Ordinary People Chords by The Box

Tempo:
100.65 bpm
Chords used:

E

A

B

D

F#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Box - Ordinary People (1987) chords
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[D] And he would say and he would say
[E]
[F#m] We [B]
[N] are ordinary people, ordinary lives
We use all so simple ways to get simple happiness
[E] We have ordinary [N] problems and ordinary fears
We go take care of our [D] business, not go [A] wrong
Nothing [E] changes
We [N] don't understand much about those big shot politicians
Who's got most of them firecrackers to put up in our faces
[E] I bet my shirt [N] looked way better in the USSR
People think like you [D] and me, hoping to [A] get some
Nothing [E] changes, no, a [B] slightly [E] green way
We are [A] [E]
ordinary people, and [B] our stuff has [E] no color at all
[A]
We [B] [E] are ordinary [A]
[E] people, [B] no matter what [E] we stand for, [F#] all in all
[A] We're [B] all the same, we're [E] all the same
[Dm] In the USA and the USSR
[E]
[N] I [E] wonder what the Soviet [N] revolution looks like in their pictures
I'm sure it's held just as sweet as ours
[E] There's got [N] to be some Russian school who sings about his people
And [F] the strongest school to learn [D] from is the Russian
[A] Nothing [E] changes, a [B] slightly [E] green way
We are [A] ordinary [E] people, and [B] our [E] stuff has no color at [A] all
We [B] [E] are [A] ordinary [E]
people, [B] no matter [E] where we come from
[A]
[B] We [E] are ordinary [A] [E]
people, and our stuff has no color at [A] all
We [B] [E] are [A] ordinary
[E] people, [B] no matter [E] what we stand for, [F#] all in all
[A] We're [B] all the same, we're [E] all the same
[D] Alright, everybody [E] stop!
[A#] [B] [F#]
[B] [E] [D#] [C#] [B]
[E] [D] [A] [E]
Last time
[B] [E] We are ordinary [A] [E]
people, and our stuff has no color at [A] all
[E] [B] We [E] are [A] ordinary [E]
people, no matter where we come from, [A] all in all
[B] We [E] are ordinary [A] [E]
people, and our stuff has no color at [A] all
We [B] [E] are ordinary [A]
[E] people, [B] no matter [E] what we stand for, [F#] all in all
[A] We're [B] all the same, and it [E] don't matter.
[Dm] In the USA and the U.S.S.R.
[Em]
Key:  
E
2311
A
1231
B
12341112
D
1321
F#
134211112
E
2311
A
1231
B
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Learn the basic chords of The Box - Ordinary People chords, with this master sequence: A, E, A, E, B, A, B and E. A strategic approach would be to train at 50 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 101. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of E Major.

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_ [D] And he would say and he would say
[E] _
[F#m] We _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ are ordinary people, ordinary lives
We use all so simple ways to get simple happiness
[E] We have ordinary [N] problems and ordinary fears
We go take care of our [D] business, not go [A] wrong
Nothing [E] changes
_ _ _ _ _ We [N] don't understand much about those big shot politicians
Who's got most of them firecrackers to put up in our faces
[E] I bet my shirt [N] looked way better in the USSR
_ People think like you [D] and me, hoping to [A] get some
Nothing [E] changes, no, a [B] slightly [E] green way
We are _ [A] _ [E]
ordinary people, and [B] our stuff has [E] no color at all
[A] _ _
We [B] [E] are ordinary [A] _ _
[E] people, [B] no matter what [E] we stand for, [F#] all in all
[A] We're [B] all the same, we're [E] all the same
[Dm] In the USA and the USSR
[E] _ _
[N] I _ _ [E] _ wonder what the Soviet [N] revolution looks like in their pictures
I'm sure it's held just as sweet as ours
_ [E] There's got [N] to be some Russian school who sings about his people
And [F] the strongest school to learn [D] from is the Russian
_ [A] Nothing [E] changes, a [B] slightly [E] green way
We are [A] ordinary [E] people, and [B] our [E] stuff has no color at [A] all
We _ [B] _ [E] are [A] ordinary [E] _
people, [B] no matter [E] where we come from
_ [A] _ _
_ [B] We [E] are ordinary [A] _ [E] _
people, and our stuff has no color at [A] all
We _ _ [B] _ [E] are [A] ordinary _
[E] people, [B] no matter [E] what we stand for, [F#] all in all
[A] We're [B] all the same, we're [E] all the same
_ [D] Alright, everybody [E] stop! _ _
_ _ _ [A#] _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ [E] _ [D#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
Last time
[B] [E] We are ordinary [A] _ [E]
people, and our stuff has no color at [A] all _
_ [E] [B] We [E] are [A] ordinary [E] _
people, no matter where we come from, [A] all in all _
_ [B] We [E] are ordinary [A] _ [E]
people, and our stuff has no color at [A] all
We _ _ [B] _ [E] are ordinary [A] _ _
[E] people, [B] no matter [E] what we stand for, [F#] all in all
[A] We're [B] all the same, and it [E] don't matter. _
_ [Dm] In the USA and the U.S.S.R.
[Em] _ _

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