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

INTRO:
[G#] [A#] [Cm] // [G#] [A#] [Cm] // [G#] [A#] [G#] [A#]

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

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

CHORUS:
Then they'll tear it [G#] down [A#] [Cm] // [G#] [A#] [Cm]

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

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

CHORUS:
He'll never [G#] lose [A#] [Cm] // [G#] [A#] [Cm]

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

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

CHORUS:
No work to-[G#]-day [A#] [Cm] // [G#] [A#] [G#] [A#]