Ordinary Man chords

Gordon Lightfoot

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Simplify chords 

Capo: 1st fret

  			



Intro: C  G  Am    G  ~ ~ ~ C 

verse 1: 
G           Am       D 
Try to understand 
                      F            C       F 
I'm not your ordinary man, still I can't deny 
       D7/F# 
You go with me everywhere 
         F                  D7/F#           C  G     C  G  C 
When I'm dreaming you still share my lonely nights 


verse 2: 
G             Am      D 
Try to see my side 
                       F                C          F 
It's not your ordinary pride that keeps driving me on 
          D7/F#                               F 
It's that lonesome, restless feeling that you feel under the gun 
       C                               D7                   G        ~ ~ Am 
And it leads me to the highway, but it keeps my body warm 


         D7            G              Am 
And as I wander to the cities and the towns 
                          G             C 
I get so lonesome knowing you could be around 
    Am               D7              G         Am 
And when the show is over, there's a Holiday Motel 
              F           E                      E7  ~ ~ C 
Another empty bottle and another tale to tell 


verse 3: 
G            Am      D 
Try to comprehend 
                      F             C         F 
I'm not your ordinary friend at the end of my life 
        D7/F# 
I would pray that I could be 
  F              D7/F#           C   G    C  G  C 
Returning to the shelter of your love__ 


verse 4: 
G             Am      D 
Try to see my side 
                       F                C          F 
It's not your ordinary pride that keeps driving me on 
          D7/F#                               F 
It's that lonesome, restless feeling that you feel under the gun 
       C                               D7                   G       ~ ~ Am 
And it leads me to the highway, but it keeps my body warm 


         D7            G              Am 
And as I wander to the cities and the towns 
                          G             C 
I get so lonesome knowing you could be around 
    Am               D7              G         Am 
And when the show is over, there's a Holiday Motel 
                  F           E                      E7  ~ ~ C 
And another empty bottle and another tale to tell 


VERSE 5: 
G           Am       D 
Try to understand 
                      F            C       F 
I'm not your ordinary man, still I can't deny 
       D7/F#                      F 
You go with me everywhere, like a shadow in the gloom 
    C                                    D7 
I remember all the good times, there's a ghost in every room 


OUTRO:   (## repeat and fade to end ##) 
         G  C  G