Chords for Ordinary Man

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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm an _ [G] ordinary man, nothing [F] _
special, nothing [Am] _ grand.
[F] I had to [G] work for everything [Am] I owned.
_ _ _ _ I never asked [G] for a lot, [F] I was happy with what [Am] I got.
_ [F] I know to [G] keep my family in [Am] my home.
_ _ _ _ [C] They said the times [G] are hard, and [C] they handed me my [Am] cards.
[F] They said it's not worth the work to go [E] _
around.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] When the [G] whistle _ blows, [F] the gates will [Am] finally close.
_ _ [C] Tonight the [G] gun is shut, this factory [Am] down.
_ _ Then [G] they tear [F] it down.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I never [G] missed a day, nor went [F] against the right for [Am] better pay.
_ [F] For twenty [G] years I served _ _ [Am] domestically.
_ _ _ _ Now with [A] a handshake [G] and a check, it [F] seems easy [Am] to forget.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] Loyalty's for the bad times and [Am] the good.
_ _ _ _ [F] The owner says [G] he's sad to see [C] that things have got so bad.
_ [F] But the captains of industry won't let [B] him lose.
_ _ _ He [Am] still smokes [G] his cigar, and he [F] drives a brand new [Am] car.
_ _ _ [F] Still he takes [G] his family [Am] on a cruise. _
_ _ He'll never [F] _ [G] lose.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ It seems [G] to me a [F] cruel _
[Am] irony.
_ _ _ [F] He's richer now [G] than ever he was _ [Am] before. _
_ _ _ [A] _ And now me check is [G] spent, _ [Am] I can't afford the rent.
_ [F] There's one law for [G] the rich, one law [Am] for the poor. _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ Every day [G] I try to salvage _ some of [Am] me _ pride.
[F] To find some works as I might pay [E] my _ _ way.
_ _ [Am] But everywhere [G] I go, _ _ [F] the answer's [Am]
always no.
_ [F] _ No work [G] for anyone here [Am] today. _ _
_ No work _ today.
[G] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ No work [F] _ _
[G] today.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So condemned [G] I stand, [F] a _ _
[Am] northernery man.
_ [F] Like _ thousands [G] beside me in [F#] the quays.
_ [Am] _ I _ watch me darling [G] wife trying [F] to make the best [Am] of life.
_ [F] God knows what [G] the kids are going to [Am] _ do.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C]
Now we're [G] faced _ [C] with this human [Am] waste.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ Generations [E] cast aside. _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] For as long as [G] I live, _ [F] I never [Am] will forgive.
_ [F] You stripped me of [G] my dignity [Am] and pride. _
_ _ You stripped [F] me _
_ [G] bare.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ You stripped [F] me _
_ [G] _ _ bare.
_ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] No work [F] _
today.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ No [F] work _
_ [B] _ [G] today.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
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_ _ God bless you. _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ Thank you very much. _ _ _ _