Ordinary Man chords by Christy Moore

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
A minorAm (x3)

    A minorAm
I'm an ordinary man, nothing special, nothing grand
   A minorAm
I've had to work for everything I own
 A minorAm
I never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I got
 A minorAm
Enough to keep my family and my home


     A minorAm
Now they say that times are hard and they've handed me my cards
   E MajorE
They say there's not the work to go around
  A minorAm
And when the whistle blows, the gates will finally close
 A minorAm
Tonight they're going to shut this factory down
          A minorAm
And they'll tare it d-o-w-n

Bridge . . . A minorAm


 A minorAm
I never missed a day, nor went on strike for better pay
  A minorAm
For twenty years I served them best I could
      A minorAm
Now with a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget
A minorAm
Loyalty through the bad times and through good

A minorAm
The owner says he's sad to see that things have got so bad
    E MajorE
But the captains of indus-try woun't let him lose
  A minorAm
He still drives a car and smokes his cigar
  A minorAm
And still takes his family on a cruise, he'll never lose


Bridge . . . A minorAm


    A minorAm
Now it seems to me such a cruel irony
    A minorAm
He's richer now than ever he was before
A minorAm
Now my check is spent and I cant afford the rent
     A minorAm
There's one law for the rich, one for the poor
A minorAm
Every day I've tried to salvage some of my pride
  E MajorE
To find some work so's I might pay my way
    A minorAm
Oh but everywhere I go, the answers always no
    A minorAm
There's no work for anyone here today
      A minorAm
No work t-o-A-y

Bridge . . . A minorAm

    A minorAm
And so condemned I stand, just an ordinary man
   A minorAm
Like thousands beside me in the queue
 A minorAm
I watch my darling wife trying to make the best of life
  A minorAm
And God knows what the kids are going to do
A minorAm
Now that we are faced with this human waste
 E MajorE
A augmentedA gen-eration cast aside
  A minorAm
As long as I live, I never will forgive,
    A minorAm
You've stripped me of my dignity and pride,
A minorAm
you stripped me ba-r-e
         A minorAm
You've stripped me bare, you've stripped me bare.


Instrumental (Until End) . . . A minorAm (x6)