;Ordinary Man
;Peter Hames


[Capo on 3]


.    Em          D            C               Em
 I'm an ordinary man, nothing special nothing grand
.     C               D            Em
 I've had to work for everything I own
.  Em                D          C                   Em
 I never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I'd got
.  C               D             Em
 Enough to keep my family and my home
.         C                  D
 Now they say that times are hard
.            G            Em
 and they've handed me my card
.     C                                B
 They say there's not the work to go around
.    Em               D          C                  Em
 And when the whistle blows, the gates will finally close
.   C                     D                 Em
 Tonight they're going to shut this factory down
.                     C   D   Em
 Then they'll tear it d-o-w-n...


.  Em             D               C                 Em
 I never missed a day nor went on strike for higher pay
.    C              D                  Em
 For twenty years I served them best I could
.       Em              D                  C           Em
 With a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget
.C                   D                     Em
 Loyalty through the bad times and through good
.    C               D
 The owner says he's sad
.            G                  Em
 to see that things have got so bad
.        C                                  B
 But the captains of industry won't let him lose
.   Em             D       C          Em
 He still drives a car and smokes his cigar
.    C                  D           Em
 And still he takes his family on a cruise,
.          C  D   Em
 He'll never lo-ose


. Em              D         C         Em
 Well it seems to me such a cruel irony
.     C               D              Em
 He's richer now than ever he was before
.Em               D           C                Em
 Now my cheque is spent and I can't afford the rent
.        C               D                 Em
 There's one law for the rich, one for the poor
.      C        D        G                  Em
 Every day I've tried to salvage some of my pride
.   C                                  B
 To find some work so's I might pay my way
.       Em           D       C               Em
 Oh but everywhere I go, the answer's always no
. C                  D             Em
 There's no work for anyone here today
.        C   D  Em
 No work today . . .


.    Em             D              C        Em
 And so condemned I stand, just an ordinary man
.     C            D             Em
 Like thousands beside me in the queue
.  Em               D              C                Em
 I watch my darling wife trying to make the best of life
.    C                  D                 Em
 And God knows what the kids are going to do
.C               D               G     Em
 Now that we are faced with this human waste
.  C                 B
 A generation cast aside
.       Em        D       C             Em
 And as long as I live, I never will forgive
.       C                 D           Em
 You've stripped me of my dignity and pride
.                   C  D    Em
 You've stripped me bare...
.                   C  D    Em
 You've stripped me bare...
.           C  D    Em
 No work today. . .