Christy Moore - Ordinary man

^AmI'm an ordinary man, nothing special nothing grand I've had^F to work for everything I o^Gwn ^Am Am G F ^AmI never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I'd got En^Fough to keep my family and my home ^{G Am}

^CNow they say that times are ^Amhard and they've handed me my cards They say the^Fre's not the work to go around ^E Am G F ^AmAnd when the whistle blows, the gates will finally close F G ^AmTonight they're going to shut this factory down F G Am F G ^AmThen they'll tear it d-o-w-n

^AmI never missed a day nor went on strike for higher pay For twe^Fnty years I served them be^Gst I could ^Am Am G F ^AmNow with a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget F G ^AmLoyalty through the bad times and through good F G C ^AmThe owner says he's sad to see that things have got so bad F ^EBut the captains of industry won't let him lose He stil^Aml drives a car and ^Gsmokes his cig^Far ^Am And still^F he takes his family on a crui^Gse, ^Am he'll never l-o-s-e ^{F G Am F G Am}

^AmWell it seems to me such a c^Gruel irony ^{F Am} He's richer^F now than ever he was before^{G Am} Am G F ^AmNow my cheque is spent and I can't afford the rent F G ^AmThere's one law for the rich, one for the poor ^FEvery day I've trie^Gd to salvage some of my prid^Ce ^Am F ^ETo find some work so's I might pay my way Am G F ^AmOh but everywhere I go, the answer's always no There's no work ^Ffor anyone here today^G, ^Am F G Am F G Am no work t-o-D-A-y

^AmAnd so condemned I stand, just an ordinary man Like thous^Fands beside me in t^Ghe queue ^Am Am G F ^AmI watch my darling wife trying to make the best of life F G ^AmAnd God knows what the kids are going to do ^FNow that we are faced ^G... with this^C human waste ^Am A ge-^F--neration cast aside ^E And as long as ^AmI live, I nev^Ger will ^Fforgive ^Am You've stripped^F me of my dignity and pride, ^{G Am} 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.