Moore Christy

Moore Christy - Ordinary Man guitar tab

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Ordinary Man, performed & written by Christy Moore

From Album; Ordinary Man.

Chords by Damian Curtis, Leeds, England.

curtisd@btsales.bt.com

I play the chord positions below, but with a Capo on 3rd fret.

You can choose depending on your singing key.

Am G F

Am

I'm an ordinary man, nothing special nothing grand

F G Am

I've had to work for everything I own

Am G F

Am

I never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I'd got

F G Am

Enough to keep my family and my home

F G

C Am

Now they say that times are hard and they've handed me my cards

F E

They say there's not the work to go around

Am G F

Am

And when the whistle blows, the gates will finally close

F G

Am

Tonight they're going to shut this factory down

F G Am F G

Am

Then they'll tear it d-o-w-n

Am G F

Am

I never missed a day nor went on strike for higher pay

F G Am

For twenty years I served them best I could

Am G F

Am

Now with a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget

F G

Am

Loyalty through the bad times and through good

F G C

Am

The owner says he's sad to see that things have got so bad

F

E

But the captains of industry won't let him lose

Am G F Am

He still drives a car and smokes his cigar

F G Am

And still he takes his family on a cruise,

F G Am F G Am

he'll never l-o-s-e

Am G F Am

Well it seems to me such a cruel irony

F G Am

He's richer now than ever he was before

Am G F

Am

Now my cheque is spent and I can't afford the rent

F G

Am

There's one law for the rich, one for the poor

F G C Am

Every day I've tried to salvage some of my pride

F

E

To find some work so's I might pay my way

Am G F

Am

Oh but everywhere I go, the answer's always no

F G Am

There's no work for anyone here today,

F G Am F G Am

no work t-o-d-a-y

Am G F

Am

And so condemned I stand, just an ordinary man

F G Am

Like thousands beside me in the queue

Am G F

Am

I watch my darling wife trying to make the best of life

F G

Am

And God knows what the kids are going to do

F G C Am

Now that we are faced ... with this human waste

F E

A ge---neration cast aside

Am G F Am

And as long as I live, I never will forgive

F G Am

You've stripped me of my dignity and pride,

F G Am

F G Am

you've stripped me b-a-r-e, you've stripped me b-a-r-e,

F G Am

you've stripped me b-a-r-e.

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