Ordinary Average Guy chords by Joe Walsh

Chords with lyrics

1991 tune from album of the same name. Times shown are elapsed time from the
start; tabbed by Marty Lurvey.

Intro: (synthesizer) 0:28 C majorC / / / G+G / / / FF / / / / / / / 0:39

Verse 1
C majorC          G+G
I'm just an ordinary average guy.
  FF
My friends are all boring, and so am I,  0:49
      C majorC        FF    C-C-F-F ]  C-C-F-F ]
We're just ordinary average guys.
  C majorC         G+G
We all live ordinary average lives,
   FF
With average kids, and average wives. 1:16

Verse 2
C majorC            G+G
We all go bowling at the bowling lanes,
FF
Drink a few beers, bowl a few frames.
      C majorC        FF   C-C-F-F ]
We're just ordinary average guys,
         C-C-F-F ]
Ordinary average guys.  1:41

Instrumental  C majorC / / / G+G / / / FF / / / / / / / 1:53

Verse 3
C majorC           G+G
And every Saturday we work in the yard,
FF
Pick up the dog do, hope that it's hard. (ruff ruff)
C majorC                G+G
Take out the garbage, and clean out the garage,
  FF
My friend's got a Chrysler, I've got a Dodge.
      C majorC        FF    C-C-F-F ]
We're just ordinary average guys,
       C-C-F_F ]
Ordinary average guys. 2:32

Instrumental  (bowling sound effects first, then synthesizer)  2:48

Outro
C majorC / / / G+G / / / FF / / / / / / /
(no lyrics)

C majorC        G+G
Ordinary average guy,
FF
Ordinary average guy,
C majorC        G+G
Ordinary average guy,
FF
Ordinary average, average guys.  3:20

C majorC        G+G
Ordinary average guy,
FF
Ordinary average guy,
C majorC        G+G
Ordinary average guy,
FF
Ordinary average, average, average...  3:44

(fadeout )
  C majorC        G+G
...guys.
  Ordinary average guy,
FF
Ordinary average guy,
C majorC        G+G
Ordinary average guy,
FF
Ordinary average...  4:05