Ordinary World Chords by Joy Williams
Tempo:
67 bpm
Chords used:
G
A
Am
Em
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[A] [Em]
[E] Came in from a rainy Thursday on [A] the avenue [E]
Thought I heard you talking [G] softly
[A] I [E]
turned on the lights, the [G] TV and [A] the radio [Em]
Still I can't escape the [G] ghost of you
[A] [Em]
What has happened to it [Bm] all?
Crazy, some will say
[F#]
Where is the life [G] that I recognize?
[D] It's gone away, but I won't cry for [Am] yesterday
There's an [C] ordinary world, somehow I
[G] [A] [D]
As I try to [Am] make my way to the [F] ordinary world [C] I will learn [Cm] to survive
[Am]
[E] [A] [Em]
Passion or coincidence, [G] once prompted [A] to say [Em] That pride will tear us both [G] [A] apart
[Em]
Pride gone out the window, [G] across the rooftop [A] Gone away, [E]
[Em] left me in the vacuum [G] of my [A] heart
[Em]
What has happened to [Bm] me?
Crazy, some will say
[F#]
Where is my friend [G] when I need you most?
[D] Gone away, but I won't cry [Am] for yesterday There's an [F] ordinary world, [E] somehow I [G] have to find
[D]
And as I try to [Am] make my way to the ordinary [F] world [C] I will [G] learn to survive
[D]
[Am] [F]
[C] [G] [D]
[Am]
[F] [C] [Cm] [Em]
Papers and the roads I tell are [A] suffering and grief
[Em]
Here's a day forgot [G] tomorrow
[A] [Em]
Here beside the news [G] of holy war [A] and holy [Em] need
Ours is just a little [G] sorrow to talk
[A] [D]
And I won't cry for [Am] yesterday
There's an ordinary [F] world, [C] somehow [G] I have to find
[D]
And as I try to [Am] make my way to the ordinary [F] world [C] I will [G] learn to survive
[D]
[Am] Oh, oh, [F] oh, [C] oh, oh, [G] oh, oh, [D]
[Am] oh
[F]
[C] [G] Every word [Am] is [F]
my [C] word
[Gm] [D] Every word [Am] is [F]
my [C] word
[G]
[A] [Em]
[E] Came in from a rainy Thursday on [A] the avenue [E]
Thought I heard you talking [G] softly
[A] I [E]
turned on the lights, the [G] TV and [A] the radio [Em]
Still I can't escape the [G] ghost of you
[A] [Em]
What has happened to it [Bm] all?
Crazy, some will say
[F#]
Where is the life [G] that I recognize?
[D] It's gone away, but I won't cry for [Am] yesterday
There's an [C] ordinary world, somehow I
[G] [A] [D]
As I try to [Am] make my way to the [F] ordinary world [C] I will learn [Cm] to survive
[Am]
[E] [A] [Em]
Passion or coincidence, [G] once prompted [A] to say [Em] That pride will tear us both [G] [A] apart
[Em]
Pride gone out the window, [G] across the rooftop [A] Gone away, [E]
[Em] left me in the vacuum [G] of my [A] heart
[Em]
What has happened to [Bm] me?
Crazy, some will say
[F#]
Where is my friend [G] when I need you most?
[D] Gone away, but I won't cry [Am] for yesterday There's an [F] ordinary world, [E] somehow I [G] have to find
[D]
And as I try to [Am] make my way to the ordinary [F] world [C] I will [G] learn to survive
[D]
[Am] [F]
[C] [G] [D]
[Am]
[F] [C] [Cm] [Em]
Papers and the roads I tell are [A] suffering and grief
[Em]
Here's a day forgot [G] tomorrow
[A] [Em]
Here beside the news [G] of holy war [A] and holy [Em] need
Ours is just a little [G] sorrow to talk
[A] [D]
And I won't cry for [Am] yesterday
There's an ordinary [F] world, [C] somehow [G] I have to find
[D]
And as I try to [Am] make my way to the ordinary [F] world [C] I will [G] learn to survive
[D]
[Am] Oh, oh, [F] oh, [C] oh, oh, [G] oh, oh, [D]
[Am] oh
[F]
[C] [G] Every word [Am] is [F]
my [C] word
[Gm] [D] Every word [Am] is [F]
my [C] word
[G]
Key:
G
A
Am
Em
D
G
A
Am
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _
[E] Came in from a rainy Thursday on [A] the avenue [E]
Thought I heard you talking [G] softly
[A] I _ [E] _
turned on the lights, the [G] TV and [A] the radio _ [Em]
Still I can't escape the [G] ghost of you
[A] _ _ [Em]
What has happened to it [Bm] all?
