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

INTRO:
[A] [B] [C#m] // [A] [B] [C#m] // [A] [B] [A] [B]

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

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

CHORUS:
Then they'll tear it [A] down [B] [C#m] // [A] [B] [C#m]

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

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

CHORUS:
He'll never [A] lose [B] [C#m] // [A] [B] [C#m]

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

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

CHORUS:
No work to-[A]-day [B] [C#m] // [A] [B] [A] [B]

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

VERSE 8:
Now [A] that we are [B] faced, with [E] this human [C#m] waste
A [A] generation cast a-[G#7]-side
And as [C#m] long as I [B] live, I [A] never will for [C#m] give
You've [A] stripped me of my [B] dignity and [C#m] pride

OUTRO:
You've stripped me [A] bare [B] [C#m]
You've stripped me [A] bare [B] [C#m]
you've stripped me [A] bare [B] [C#m]
[A] [B] [C#m] : [Multiple Times] // [C#m open]