Chords for Christy+Moore+-+Ordinary+Man+(With+Lyrics).flv

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_ [G] _ [Am] I'm an ordinary [G] man, nothing [F]
special, nothing [Am] grand.
[F] I've had to work [G] for everything [A] I [Am] own.
Oh well, I never asked [G] for a lot.
[F] I was happy with what [Am] I got.
[F] Enough to keep [G] my family and my [Am] home.
_ _ [F] Now they say the times [G] are hard, and [C] they've handed me [Am] my cards.
[F] They say there's not the work to go [E]
around.
_ [Am] Oh when the whistle [G] blows, [F] the gates will [Am] finally close.
Tonight they're going [G] to shut this factory [Am]
down.
Then they'll tear [F] it down.
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_ _ [Am] I never missed [G] a dinner, went [F] on strike for better [Am] pay.
Twenty years [G] I served them best [Am] I could.
_ Now with a handshake and [G] a treat, it seems [F] so easy to [Am] forget.
_ [F] Loyalty through [G] the bad times and [Am] through good.
_ _ [F] Now the owner says [G] he's sad to see [C] the things have got [Am] so bad.
[F] But the captains of industry won't let [E] him lose.
_ [Am] He still drives [G] a car [F] and smokes a [A] cigar.
[F] Still he takes [G] his family [Am] on a cruise.
He'll [F] never lose.
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_ _ Now it seems [G] to me [F] such a cruel [Am] irony.
_ [F] Richer now [G] than ever he was [Am] before.
_ _ Now my check [G] is spent, [F] and I can't afford [A] the rent.
[F] One law [G] further, one [Am] further poor.
_ _ [F] Every day [G] I've tried to [C] salvage some of [Am] my pride.
[F] To find some work so as I might pave [E] my way.
_ [A] But everywhere [G] I go, [F] the answer's [Am] always no.
[F] There's no work [G] for anyone here [Am]
today.
No work [F] today.
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_ [G] _ [A] And so condemned [G] I stand, [F] just an ordinary [Am] man.
[F] With thousands [G] beside me [A] in the queue.
[Am] _ _ I watch my [G] darling wife [F] trying to make the [Am] best of life.
[F] And God knows [G] what the kids are going [A] to [Am] do.
_ _ [F] Now that we [G] are faced [C] with this human waste.
[F] A generation [E] cast aside.
_ [Am] For as long [G] as I live, [F] I never [Am] will forgive.
[F] You've stripped me [G] of my dignity [A] and pride.
[C] You've stripped me [G] bare.
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_ _ [F] You've stripped me _ [G] bare. _
[Am] _ _ [C] You've stripped me bare.
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