Ordinary People Chords by The Box
Tempo:
100.65 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
D
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[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]
[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
A
B
D
F#
E
A
B
_ [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] _ _
[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] _ _