Ordinary Man

	  		

Intro: C   G   D   G 

     C    
They stuck him in the army 
                           G  
And they told him where to stand 
       D 
What a rigid occupation 
                 G 
For the ordinary man 


          C    
'cause he stood outside the factory gates 
                      G  
With his paper in his hand 
       D 
What a shameful termination 
                G 
Of the ordinary man 


Instrumental: C   G   D   G 


    C    
The army of the lord came down 
                    G  
Put a weapon in his hand 
       D 
What a mean manipulation 
                G  
Of the ordinary man 


C    
Politics will seal his fate 
    G  
And money lend a hand 
            D 
But there's no emancipation 
                 G  
For the ordinary man 


Instrumental: C   G   D   G  (2x) 


C    
First the kiss upon the cheek 
     G  
Then silver changing hands 
       D 
What a sorry condemnation 
                 G  
For the ordinary man 


        C 
And within the prison walls he waits 
                  G  
A government's command 
       D 
What a cruel incarceration 
                G  
Of the ordinary man 


Instrumental: C   G   D   G  


   C 
He played until the ship went down 
                     G  
'Cause he was in the band 
       D 
What a final destination 
                 G  
For the ordinary man 
       D 
What a final destination 
                 G  
For the ordinary man 


OUTRO: C   G   D   G