Chords for Ordinary Man Green Rising

_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Cm] _
_ _ I'm an ordinary [Bb] man, [Ab] nothing special, [Cm] nothing grand
I [Ab] had to work [Bb] for everything [C] I owned
_ [Cm] _ Never asked [Bb] for a lot, I was [Cm] happy with what I got
[Ab] Enough to keep [Bb] my family and [C] my [Cm] own
I [Ab] know they say the times are [Bb] hard and so they handed me [Cm] my cards
I said there's not enough work to [G] go around _ _
And when the whistle [Bb] blows, [Cm] the gates will finally close
[Ab] Tonight they're [Bb] gonna shut this [C] factory down
I'm an ordinary [Ab] man, _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _
[C] nothing [Ab] special, _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] nothing grand
I never missed a [Bb] day, I worked and [Ab] tried for a better [Cm] pay
[Ab] For twenty years [Bb] I served them the best [Cm] I could
_ With a house you [Bb] gotta check, cause [Ab] he's always easy to [Cm] forget
[Ab] Loyalty, [Bb] truth, bad times [Cm] and truth _
And [Ab] the owner [Bb] said he's sad, [Eb] that the things have [Cm] got so bad
But the captain in the district won't [G] let him live
[Cm] But still he [Bb] drives the car [Ab] and he smokes [Cm] and makes the car
[Ab] And still he [Bb] takes his family [Cm] on a cruise
No [Ab] he never [Bb] lived, _ [Cm] _ _
never [Ab] _ _ [Bb] lived
_ [Cm] _
_ _ Now it [Bb] seems to me [Ab] such a cruel [Bb] irony
[Ab] That he's richer now than he ever [Cm] was before
_ And now [Bb] my check is bent and I can't [Cm] afford the rent
That's one [Bb] law for the rich, one for [Cm] the poor
_ _ [Ab] And every [Bb] day I try [Eb] to salvage [Cm] some of my pride
To find someone so I might [G] make my way
[Cm] But every [Bb] _ _ [Ab] answer is [Cm] always no
[Ab] There's no work [Bb] for anyone [Cm] here today _
No one [Ab] today
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _
No one [Ab] [Bb] today
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ [Cm] _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ No condemned [Bb] eyes done, [Ab] just an ordinary [Cm] man
[Ab] Like the thousands [Bb] here beside me [C] in the queue
_ I watch my [Bb] darling wife [Ab] trying to make the [Cm] best of life
[Ab] God knows [Bb] what the kids [C] are gonna do
_ _ [Ab] And now that [Bb] we are faced [Eb] with this [Cm] human waste
A _ generation [G] cast aside
_ [Cm] But as long as [Bb] I live, [Ab] I never will [Cm] forgive
They stripped [Bb] me of my dignity and [Cm] pride
But they stripped me [Ab] bad
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _
But they [Ab] stripped me [Bb] bad _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] today
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[Eb] No one today
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