Christy Moore, Ordinary Man (1985)
^{Key: :[Gm] (w: Peter Hames)}

INTRO:
[D#] [F] [Gm] // [D#] [F] [Gm] // [D#] [F] [D#] [F]

VERSE 1:
I'm an [Gm] ordinary [F] man, nothing [D#] special nothing [Gm] grand
I've [D#] had to work for [F] everything I [Gm] own
Well I [Gm] never asked for a [F] lot, I was [D#] happy with what I'd [Gm] got
E-[D#]-nough to keep my [F] family and my [Gm] home

VERSE 2:
Now they [D#] say that times are [F] hard, and they've [A#] handed me my [Gm] cards
They [D#] say there's not the work to go a-[D]-round
And [Gm] when the whistle [F] blows, the [D#] gates will finally [Gm] close
To-[D#]-night they're going to [F] shut this factory [Gm] down

CHORUS:
Then they'll tear it [D#] down [F] [Gm] // [D#] [F] [Gm]

VERSE 3:
I [Gm] never missed a [F] day, nor went on [D#] strike for higher [Gm] pay
For [D#] twenty years I [F] served them best I [Gm] could
Now with a [Gm] handshake and a [F] cheque, it seems so [D#] easy to for-[Gm]-get
[D#] Loyalty through the [F] bad times and through [Gm] good

VERSE 4:
Now the [D#] owner says he's [F] sad, to see that [A#] things have got so [Gm] bad
But the [D#] captains of industry won't let him [D] lose
He [Gm] still drives a [F] car, and [D#] smokes his [Gm] cigar
And [D#] still he takes his [F] family on a [Gm] cruise

CHORUS:
He'll never [D#] lose [F] [Gm] // [D#] [F] [Gm]

VERSE 5:
Well it [Gm] seems to [F] me, such a [D#] cruel iron-[Gm]-y
He's [D#] richer now than [F] ever he was be-[Gm]-fore
[Gm] Now my cheque is [F] spent, and I [D#] can't afford the [Gm] rent
There's [D#] one law for the [F] rich, one for the [Gm] poor

VERSE 6:
[D#] Everyday I've [F] tried to [A#] salvage some of my [Gm] pride
To [D#] find some work so's I might pay my [D] way
Oh [Gm] but everywhere I [F] go, the [D#] answer's always [Gm] no
There's [D#] no work for [F] anyone here to-[Gm]-day

CHORUS:
No work to-[D#]-day [F] [Gm] // [D#] [F] [D#] [F]

VERSE 7:
And [Gm] so condemned I [F] stand, just an [D#] ordinary [Gm] man
Like [D#] thousands be-[F]-side me in the [Gm] queue
I [Gm] watch my darling [F] wife, trying to [D#] make the best of [Gm] life
And [D#] God knows what the [F] kids are going to [Gm] do

VERSE 8:
Now [D#] that we are [F] faced, with [A#] this human [Gm] waste
A [D#] generation cast a-[D7]-side
And as [Gm] long as I [F] live, I [D#] never will for [Gm] give
You've [D#] stripped me of my [F] dignity and [Gm] pride

OUTRO:
You've stripped me [D#] bare [F] [Gm]
You've stripped me [D#] bare [F] [Gm]
you've stripped me [D#] bare [F] [Gm]
[D#] [F] [Gm] : [Multiple Times] // [Gm open]