Crazy, some will say
[F#]
Where is the life [G] that I recognize?
[D] It's gone away, but I won't cry for [Am] yesterday
There's an [C] ordinary world, somehow I
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
As I try to [Am] make my way to the [F] ordinary world [C] I will learn [Cm] to survive
_ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _
Passion or coincidence, [G] once prompted [A] to say [Em] That pride will tear us both [G] _ [A] apart
_ [Em]
Pride gone out the window, [G] across the rooftop [A] Gone away, [E]
[Em] left me in the vacuum [G] of my [A] heart
_ [Em]
What has happened to [Bm] me?
Crazy, some will say
[F#]
Where is my friend [G] when I need you most?
[D] Gone away, but I won't cry [Am] for yesterday There's an [F] ordinary world, [E] somehow I [G] have to find
[D] _ _ _
And as I try to [Am] make my way to the ordinary [F] world [C] I will [G] learn to survive
_ [D] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
Papers and the roads I tell are [A] suffering and grief
[Em]
Here's a day forgot [G] tomorrow
[A] _ _ [Em]
Here beside the news [G] of holy war [A] and holy [Em] need
Ours is just a little [G] sorrow to talk
[A] _ _ [D] _
And I won't cry for [Am] yesterday
There's an ordinary [F] world, [C] somehow [G] I have to find
_ [D] _
And as I try to [Am] make my way to the ordinary [F] world [C] I will [G] learn to survive
_ [D] _
_ _ [Am] Oh, _ _ oh, [F] oh, [C] oh, oh, [G] oh, _ oh, [D] _
_ _ _ [Am] oh
_ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ Every word _ _ [Am] _ _ is [F]
my [C] word
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] Every _ word [Am] _ _ is [F]
my [C] word
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _
[E] Came in from a rainy Thursday on [A] the avenue [E]
Thought I heard you talking [G] softly
[A] I _ [E] _
turned on the lights, the [G] TV and [A] the radio _ [Em]
Still I can't escape the [G] ghost of you
[A] _ _ [Em]
What has happened to it [Bm] all?
Crazy, some will say
[F#]
Where is the life [G] that I recognize?
[D] It's gone away, but I won't cry for [Am] yesterday
There's an [C] ordinary world, somehow I
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
As I try to [Am] make my way to the [F] ordinary world [C] I will learn [Cm] to survive
_ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _
Passion or coincidence, [G] once prompted [A] to say [Em] That pride will tear us both [G] _ [A] apart
_ [Em]
Pride gone out the window, [G] across the rooftop [A] Gone away, [E]
[Em] left me in the vacuum [G] of my [A] heart
_ [Em]
What has happened to [Bm] me?
Crazy, some will say
[F#]
Where is my friend [G] when I need you most?
[D] Gone away, but I won't cry [Am] for yesterday There's an [F] ordinary world, [E] somehow I [G] have to find
[D] _ _ _
And as I try to [Am] make my way to the ordinary [F] world [C] I will [G] learn to survive
_ [D] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
Papers and the roads I tell are [A] suffering and grief
[Em]
Here's a day forgot [G] tomorrow
[A] _ _ [Em]
Here beside the news [G] of holy war [A] and holy [Em] need
Ours is just a little [G] sorrow to talk
[A] _ _ [D] _
And I won't cry for [Am] yesterday
There's an ordinary [F] world, [C] somehow [G] I have to find
_ [D] _
And as I try to [Am] make my way to the ordinary [F] world [C] I will [G] learn to survive
_ [D] _
_ _ [Am] Oh, _ _ oh, [F] oh, [C] oh, oh, [G] oh, _ oh, [D] _
_ _ _ [Am] oh
_ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ Every word _ _ [Am] _ _ is [F]
my [C] word
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] Every _ word [Am] _ _ is [F]
my [C] word
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _