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

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

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

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

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

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

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