ ~ A minorAm
And it leads me to the highway, but it keeps my body warm


[CHORUS:]
     D7D7      G+G       A minorAm
And as I wander to the cities and the towns
             G+G       C majorC
I get so lonesome knowing you could be around
  A minorAm        D7D7       G+G     A minorAm
And when the show is over, there's a Holiday Motel
       FF      E MajorE           E7E7 ~ ~ C majorC
Another empty bottle and another tale to tell


[VERSE 3:]
G+G      A minorAm   D MajorD
Try to comprehend
           FF       C majorC     FF
I'm not your ordinary friend at the end of my life
    D7/F#D7/F#
I would pray that I could be
 FF       D7/F#D7/F#      C majorC  G+G  C majorC G+G C majorC
Returning to the shelter of your love__

[VERSE 4:]
G+G       A minorAm   D MajorD
Try to see my side
            FF        C majorC     FF
It's not your ordinary pride that keeps driving me on
     D7/F#D7/F#                FF
It's that lonesome, restless feeling that you feel under the gun
    C majorC                D7D7          G+G    ~ ~ A minorAm
And it leads me to the highway, but it keeps my body warm


[CHORUS:]
     D7D7      G+G       A minorAm
And as I wander to the cities and the towns
             G+G       C majorC
I get so lonesome knowing you could be around
  A minorAm        D7D7       G+G     A minorAm
And when the show is over, there's a Holiday Motel
         FF      E MajorE           E7E7 ~ ~ C majorC
And another empty bottle and another tale to tell


[VERSE 5:]
G+G      A minorAm    D MajorD
Try to understand
           FF      C majorC    FF
I'm not your ordinary man, still I can't deny
    D7/F#D7/F#           FF
You go with me everywhere, like a shadow in the gloom
  C majorC                  D7D7
I remember all the good times, there's a ghost in every room


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