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

INTRO:
[D] [E] [F#m] // [D] [E] [F#m] // [D] [E] [D] [E]

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

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

CHORUS:
Then they'll tear it [D] down [E] [F#m] // [D] [E] [F#m]

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

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

CHORUS:
He'll never [D] lose [E] [F#m] // [D] [E] [F#m]

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

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

CHORUS:
No work to-[D]-day [E] [F#m] // [D] [E] [D] [E]

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

VERSE 8:
Now [D] that we are [E] faced, with [A] this human [F#m] waste
A [D] generation cast a-[C#7]-side
And as [F#m] long as I [E] live, I [D] never will for [F#m] give
You've [D] stripped me of my [E] dignity and [F#m] pride

OUTRO:
You've stripped me [D] bare [E] [F#m]
You've stripped me [D] bare [E] [F#m]
you've stripped me [D] bare [E] [F#m]
[D] [E] [F#m] : [Multiple Times] // [F#m open]