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