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

INTRO:
[C#] [D#] [Fm] // [C#] [D#] [Fm] // [C#] [D#] [C#] [D#]

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

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

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

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

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