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Ordinary Man

Key: C

Introduction:  F   G   Am   F   G   C   F   G   F   G  

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        I'm an ordinary man, nothing special, nothing grand,
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        I've had to work for everything I own.
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        I never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I'd got,
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        enough to keep my family and my home.
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        Now they say that times are hard and they've handed me my cards,
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        they say there's not the work to go around.
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        And when the whistle blows, the gates will finally close,
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        tonight they're going to shut this factory down,
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        then they'll tear it do……..wn.
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        I never missed a day nor went on strike for better pay,
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        for twenty years I served them best I could,
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        now with a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget,
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        loyalty through the bad times and through good.
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        The owner says he's sad to see that things have got so bad,
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        but the captains of industry won't let him lose.
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        He still drives a car and smokes his cigar,
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        and still he takes his family on a cruise,
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        he'll never lo……....se.
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        Now it seems to me such a cruel irony,
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        he's richer now than ever he was before.
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        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.
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        Every day I've tried to salvage some of my pride,
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        to find some work so's I might pay my way.
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        Oh, but everywhere I go, the answer's always "No !"
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        there's no work for anyone here today,
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        no work tod……..…ay.“
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        And so condemned I stand, just an ordinary man,
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        like thousands beside me in the queue.
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        I watch my darling wife trying to make the best of life,
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        and God knows what the kids are going to do.
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        Now that we are faced with this human waste,
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        a generation cast aside.
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        For as long as I live, I never will forgive,
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        you've stripped me of my dignity and pride.
                                               F   G  Am               F  G  Am(2x) 
        You've stripped me ba……...re. (3x)