Biography:
Christy Moore, a native of Co. Kildare, Ireland, found fame as a member of the legendary tradition folk band Planxty. Since then he has carved out his own career as a consummate solo performer. In the 1980s Christy teamed up with Donal Lunny to form the innovative Moving Hearts.
Christy Moore started in the music business in the mid-sixties, when his life as a bank clerk was interrupted by a bank strike, and he moved to England. There he became involved in the folk music scene at the time
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Other songs:
- Natives
- Spancil Hill
- The Lakes Of Pontchartrain
- A Pair Of Brown Eyes
- Aisling
- All I Remember
- Allende
- Among The Wicklow Hills
- Apair Of Brown Eyes
- Arthur Macbride
- As I Roved Out
- Back Home In Derry
- Barrowland
- Biko Drum
- Black Is The Colour
- Black Jack County Chain
- Bright Blue Rose
- Casey
- City Of Chicago
- Cliffs Of Dooneen
- Continental Ceili
- Cry Like A Man
- Delirium Tremens
- Does This Train Stop On Merseyside
- Dunnes Stores
- El Salvador
- Fairytale Of New York
- Faithful Departed
- Follow Me Up To Carlow
- Galtee Mountain Boy
- Go Move Shift
- Hey Sandy
- Irish Ways And Irish Laws
- John Odreams
- Johnny Dont Go To Ballincollig
- Joxer Goes To Stuttgart
- Lakes Of Pontchartrain
- Lisdoonvarna And Ill Tell Me Ma
- Little Musgrave
- Mary From Dungloe
- Matty
- Missing You
- Motherland
- My Little Honda 50
- Nancy Spain
- No Time For Love
- North And South Of The River
- On Morecambe Bay
- One Last Cold Kiss
- Only Our Rivers Run Free
- Ordinary Man
- Quiet Desperation
- Reel In The Flickering Light
- Ride On
- Scapegoats
- Smoke And Strong Whiskey
- So Do I
- St Brendans Voyage
- The Boy From Tamlaghduff
- The Contender
- The Craic Was Ninety In The Isle Of Man
- The Curragh Of Kildare
- The Dying Soldier
- The Mad Lady And Me
- The Night Visit
- The Time Has Come
- The Two Conneeleys
- The Voyage
- They Never Came Home
- Tyrone Boys
- Veronica
- Viva La Quinta Brigada
- Weekend In Amsterdam
- Welcome To The Cabaret
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Ordinary Man by Christy Moore . . . tabbed by Bob M.
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Open to suggestions and Please Rate!!
Dan is the Ordinary Man!!
Chords:
F - 133211 or xx3211
G - 355433 or 320033
Am - 577555 or x02210
C - x35553 or x32010
E - x79997 or 022100
[Intro]
F G Am (x3)
[Verse 1]
Am G F Am
I’m an ordinary man, nothing special, nothing grand
F G Am
I’ve had to work for everything I own
Am G F Am
I never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I got
F G Am
Enough to keep my family and my home
F G Am F
Now they say that times are hard and they’ve handed me my cards
F E
They say there’s not the work to go around
Am G F Am
And when the whistle blows, the gates will finally close
F G Am
Tonight they’re going to shut this factory down
F G Am
And they’ll tare it d-o-w-n
[Bridge]
F G Am
[Verse 2]
Am G F Am
I never missed a day, nor went on strike for better pay
F G Am
For 20 years I served them best I could
Am G F Am
Now with a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget
F G Am
Loyalty through the bad times and through good
F G Am F
The owner says he’s sad to see that things have got so bad
F E
But the captains of industry wont let him lose
Am G F Am
He still drives a car and smokes his cigar
F G Am F G Am
And still takes his family on a cruise, he’ll never lose
[Instrumental]
F G Am
[Verse 3]
Am G F Am
Now it seems to me such a cruel irony
F G Am
He’s richer now than ever he was before
Am G F Am
Now my check is spent and I cant afford the rent
F G Am
There’s one law for the rich, one for the poor
F G C G Am
Every day I’ve tried to salvage some of my pride
F E
To find some work so’s I might pay my way
Am G F Am
Oh but everywhere I go, the answers always no
F G Am
There’s no work for anyone here today
F G Am
No work t-o-D-A-y
[Instrumental]
F G Am
[Verse 4]
Am G F Am
And so condemned I stand, just an ordinary man
F G Am
Like thousands beside me in the queue
Am G F Am
I watch my darling wife trying to make the best of life
F G Am
And God knows what the kids are going to do
F G C Am F
Now that we are faced with this human waste
F E
A generation cast aside
Am G F Am
As long as I live, I never will forgive,
F G Am F G Am
You’ve stripped me of my dignity and pride, you stripped me bare
F G Am F G Am
You’ve stripped me bare, you’ve stripped me bare.
[Instrumental] (Until End)
F G Am (x6)
Ordinary Man by Christy Moore . . . tabbed by Bob M.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Open to suggestions and Please Rate!!
Dan is the Ordinary Man!!
Chords:
F - 133211 or xx3211
G - 355433 or 320033
Am - 577555 or x02210
C - x35553 or x32010
E - x79997 or 022100
[Intro]
F G Am (x3)
[Verse 1]
Am G F Am
I’m an ordinary man, nothing special, nothing grand
F G Am
I’ve had to work for everything I own
Am G F Am
I never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I got
F G Am
Enough to keep my family and my home
F G Am F
Now they say that times are hard and they’ve handed me my cards
F E
They say there’s not the work to go around
Am G F Am
And when the whistle blows, the gates will finally close
F G Am
Tonight they’re going to shut this factory down
F G Am
And they’ll tare it d-o-w-n
[Bridge]
F G Am
[Verse 2]
Am G F Am
I never missed a day, nor went on strike for better pay
F G Am
For 20 years I served them best I could
Am G F Am
Now with a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget
F G Am
Loyalty through the bad times and through good
F G Am F
The owner says he’s sad to see that things have got so bad
F E
But the captains of industry wont let him lose
Am G F Am
He still drives a car and smokes his cigar
F G Am F G Am
And still takes his family on a cruise, he’ll never lose
[Instrumental]
F G Am
[Verse 3]
Am G F Am
Now it seems to me such a cruel irony
F G Am
He’s richer now than ever he was before
Am G F Am
Now my check is spent and I cant afford the rent
F G Am
There’s one law for the rich, one for the poor
F G C G Am
Every day I’ve tried to salvage some of my pride
F E
To find some work so’s I might pay my way
Am G F Am
Oh but everywhere I go, the answers always no
F G Am
There’s no work for anyone here today
F G Am
No work t-o-D-A-y
[Instrumental]
F G Am
[Verse 4]
Am G F Am
And so condemned I stand, just an ordinary man
F G Am
Like thousands beside me in the queue
Am G F Am
I watch my darling wife trying to make the best of life
F G Am
And God knows what the kids are going to do
F G C Am F
Now that we are faced with this human waste
F E
A generation cast aside
Am G F Am
As long as I live, I never will forgive,
F G Am F G Am
You’ve stripped me of my dignity and pride, you stripped me bare
F G Am F G Am
You’ve stripped me bare, you’ve stripped me bare.
[Instrumental] (Until End)
F G Am (x6)
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