Key: :[Dm] (w: Peter Hames)

INTRO:
[A#] [C] [Dm] // [A#] [C] [Dm] // [A#] [C] [A#] [C]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

VERSE 8:
Now [A#] that we are [C] faced, with [F] this human [Dm] waste
A [A#] generation cast a-[A7]-side
And as [Dm] long as I [C] live, I [A#] never will for [Dm] give
You've [A#] stripped me of my [C] dignity and [Dm] pride

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