---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Open to suggestions and Please Rate!! Dan is the Ordinary Man!! Standard Tuning: EADGBE Chords: F - 133211 or xx3211 G - 355433 or 320033 Am - 577555 or x02210 - x35553 or x32010 E - x79997 or 022100 Intro: (x3) I’m an ordinary man, nothing special, nothing grand I’ve had to work for everything I own I never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I got Enough to keep my family and my home Now they say that times are hard and they’ve handed me my cards They say there’s not the work to go around And when the whistle blows, the gates will finally close Tonight they’re going to shut this factory down And they’ll tare it d-o-w-n Bridge . . . I never missed a day, nor went on strike for better pay For 20 years I served them best I could Now with a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget Loyalty through the bad times and through good The owner says he’s sad to see that things have got so bad But the captains of industry wont let him lose He still drives a car and smokes his cigar And still takes his family on a cruise, he’ll never lose Instrumental . . . Now it seems to me such a cruel irony He’s richer now than ever he was before Now my check is spent and I cant afford the rent There’s one law for the rich, one for the poor Every day I’ve tried to salvage some of my pride To find some work so’s I might pay my way Oh but everywhere I go, the answers always no There’s no work for anyone here today No work t-o---y Instrumental . . . And so condemned I stand, just an ordinary man Like thousands beside me in the queue I watch my darling wife trying to make the best of life And God knows what the kids are going to do Now that we are faced with this human waste A generation cast aside As long as I live, I never will forgive, You’ve stripped me of my dignity and pride, you stripped me bare You’ve stripped me bare, you’ve stripped me bare. Instrumental (Until End) . . . (x6) e----------------------------------------------------------------|| b----------------------------------------------------------------|| g------------------ Love always to Eadaoin x---------------------|| d----------------------------------------------------------------|| a----------------------------------------------------------------|| e----------------------------------------------------------------|| comments but constructive criticism only please. 20.08.09