{"id":61,"date":"2025-04-15T09:16:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T07:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glife.org\/KissMeIamIrish\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2026-06-12T13:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:11:16","slug":"004-ordinary-man","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.glife.org\/KissMeIamIrish\/?page_id=61","title":{"rendered":"004. Ordinary man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Christi Moore<\/td>Em<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>SIegi<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Intro Gitarre , Pickling<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

C<\/td>D<\/td>Em<\/strong><\/td><\/td>C<\/td>D<\/td>C<\/td>:<\/td>\/\/<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
C<\/td>D<\/td>Em<\/strong><\/td><\/td>C<\/td>D<\/td>G<\/td> Em<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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(1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Em<\/strong><\/td>D<\/td>C<\/strong><\/td><\/td>Em<\/strong><\/td>C<\/strong><\/td>D<\/strong><\/td>Em<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m an ordinary man, nothing special, nothing grand, I\u2019ve hard to work for everything I own<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Em<\/strong><\/td>D<\/td>C<\/td><\/td>Em<\/strong><\/td>C<\/td>D<\/td>em<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I got , Enough to keep my family and my home<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

C<\/td><\/td>D<\/td><\/td>G<\/td><\/td>Em<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

They say that times are hard and they\u2019ve handed me my cards,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

C<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td>H<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

They say there\u2019s not the work to go around<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Em<\/strong><\/td>D<\/td>C<\/td><\/td>Em<\/strong><\/td>C<\/td>D<\/td><\/td>Em<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And when the whistle blows, the gates will finally close, Tonight they\u2019re going to shut this factory down<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Em<\/strong><\/td>C<\/td>D<\/td>Em<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019ll tare it d- o- w- n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I never missed a day, nor went on strike for better pay, For 20 years I served them best I could<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now with a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget Loyalty through the bad times and through good<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The owner says he\u2019s sad to see that things have got so bad, but the captains of industry wont let him lose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He still drives a car and smokes his cigar, and still takes his family on a cruise,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

he\u2019ll never lose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now it seems to me such a cruel irony, he\u2019s richer now than ever he was before<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now my check is spent and I cant afford the rent, there\u2019s one law for the rich, one for the poor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every day I\u2019ve tried to salvage some of my pride, to find some work so\u2019s I might pay my way<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh but everywhere I go, the answers always no, there\u2019s no work for anyone here today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No work t-o-D-A-y, No work t-o-D-A-y, No work t-o-D-A-y<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so condemned I stand, just an ordinary man, like thousands beside me in the queue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I watch my darling wife trying to make the best of life, and God knows what the kids are going to do<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that we are faced with this human waste, a generation cast aside<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As long as I live, I never will forgive, you\u2019ve stripped me of my dignity and pride,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

you stripped me bare, You\u2019ve stripped me bare,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No work t-o-D-A-y, No work t-o-D-A-y<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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